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Study: Americans endure unwanted care near death 09/18/2014 01:20pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Americans suffer needless discomfort and undergo unwanted and costly care as they die, in part because of a medical system ruled by "perverse incentives" for aggressive care and not enough conversation about what people want, according to Pakistan rescues thousands as floods hit south 09/18/2014 01:08pm • MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's disaster management agency said Thursday it had evacuated thousands of people stranded in parts of the country's south after it was hit by floods, as the military air-dropped rations and civil authorities sent truckloads of supplies to the re Doctor pleads guilty to cancer treatment fraud 09/18/2014 09:46am • ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- A Detroit-area cancer doctor accused of putting people through unnecessary treatments and then billing insurers for millions of dollars pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday, admitting that he knew his patients often didn't need chemotherapy.Dr. Farid Fata pleaded Dissecting Apple's U2 blunder (or was it genius?) 09/18/2014 09:14am • WASHINGTON - The uproar over Apple's decision to put U2's new album directly on users' mobile devices and iTunes accounts, for free, is generating more media and social media attention than the tech giant's new products going on sale, Friday. To release U2's new "Songs of Innocence" album to A Kate cancels Malta trip due to morning sickness 09/18/2014 07:00am • LONDON (AP) -- Prince William will replace his wife Kate on this weekend's official visit to Malta because the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge is still suffering from acute morning sickness.Palace officials said Thursday the decision to cancel what would have been Kate's first official solo voyage ove Liberia president praises US for Ebola help pledge 09/18/2014 05:58am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- People critically ill with Ebola languishing in an ambulance for hours as paramedics seek a place for them. Treatment centers filling up as soon as they are opened. The situation is so dire in Liberia that its president welcomed a U.S. Harvard's Murphy: New approach with same passion 09/18/2014 03:12am • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Tim Murphy has always been a do-it-yourself coach.With a hands-on approach, he has built an Ivy League empire during two decades at Harvard. The Crimson's first league championship under Murphy came in 1997. Last year, they won their seventh.After all that s Cain, Aoki power Royals to 6-2 win over White Sox 09/18/2014 12:13am • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Perhaps the Royals are rousing from their offensive slumber at just the right time.Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run homer, Nori Aoki kept up his tear at the plate and Kansas City roughed up Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale in a 6-2 victory Wednesday Is Now the Time to Invest in Health Care ETFs? 09/18/2014 12:00am • Health care exchange-traded funds: the bran muffin on your investment menu. Health care investments are just what the doctor ordered if volatility is what ails your portfolio. Analysts agree that demographics buoy the long-term prospects for health care, as the aging U.S. population will increasi Is Health Care Improving for Obese Patients? 09/18/2014 12:00am • Nearly 35 percent of U.S. adults are considered obese, each with individual health-care needs. But if you're among them, it might feel like you can't get through a single medical encounter without being urged to lose weight -- even if you just came in for a flu shot. And you're tired of sitting on 3 Financial Reasons You Should Keep Copies of Your Medical Records 09/18/2014 12:00am • At some point in your life, you could face a medical bill high enough to threaten your financial well-being. Given that most large medical bills contain errors, you'll want to make sure yours doesn't -- or it could really cost you. Keeping your own medical records can seem like a hassle. But doing Doctor says Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has cancer 09/17/2014 11:34pm • ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto's embattled mayor has a rare and difficult cancer that will require aggressive chemotherapy, his doctor said Wednesday, days after Rob Ford's dramatic announcement that he was pulling out of a re-election campaign.Dr. Zane Cohen, a colorectal surg Faith motivates many Ebola doctors 09/17/2014 10:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Why would an American doctor risk his life to treat Ebola patients in Africa?That question was raised today at a congressional hearing.Missionary Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted Ebola in Liberia but recovered after being evacuated to the U.S., responded that Christians believe Je Ex-Raven donates kidney to his younger brother 09/17/2014 09:18pm • WASHINGTON -- One NFL brother has given the gift of life to another. Ma'ake Kemoeatu, who has played for the Ravens and the Redskins, donated a kidney to his younger brother, former Steelers player Chris Kemoeatu. "I'm a Raven, he's a Steeler, and at our household it's kind of split in half, Headley miffed by Maddon comment on HBP 09/17/2014 09:10pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley says he "wasn't thrilled" by Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon's word choice.Maddon talked about a pitch by Rays reliever Jake McGee that bloodied Headley's jaw last week and said it "grazed" him."I was pretty lucky the way that it