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USC's Shaw jumps from second floor to save nephew 08/26/2014 02:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California senior cornerback Josh Shaw injured both ankles after leaping from a second-story balcony to save his 7-year-old nephew from drowning in a pool.Shaw was named a team captain on Saturday and later that night was attending a family function at a cousin's apartme

Ex-Missouri State player had severe brain trauma 08/26/2014 02:26pm • JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Michael Keck played just two years of college football before he was knocked out during practice at Missouri State and gave the sport up for good.He turned combative -- punching holes in the wall. He began to struggle in school. Soon he was spending most o

Amid poverty, US surgeons saving lives in Uganda 08/26/2014 11:05am • RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The American neurosurgeon leaned in to take a selfie with his patient, chuckling with excitement when she raised her hands. That was a good sign the day after Michael Haglund and his Duke University team opened the patient's skull to remove a

Correction: Ebola story 08/26/2014 10:40am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- In a story Aug. 22 about Ebola, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Nigeria's total of confirmed infections was 16. In fact, the number of Ebola cases confirmed by the WHO was 12.The story also said that patients under surveillance were not restricted. Health offici

Liberia: Doctor given experimental Ebola drug dies 08/26/2014 04:50am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- A Liberian doctor who received one of the last known doses of an experimental Ebola drug has died, officials said Monday. Separately, Canada said it has yet to send out an untested vaccine that the government is donating.Ebola has left

VA says no proof delays in care caused vets to die 08/26/2014 02:03am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs says investigators have found no proof that delays in care caused any deaths at a VA hospital in Phoenix, deflating an explosive allegation that helped expose a troubled health care system in which veterans wai

Jets' Saunders practices, cleared after seizure 08/25/2014 07:20pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Jalen Saunders is simply happy to be back on the football field.The New York Jets rookie wide receiver was a full participant at practice for the first time in over a week Monday after suffering a seizure that hospitalized him for two day

Colorado theater attack lawyers argue fingerprints 08/25/2014 05:53pm • BY DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Crime analysts testified Monday about how they matched fingerprint evidence in the Colorado theater shooting investigation but provided little new information about the 2012 massacre that left 12 people dead and 70 wounded.The primary purpose

Allergy and asthma sufferers seek relief at Md.'s first salt cave 08/25/2014 05:33pm • WASHINGTON -- When Janine Narayadu, a registered massage practitioner, was searching for a location for her new business, she was faced with an obstacle most business owners don't encounter: She needed a landlord who would let her build a room with 32 tons of pink Himalayan salt rocks, 4 tons of

Athlete asks judge to reject NCAA head-injury deal 08/25/2014 04:10pm • MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- A former San Diego State football player has asked a federal judge to reject the recently proposed $75 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, saying it unfairly forces athletes who suffered head injuries to forfeit hundreds of mil