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NFL seeks right answer for marijuana use 08/15/2014 12:56pm • EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Marijuana is casting an ever-thickening haze across NFL locker rooms, and it's not simply because more players are using it.As attitudes toward the drug soften, and science slowly teases out marijuana's possible benefits for concussions and other injuries, the NFL is r Chemical-filled tea burns woman at Utah restaurant 08/15/2014 12:12pm • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Jan Harding and her husband had just arrived at a Utah restaurant for a relaxing lunch with friends when she filled her cup with sweet tea from a self-serve beverage station.The 67-year-old grandmother took one sip before spitting it out and excl Robin Williams' wife: He had Parkinson's disease 08/15/2014 11:28am • LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robin Williams was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease at the time of his death, his wife said Thursday.In a statement, Susan Schneider said that Williams, 63, was struggling with depression, anxiety and the Parkinson's diagnosis when he die Rockies OF Gonzalez to have season-ending surgery 08/15/2014 11:28am • DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Rockies say outfielder Carlos Gonzalez will have season-ending surgery on his left knee Monday.The team made the announcement Thursday night, saying Gonzalez will have his patella tendon repaired.It's been an injury-riddled year for Gonzalez, who is on the disabled list w Capaldi gets New York welcome at 'Who' premiere 08/15/2014 11:12am • ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Capaldi knew he was in New York on Thursday the minute he stepped out of a classic yellow cab that drove him to the premiere of "Doctor Who.""Someone just shouted at me from the crowd, 'The first Italian Doctor''" he said, laughing.Capaldi is t WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis to c WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis Displaced Iraqis escape fighting, but not hardship 08/15/2014 06:08am • VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- Abbas Mohammed Habib was born into Iraq's rapidly expanding world of the displaced.His mother Laila Ali was among tens of thousands of Shiite Turkmens driven from their homes when Islamic extremists captured the northern town of Tal Afar. Nine month Together 48 years, couple fights NC marriage ban 08/15/2014 01:48am • MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) -- On the summer night Ellen Gerber and Pearl Berlin committed to spending their lives together, the No. 1 song was "When A Man Loves A Woman."Lyndon B. Johnson was president. NASA had just landed the first unmanned probe on the moon."We're st Culberson, De La Rosa help Rockies beat Reds 7-3 08/15/2014 01:00am • PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) -- For one night, Charlie Culberson looked a little bit like the shortstop he's trying to replace.He had the power of Troy Tulowitzki and the nifty moves, too -- jumping out of the way of a shattered bat fragment to cleanly field a grounder."Not Tulowitzki," c VA chief: Firings of workers a deliberate process 08/15/2014 12:30am • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department is in the process of holding bad employees accountable amid a scandal about long wait times for patients and other problems, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday, but he declined to say how many people were be Chemical-filled tea burns woman at Utah restaurant 08/14/2014 11:54pm • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Jan Harding and her husband had just arrived at a Utah restaurant for a relaxing lunch with friends when she filled her cup with sweet tea from a self-serve beverage station.The 67-year-old grandmother took one sip before spitting it out and excl Going back to school means going back to the doctor 08/14/2014 09:01pm • WASHINGTON -- This is the time of year when many parents struggle with long back- to-school lists. For many families, a trip to the pediatrician is the top priority. Doctors' offices are packed with children who need health updates before returning to their respective classrooms this fall. Dr.