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APNewsBreak: LA woman punched by patrolman speaks 08/11/2014 06:38am • TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Marlene Pinnock said she thought she was going to die as a California Highway Patrol officer straddled her, repeatedly punching her head on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.During an hour-long interview with The Associated Press on Sunday -- her fi Liberians demand that govt picks up Ebola bodies 08/11/2014 05:40am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVA, Liberia (AP) -- Riot police raced to quell a demonstration blocking Liberia's busiest highway Saturday as an angry crowd protested the government's delays in collecting the bodies of Ebola victims.In Guinea, where the deadly Ebola outbreak emerged in Ma Gaza's wounded: Living reminder of ravages of war 08/11/2014 04:34am • HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- When an Israeli airstrike hit the Gaza home for the handicapped where she was staying, Sally Saqr was left shattered. Her pelvis, both legs and an arm were broken, her skull fractured, much of her body burned. In the hospital, doctors coul VA chief makes 1st hospital visit amid scandal 08/11/2014 04:32am • EMAUN KASHFI Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited a VA hospital Friday for the first time since taking over the embattled agency last month, meeting with veterans and health care providers and vowing to restore trust in the organization.Reports that doz Pickup careens into farmers market; woman killed 08/10/2014 09:20pm • HAWTHORNE, N.J. (AP) -- A pickup truck drove into a farmers market in northern New Jersey near closing time Sunday, killing a woman who was dragged by the truck for blocks and injuring several others, the mayor of the borough said.Hawthorne Mayor Richard Goldberg said the pickup truck drove through Mets lose in bottom 9 to Phillies 08/10/2014 07:54pm • AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Mets closer Jenrry Mejia did not have his best stuff Sunday. He had a good reason for that.Mejia revealed after the game he has been pitching with a hernia problem for three weeks.Ryan Howard had the game-ending single off Mejia with two outs in the Howard gets winning hit in 9th for Phillies 08/10/2014 07:29pm • AARON BRACY Associated Press PHLADELPHIA (AP) -- After another game-ending RBI, teams might think twice about intentionally walking Chase Utley to get to Ryan Howard.Howard singled with two outs in the ninth inning after pinch-hitter Marlon Byrd had a tying hit and the Philadelphia Phillies pulled o Ebola outbreak an ethical mine field 08/10/2014 06:47pm • WASHINGTON -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has turned into an ethical mine field. Those fighting the disease have to decide many thorny questions, such as whether to use experimental treatments. And since any untested drug is likely to be available in tiny quantities, who should get access 9-year-old recounts escape from alligator attack (Video) 08/10/2014 12:17pm • WASHINGTON -- A 9-year-old boy is recovering after he was attacked by an alligator in Florida Thursday. James Barney, Jr., 9, talked to reporters at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando Friday after he survived the attack while swimming in a lake in Kissimmee, Florida. "I reached down to go grab i Danny Garcia stops Rod Salka in second round 08/10/2014 01:10am • LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson would have liked to fight each other to unify to junior welterweight division.Instead, they did what they were supposed to do against overmatched opponents Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.After Peters Pirates struggle to score in 2-1 loss to Padres 08/10/2014 12:14am • NATE BARNES Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jordy Mercer led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a single and Russell Martin doubled to put men on second and third with no outs and the Pittsburgh Pirates down by a run.With the Pirates primed to at least tie the game, if not take the lead, S Stults leads Padres to 2-1 win over Pirates 08/09/2014 11:43pm • NATE BARNES Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- San Diego left-hander Eric Stults entered Saturday night's game in Pittsburgh winless on the road in 12 starts.He got his first road win of the season, going 6 1-3 innings as the San Diego Padres beat the Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night."It's nice to jus Police: dog thrown from moving car on New Jersey highway 08/09/2014 11:16pm • HOLMDEL, N.J. -- Investigators are searching for the person who apparently threw a dog out of a moving car on the Garden State Parkway. Officials say the incident happened between noon and 1 p.m. Saturday, in the southbound express lanes of the highway near Exit 116 in Holmdel Township. The Asb New VA secretary touts fixes to veterans group 08/09/2014 09:24pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald addressed a veterans group for the first time since taking over the troubled agency last month, calling his plans to fix it "an opportunity we can't miss nor underestimate.""This is an opportunity for me to make a difference in the lives o Mourning thanks doctors, kidney donor at hoop Hall 08/09/2014 07:28pm • JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Alonzo Mourning first thanked all of the usual people when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: His coaches, his teachers, and the foster mother who raised him.Then he turned to those who made it possible for his