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China jails British-US investigator couple 08/08/2014 01:28pm • SHANGHAI (AP) -- A Briton and an American were sentenced to prison on Friday on charges of illegally trading in the personal details of Chinese citizens after they testified they bought such information to help companies combat fraud.Peter Humphrey and Yingzeng Yu, a married couple, operated a firm

S. Sudan: Conditions 'an affront to human dignity' 08/08/2014 08:49am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The aid group Doctors Without Borders says that residents in South Sudan living in a U.N. camp because of the fear of violence are enduring conditions that "are an affront to human dignity."The aid group said Friday that residents are knee-deep in sewage-contaminated floodwate

Study ties new gene to major breast cancer risk 08/08/2014 04:10am • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer It's long been known that faulty BRCA genes greatly raise the risk for breast cancer. Now scientists say a more recently identified, less common gene can do the same.Mutations in the gene can make breast cancer up to nine times more likely to develop, an in

Judge tosses suit claiming botched circumcision 08/08/2014 03:40am • JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A judge threw out a lawsuit filed by an Alabama man who claims a botched circumcision resulted in the amputation of his penis, ruling Thursday that the complaint wasn't specific under state malpractice law.Jefferson County Circuit Judge Jim Hughey

Thai case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy 08/08/2014 03:40am • GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help them are young women who become paid surrogates, their wombs offered up as vessels that can safely carry the babies u

McNair survives 10-month cancer ordeal 08/07/2014 10:40pm • CHRIS DUNCAN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has received a clean bill of health after a 10-month battle with two forms of cancer.The 77-year-old McNair opened up about his ordeal on Thursday at a news conference attended by family members and his treating physicians

Mom, grandparents of starved boy held for trial 08/07/2014 06:59pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press MERCER, Pa. (AP) -- The mother and maternal grandparents of an 8-year-old Pennsylvania boy doctors said "looked like a Holocaust survivor" were ordered on Thursday to stand trial on attempted murder and other charges for allegedly denying the boy food regularly and hiding

Texans owner says he has clean bill of health 08/07/2014 05:38pm • CHRIS DUNCAN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Texans owner Bob McNair says he's gotten a clean bill of health after a 10-month battle with two forms of cancer.The 77-year-old McNair spoke about his ordeal at a news conference Thursday attended by his doctors and family members.McNair says he

Major provisions of veterans health care law 08/07/2014 04:10pm • The Associated Press A law signed Thursday by President Barack Obama aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier

Major provisions of veterans health care bill 08/07/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up long wait times for appointments. The legislation also makes it easier to fire hospital ad

US gov't had role in Ebola drug given aid workers 08/07/2014 03:32pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Two American aid workers infected with Ebola are getting an experimental drug so novel it has never been tested for safety in humans and was only identified as a potential treatment earlier this year, thanks to a longstanding research program by the U.S. go