Search

Braves lose 8th straight, Mariners win 7-3 08/06/2014 08:15pm • JOSH LIEBESKIND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Without wavering, Chris Young will say it each time he is asked: Individual wins are not important to him. It's about the team's success, the veteran right-hander says, going to painstaking lengths to get his point across.Young reached his first doubl Suspect in Schumacher records probe found dead 08/06/2014 07:48pm • ZURICH (AP) -- An air ambulance employee who was arrested in connection with the suspected theft of former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher's medical records was found dead in his cell on Wednesday, prosecutors said.The man, whose name wasn't released, was found hanged in a Zurich police jail Stocks edge up...Oil price declines...Source: BofA settles with Justice Department 08/06/2014 07:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are closing slightly higher, led by a rebound in consumer staples stocks. The market had fallen to its lowest level since May a day earlier. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 14 points, to close at 16,443 today. The S&P 500 index rose a fraction of a point to end at 1, Pfizer to pay $35M to settle drug marketing case 08/06/2014 06:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer will pay $35 million to resolve allegations by 42 states that its subsidiary, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, illegally marketed an organ transplant drug for unapproved uses.The states' attorneys general said Wednesday that Wyeth, which Pfizer bought in 2009, trained sales represent Wilson has 'tears of joy' as he thanks Giants 08/06/2014 05:50pm • JIM HAGUE Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- David Wilson said he had "tears of joy' as he thanked the Giants on Wednesday, two days after doctors told the third-year running back that he could no longer play football.When the 23-year old Wilson, who was waived-injured by the Giants on T Texas abortion clinics ask judge to stop new law 08/06/2014 05:20pm • PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Nearly three-quarters of Texas' abortion facilities would be forced to close by the end of this month if one of the nation's toughest new anti-abortion laws is allowed to take effect, attorneys for clinics challenging the law told a federal judge 6 steps to protect against Russian hackers breach 08/06/2014 04:13pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors Q: Should I be concerned about the news that Russian hackers have stolen a large number of passwords, and if so, what should I be doing? A: If the reports are accurate, a Russian gang has apparently pulled off the largest known hack of private internet information Insider attack kills seven Afghan police officers 08/06/2014 03:40pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- As U.S. officials prepare to fly home the body of a two-star Army general who was killed by an Afghan soldier yesterday, there's been another so-called insider attack targeting Afghan security forces.Authorities say an Afghan police officer shot and killed seven of his col Gannett splits publishing, broadcasting in two 08/06/2014 02:54pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The game of survival is on for newspapers, as USA Today owner Gannett on Tuesday became the most recent major media entity to say it will divide its print and broadcast divisions into separate companies.As consumers continue to gravitate toward online Soderbergh, Owen team for a 1900-era medical drama 08/06/2014 02:10pm • FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- No rubber gloves. No high-tech instruments. No medical-malpractice lawyers.Welcome to the Knickerbocker Hospital, aka the Knick, a bloody citadel of healing in circa-1900 Manhattan where great strides are made (soon, an X-ray machine!) Clinic owner tied to MLB scandal to plead guilty 08/06/2014 02:00pm • JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- The former clinic owner accused of selling performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez has agreed to plead guilty in what prosecutors called a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute steroids to both major league ballplayers and high school athletes.The ch Price fans 10, Avila HRs in 12th, Tigers top Yanks 08/06/2014 11:36am • BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- David Price gave his new team a chance to win. Later, his catcher delivered the deciding stroke.Price struck out 10 in his Detroit debut and was long gone when Alex Avila homered in the 12th inning to lift the Tigers over the New York Yankees 4-3 Tuesda Google Maps tips: Explore nearby places 08/06/2014 08:42am • Data Doctors 2nd American aid worker with Ebola arrives in US 08/06/2014 06:34am • KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- An American aid worker infected with Ebola arrived Tuesday in Atlanta, joining a second patient being given an experimental treatment that has never before been tested on humans.Nancy Writebol, 59, traveled from Monrovia, Liberia, to Emory University Ho Nigeria acknowledges slow response in Ebola case 08/06/2014 05:10am • MARAM MAZEN Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian health authorities acknowledged Tuesday that they did not immediately quarantine a sick airline passenger who later died of Ebola, announcing that eight health workers who had direct contact with him were now in isolation with symptoms of