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Severed leg found in Dublin recycling plant 08/01/2014 08:30am • DUBLIN (AP) -- A severed leg has been found at a Dublin recycling plant, and police are searching trash for the rest of the body.A doctor called to the plant early Friday in west Dublin confirmed the leg was human, but couldn't determine whether it came from a man or woman.Police say the leg could b W. Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths 08/01/2014 04:40am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- The death toll from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history surpassed 700 in West Africa as security forces went house-to-house in Sierra Leone's capital Thursday looking for patients and others exposed to the disease.Fears g Washington's Top News - Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 08/01/2014 04:05am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Atlantic Tropical Storm Bertha has formed. It's the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Bertha is expected to pass near or north of Barbados F Congress oks VA, highway bills, not border measure 08/01/2014 03:48am • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break after failing to agree on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. Giants running backs rally around Wilson 07/31/2014 07:10pm • JIM HAGUE Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- After receiving the news that fellow running back David Wilson was going to be sidelined with a neck injury, the rest of the New York Giants backfield have rallied around their injured teammate."When I signed here, I knew we had a chance to be Generation of tanners see spike in deadly melanoma 07/31/2014 06:00pm • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stop sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds, the acting U.S. surgeon general warned in a report released Tuesday that cites an alarming 200 percent jump in deadly melanoma cases since 1973.The report blames a generation of sun worshipping for the $ House approves VA health care overhaul 07/31/2014 05:50pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House overwhelmingly approved a landmark bill Wednesday to help veterans avoid long waits for health care that have plagued the Veterans Affairs Department for years.The $16.3 billion measure also would allow the VA to hire thousands of doctors an Sky's Delle Donne returns to lineup vs New York 07/31/2014 05:00pm • DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer It's been a frustrating month for Elena Delle Donne.Chicago's star forward has been sidelined with a recurrence of Lyme disease that's forced her to miss 17 of the Sky's last 18 games.She'll make her return to the lineup Thursday night when Chicago hosts New York i Jets' 1st-rounder Pryor back, but limited 07/31/2014 04:00pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Jets safety Calvin Pryor, the team's first-round draft pick, has returned to practice on a limited basis as he recovers from a concussion.Pryor wore a red, no-contact jersey Thursday during positional drills after being cleared for p Journal Communications, Scripps Co. announce deal 07/31/2014 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Journal Communications Inc. of Milwaukee and E.W. Scripps Co. of Cincinnati have agreed to combine their broadcasting operations while spinning off newspaper holdings into a separate public entity.The deal announced late Wednesday is the latest move by media companies to separate sl North Bethesda Doctor Indicted For Serving As ‘Pill Mill’ 07/31/2014 02:20pm • Federal prosecutors say a North Bethesda doctor served as a “pill mill” for prescription drug abusers from as far as Tennessee and is responsible for distributing methadone to a patient who died as a result of using the drug. Silviu Ziscovici, known as “Dr. Z” according to fe NCAA settles head-injury suit, will change rules 07/31/2014 02:10pm • MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- The NCAA agreed on Tuesday to help athletes with head injuries in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that college sports' governing body touted as a major step forward but that critics say doesn't go nearly far enough.The deal, filed in U.S. NCAA proposed settlement raises medical questions 07/31/2014 01:54pm • LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- A key feature of a proposed settlement of a head-injury lawsuit against the NCAA is the creation of a $70 million fund to pay for medical evaluations of current and former college players in several sports. The provision raises some sticky medical que What's in bill to overhaul VA 07/31/2014 12:28pm • The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is set to adopt a landmark bill to help veterans avoid long waits for health care, hire more doctors and nurses to treat them and make it easier to fire senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department. The House approved the bill Wednesday, with Nadal out of 2 tournaments because of right wrist 07/31/2014 09:40am • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal withdrew Wednesday from U.S. Open tuneups in Toronto and Cincinnati because of a right wrist injury, putting in doubt his status for a title defense at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.The second-ranked Nadal plays left-handed, but he uses a two-han