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Jump ball: Bizarre Clippers court case nears close 07/24/2014 04:08pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The bizarre battle over the fate of the Los Angeles Clippers goes to a judge Monday and he may not have the final word on the dispute.The story has taken one strange turn after another since a recording surfaced of team owner Donald Sterling dressing down his young girlfriend for Ga. teen sues for in-home classes during pregnancy 07/24/2014 03:40pm • The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia teen says in a civil rights complaint that she should have been allowed to complete her schoolwork from home while pregnant and on doctor-ordered bed rest.According to the complaint filed Thursday, 18-year-old Mikelia Seals was a junior at Washington-W Mother, daughter die after Philly food truck blast 07/24/2014 03:40pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A mother and teenage daughter have died of injuries they suffered in a fiery explosion inside their food truck earlier this month, authorities said Thursday.Jaylin Landaverry Galdamez, 17, died Tuesday and Olga Galdamez, 42, died Sunday, according to the medical examiner's offic Ex-Sen. Lieberman to teach at Yeshiva University 07/24/2014 02:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman has been appointed a professor at Yeshiva University for the coming school year.The private New York university named him the Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service.He'll teach an undergraduate course and give three public lectur Some lethal injection problems in US executions 07/24/2014 12:36pm • The Associated Press Since Texas became the first state to use lethal injection as its execution method on Dec. 7, 1982, some problems have been reported during the process nationwide. Those include delays in finding suitable veins, needles becoming clogged or disengaged, and reactions from inmates Troubled Myanmar state invites back aid groups 07/24/2014 09:22am • YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar's Rakhine state have said international aid organizations are welcome to return to the area they left in April after Buddhist mobs disrupted their work helping displaced Rohingya Muslims.They also specifically invited back the humanitarian agency Doctor Smartypins: a geography trivia site 07/24/2014 07:46am • Data Doctors Senator says he had PTSD when he wrote thesis 07/24/2014 03:20am • HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Sen. John Walsh of Montana said Wednesday his failure to attribute conclusions and verbatim passages lifted from other scholars' work in his thesis to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College was an unintentional mistake caused in part by post-traumatic stress diso Sanders pleads for VA reform bill as talks stall 07/24/2014 03:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee said Wednesday there is still time for Congress to approve a landmark bill to improve health care services for veterans, despite deep disagreement over how much the changes will cost and how they should be paid for."It really US pushes for truce as Gaza battle rages 07/24/2014 02:00am • IBRAHIM BARZAK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The United States announced signs of progress in cease-fire talks Wednesday, but prospects for a quick end to the fighting were dim as Palestinian families fled fierce battles in southern Gaza and the death toll rose to more than 700 Pale Sierra Leone doctor fighting Ebola catches disease 07/24/2014 12:22am • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Sierra Leone's health minister confirms that the doctor in charge of battling the current Ebola outbreak has himself become ill with the deadly disease.Minister of Health and Sanitation Miatta Kargbo issued a statement Tuesday saying that Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan has a co Wayne hoping Colts get off to faster start in 2014 07/23/2014 10:54pm • ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) -- Reggie Wayne wants the Colts to live this season in the fast lane.The perennial Pro Bowl receiver hitched a ride to training camp Wednesday with two-time Indianapolis 500 pole winner Ed Carpenter to deliver one clear message: The team that starts fast and finishes strong the m Obama nominee McDonald pledges to 'transform' VA 07/23/2014 10:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs pledged Tuesday to transform the beleaguered agency, saying that "systematic failures" must be addressed.Robert McDonald cited problems with patient access to health care, transparency, accountability and i Bad back? Acetaminophen may not work, try exercise 07/23/2014 07:40pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- Acetaminophen isn't any better at relieving back pain than a fake pill, despite almost universal recommendations to take the drug, according to the first big trial to test it.Acetaminophen, sold as Tylenol and Paracetamol, among other names, is recommende FDA approves new painkiller from OxyContin maker 07/23/2014 07:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new combination pain pill from the maker of OxyContin that is designed to discourage abuse by painkiller addicts.Purdue Pharma's new drug Targiniq ER is an extended release tablet that combines oxycodone -- the active ingredient in O