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Windows 7 users: Don't panic over end of support 07/10/2014 10:51am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Q: Is it true that Microsoft is going to discontinue support for Windows 7 in January of next year? A: On the heels of all of the disruption that was created with the recent Windows XP end of support deadline, you may hear Microsoft alerts about dea Celebrity dermatologist charged in drug scheme 07/10/2014 09:30am • NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City dermatologist has been arrested and charged with writing fake prescriptions for painkillers using her patients' names and filling them.Dr. Cheryl Karcher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to drug possession, selling prescriptions, falsifying business records, fraud and ot Tip: Keep your WiFi connection from dropping out 07/10/2014 08:23am • Data Doctors Mascherano, Zabaleta play on after blows to head 07/10/2014 06:16am • KARL RITTER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) -- Javier Mascherano and Pablo Zabaleta both played on for Argentina on Tuesday after being knocked down by blows to the head.Mascherano looked discombobulated after he clashed heads with Georginio Winjaldum in the first half of Argentina's World Cup semif Man linked to Nazi police dies in Michigan at 93 07/10/2014 05:26am • ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- A man under a deportation order for serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II has died in Michigan at age 93 after years of denials that he shot at Jews.John Kalymon of Troy died at his suburban Detroit home on June 29. He had pneumonia, VA apologizes to whistleblowers facing retaliation 07/10/2014 03:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top official at the Veterans Affairs Department says he is sorry that VA employees have suffered retaliation after making complaints about poor patient care, long wait times and other problems.James Tuchschmidt, the No. 2 official at the Veterans Health Administration, the VA's No practicing on patients: New docs get boot camp 07/10/2014 03:32am • CHICAGO (AP) -- First-day jitters come with any new job but when the work involves pushing needles into strangers' bellies, stitching up gaping wounds or even delivering babies, that debut can be especially nerve-wracking -- for everyone involved.Brand-new doctors often launch right into patient car Nuclear site workers test thousands of air samples 07/09/2014 08:40pm • NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- About 12,000 air samples taken on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation this year after more than three dozen workers reported being sickened by chemical vapors have failed to find a cause for the problem, Hanford officials said Wednesday.But H 1 year later, no new abortion rules in N. Carolina 07/09/2014 08:10pm • KATELYN FERRAL Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Abortion rights advocates in North Carolina say they are in the dark about new rules required by a year-old law that they fear could effectively shut down many of the state's clinics.Broadly speaking, the law requires that clinics be regulated in Arizona town protests US border patrol presence 07/09/2014 06:50pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press AMADO, Ariz. (AP) -- Some 20 miles north of where the U.S. and Mexico meet, a makeshift border patrol checkpoint that went up about seven years ago and was supposed to be temporary continues to draw ire from nearby residents who say their rights are being violated.Peop Carter-Williams says rehab is 'ahead of schedule' 07/09/2014 06:27pm • KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- When Philadelphia 76ers point guard Michael Carter-Williams was in Orlando last year for NBA summer league, he spent most of his week shaking off questions about his less-than-impressive performance.He returned to Florida on Wednesday, but only a 5 things about the Tour de France 5th stage 07/09/2014 03:52pm • GREG KELLER Associated Press ARENBERG, France (AP) -- Tour de France riders were too busy negotiating rain-slicked roads and hazardous cobblestone sections to notice the countryside during a drama-filled fifth stage on Wednesday.To mark the centenary of the start of World War I, the Tour was routed Kentucky effort to resume executions hits snag 07/09/2014 03:48pm • BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky's efforts to resume executions appeared to hit a snag Wednesday after a judge said he was concerned that officials want to use the same method that led to an execution that took 26 minutes in neighboring Ohio.The issues raised by Fra Senate confirms head of US Humanities Endowment 07/09/2014 03:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm the former president of Colby College as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.Following Wednesday's vote, William "Bro" Adams will become the 10th chairman of the endowment, which is an independent grant-making agency of the go Who pays your doc? Coming soon to a site near you 07/09/2014 03:20pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- When many of us have a medical appointment we're concerned about our finances: how much will we owe out-of-pocket? What's our co-pay? But next time, you may also want to ask your doctors about their financial situation.That's because nearly 95 perc