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Freed from mental ward, atheist gets death threats 07/03/2014 12:28pm • MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A Nigerian atheist released from the mental ward to which his Muslim family committed him by force said Thursday he is getting death threats for blaspheming against Islam.Mubarak Bala, a 29-year-old chemical process engineer, said he is in hiding Young, active war wounded pushing medical science 07/03/2014 10:08am • JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The blood is not the most jarring part of the photograph taken shortly after the bomb blew off Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brian Meyer's leg and hand.It's his smile.The bomb technician had asked a team member to take the picture. He knew his defiance in the Feds to clean site of 1976 'Atomic Man' accident 07/03/2014 06:06am • NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Workers are preparing to enter one of the most dangerous rooms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation -- the site of a 1976 blast that exposed a technician to a massive dose of radiation, which led to him being nicknamed the "Atomic Man."Harol Measles outbreak complicates 2 big Amish events 07/03/2014 03:02am • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press SHILOH, Ohio (AP) -- Visitors from around the world to two upcoming events in the state's Amish country could come away with more than they bargained for, health officials fear -- a case of measles from the nation's largest outbreak in two decades.The outbreak, Maximum term for New Mexico boy in school shooting 07/03/2014 12:50am • ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico judge rejected pleas for leniency Wednesday and handed down the maximum sentence for a then-12-year-old boy who opened fire in a Roswell middle school gym earlier this year, injuring two students.State District Judge Freddie Romero ordered the boy, now 13, held in Tips for taking fireworks photos with a smartphone 07/02/2014 08:20pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Q: What tips can you suggest for getting decent fireworks pictures with my smartphone? A: The sophistication of the smartphone camera continues to improve, but most of them still falter in low-light settings. Capturing fireworks the way you see t Doctors: 12-year-old stabbing suspect incompetent 07/02/2014 08:10pm • DINESH RAMDE Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) -- Doctors believe that one of the two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional character is not mentally competent to stand trial, attorneys said Wednesday.The prosecution immediately requested a hearing to d Woman charged after dog is left in car 07/02/2014 06:50pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Anne Arundel County Police have charged a New York City woman with animal abuse after her dog was left inside her car for two hours as temperatures reached 88 degrees. The animal was later euthanized.Police say about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, a woman ran into a Petco in Annapolis Missouri governor vetoes 72-hour abortion wait 07/02/2014 06:40pm • DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have required a 72-hour wait for women seeking abortions, asserting that legislators showed a "callous disregard for women" by granting no exception for rape and incest victims. Serena Williams pulls out of Wimbledon with 'bug' 07/02/2014 01:40pm • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) -- It was clear something was wrong with Serena Williams from the moment she began trying to warm up for her Wimbledon doubles match Tuesday.She weakly pushed volleys into the net from a couple of feet away. She whiffed on practice strokes. She even had t Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state 07/02/2014 07:38am • RYAN LUCAS Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- The leader of the extremist group that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria has called on Muslims around the world to flock to territories under his control to fight and build an Islamic state.In a recording posted online Tuesday, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi decla RunPee: App tells you when to take bathroom break during movie 07/02/2014 07:32am • Data Doctors Court to reconsider Barry Bonds' felony conviction 07/02/2014 05:10am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court will reconsider Barry Bonds' felony conviction for obstruction of justice.The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a limited en banc panel of 11 judges will review a 2011 jury verdict finding Major League Baseball's career home run leader guil Dems hope decision will energize female supporters 07/02/2014 03:14am • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Their Senate majority in peril, anxious Democrats have seized the Supreme Court decision that some companies need not provide birth control to women as fresh evidence of the GOP's "war on women" -- an argument they hope will energize female voters who c Giants' Pagan to see back specialist after setback 07/01/2014 09:20pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Giants center fielder Angel Pagan is scheduled to be examined by a specialist in Los Angeles after having a setback in his recovery from a back injury.Pagan was eligible to come off the disabled list before the Giants opened a three-game series against St. Louis on Tuesday nigh