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Albuquerque police sued over fatal camper shooting 06/28/2014 04:40pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The family of a homeless camper fatally shot by Albuquerque police in a shooting that generated national outcry and protests throughout the city, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday and is seeking to force the department to make dramatic reforms.The lawsuit filed in state Panel: Flu spray better than shots for young kids 06/28/2014 11:40am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- When it comes to flu vaccines, a federal panel says a squirt in the nose is better than a shot in the arm for young children.The advisory panel voted Wednesday to advise doctors that FluMist nasal spray is a bit better at preventing flu in healthy young FDA grapples with oversight of fecal transplants 06/28/2014 09:12am • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Imagine a low-cost treatment for a life-threatening infection that could cure up to 90 percent of patients with minimal side effects, often in a few days.It may sound like a miracle drug, but this cutting-edge treatment is profoundly simple -- thou VA review finds 'significant and chronic' failures 06/28/2014 03:54am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a scathing appraisal, a review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans Affairs health care system concludes that medical care for veterans is beset by "significant and chronic system failures," substantially verifying problems ra Nigerian intelligence agency: We warned malls 06/27/2014 10:08pm • LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's intelligence agency said it has been warning shopping complexes in Abuja for two weeks that Islamic extremists might attack them in the capital, where a blast at a mall killed 22 people this week.The increased security may have prevent Beyond cure? Europe euthanasia rulings sear debate 06/27/2014 09:20pm • LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- One French court acquitted a doctor of poisoning seven terminally ill patients while another ordered physicians to suspend treatment for a comatose man, while Britain's top court said the country's ban on assisted suicide may be incompatible with human rig Court document: Boy sent to basement without food 06/27/2014 08:04pm • DETROIT (AP) -- A 12-year-old Detroit boy who was missing for more than a week before he was discovered in his own basement told investigators his stepmother sent him there, according to a court record obtained Friday by a newspaper.The petition, filed in Wayne County juvenile court by Children's Pr 76ers President Hinkie confident about Embiid 06/27/2014 07:50pm • DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- As word spread through NBA inner circles that Kansas prospect Joel Embiid suffered a foot injury, the Philadelphia 76ers wondered if his misfortune was just the break the downtrodden franchise needed."I sniffed opportunity," Sam Hinkie, the team's pr Woman sues ex-boss, says rush hour made her ill 06/27/2014 07:00pm • CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey woman is suing her former employer for not letting her avoid commuting during rush hour, which she says aggravated her anxiety and depression.Andrea DeGerolamo says her employer, Fulton Financial Corp. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was legally required to accommodate Delle Donne out indefinitely with Lyme disease 06/27/2014 02:54pm • DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne won't be in the lineup against the New York Liberty on Friday night, sidelined indefinitely with a recurrence of Lyme disease.The team announced Friday afternoon at shoot-around that Delle Donne had returned ho New York tourist known as plague survivor has died 06/27/2014 01:06pm • TERRY TANG Associated Press A man who nearly lost his life in New York City's first instance of bubonic plague in more than 100 years has died of an unrelated illness in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, hospital, his wife said Thursday.John Tull was diagnosed with a rare cancer last month, but doctors didn't Pregnant runner Alysia Montano finishes 800 06/27/2014 11:04am • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Alysia Montano will have a heck of a story to tell her first child.Thirty-four weeks pregnant, Montano ran the 800 meters Thursday in the U.S. Track and Field Championships. The five-time national champion finished in 2 minutes, 32.13 secon India pipeline blast kills 15 people, guts houses 06/27/2014 10:51am • OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A state-owned gas pipeline exploded and burst into flames Friday, killing at least 15 people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of neighboring villages in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, authorities said.Flames rose more th WHO reduces Ebola death toll in Sierra Leone 06/27/2014 10:30am • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced it was changing the way it reports fatalities from the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone at the request of the government.Previously, probable and suspected deaths from Ebola were included in the co Swiftkey makes typing easier 06/27/2014 07:51am • Data Doctor