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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 07/30/2014 03:00pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___July 28News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Ebola:To be a missionary or a health care worker who tends to the poor has always required an admirable level of compassion, but now in West Af 2 dead, 2 hurt in Vegas carjacking, home invasions 07/29/2014 08:52pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Two men were killed and two women were seriously injured Tuesday in a wild Las Vegas crime spree that included a carjacking, two home invasions, a stabbing, a fake hostage situation and a deadly police shooting.Officers killed a male suspect, and a Man uses fake bomb to hold up banks, police say 07/29/2014 09:57am • WASHINGTON -- A Takoma Park, Maryland man is charged with three counts of armed robbery after allegedly robbing three banks using a fake, foil-wrapped bomb. Montgomery County police say DNA evidence left at the scene led to the arrest of Morris Kenneth Thweatt, 46. During each robbery, police sa Fighting in Ukraine prompts residents to flee 07/29/2014 02:28am • MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possessions in plastic bags and small suitcases as shells exploded in the distance, fighting that also prevented an international police team from reach Expert testifies in Wisconsin baby kidnapping case 07/28/2014 11:50pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- An FBI expert testified Monday in the trial of a Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures, saying visits to websites about fake pregnancy bellies were found on computers seized from the woman's home.Kristen Consumer Reports warns about scammers targeting hotels 07/28/2014 10:48pm • WASHINGTON -- Are you traveling this summer? Keep in mind scammers may try to prey on you during your hotel stay in creative ways, according to Consumer Reports. You might get a call on your hotel room phone. "This is the front desk," the voice on the other end may say. "We're having a problem Italy opens theme park in tribute to film industry 07/28/2014 09:27am • KAVITHA SURANA Associated Press ROME (AP) -- A new amusement park outside Rome celebrates the world of cinema, taking visitors back to the golden age of Italian film production when the Rome-based Cinecitta Studios -- still in operation -- were known as "Hollywood on the Tiber.""Here, the idea is th Tigers lose finale 2-1, drop 3 of 4 to LA Angels 07/27/2014 08:14pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers traveled to Angel Stadium to find out how they stack up against another AL power.They headed home realizing they can't beat anybody if their high-priced lineup doesn't score more runs.David Freese homered off Joba Chamberlain i David Freese's late HR puts Angels past Tigers 2-1 07/27/2014 07:50pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- After a weekend filled with mostly miserable swings, David Freese surprised his teammates, the Angel Stadium fireworks crew and even himself when he hit a tiebreaking homer.Nobody was stunned when another dominant pitching performance from the Lo 2 miscues late costs Yanks in loss to Blue Jays 07/27/2014 06:57pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Dellin Betances sailed a pickoff attempt into right field. And then, David Robertson didn't even bother to hold Jose Bautista on base.A day after Brian McCann's indecision at first base cost the Yankees in their first loss to Toronto in the Bronx after Blue Jays win 1st series in Bronx in 2 years 07/27/2014 06:18pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Bautista decided it was time to take charge, not with his bat but with his feet.The Toronto slugger stole second base without a throw with two outs in the ninth inning and scored when Dioner Navarro hit a go-ahead single, lifting the Blue Jays ove Aruba to hold Venezuelan official seeking immunity 07/26/2014 12:10am • DILMA ARENDS GEERMAN Associated Press ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -- A judge in Aruba ruled Friday that the highest-ranking Venezuelan official ever arrested on a U.S. warrant must remain behind bars pending an extradition request on drug-trafficking charges, prompting Venezuela to cancel flights to the Survey: Teens experimenting with HGH on the rise 07/25/2014 05:57pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Michael Guerreri wanted to try human growth hormones so he could look like a pro wrestler. Joe Badalanato hoped HGH would help him become a better football player. James O'Brien figured the drug would improve his fastball.The three 18-year-olds from suburban Philadelphia told Th Ex-'X Factor' judge Tulisa fined for blogger blow 07/25/2014 07:24am • LONDON (AP) -- British singer and former "X Factor" judge Tulisa Contostavlos, who last week won a legal victory over a tabloid sting story, has been fined for assaulting a celebrity blogger at a music festival.The 26-year-old celebrity was convicted Friday of hitting Savvas Morgan at the V Festival Iowa man convicted of killing pregnant wife 07/24/2014 05:40pm • DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- A former volunteer firefighter who hoped for a career in law enforcement was convicted Thursday of killing his pregnant wife, as jurors in his third trial rejected his claims that an unknown intruder shot her.Jurors found Seth Techel, 23, guilty of first-degree murder and non