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Ex-clinic owner pleads guilty in MLB drug case 10/17/2014 05:30am • CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) -- The former owner of a South Florida anti-aging clinic pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of illegally providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes including high-profile Major League Baseball players, most notably New York Yankees star Alex Ro Study Abroad as an Online Student 10/17/2014 12:00am • As an online student at Drexel University, Kevin Hannon knew traveling abroad was expensive and didn't consider the option a realistic goal. "I didn't think it would be possible," says Hannon, who graduated with a bachelor's of nursing degree from the school in 2013. "I was always jealous of stude McCain appears with Tillis in eastern NC 10/16/2014 05:30pm • GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Senate needs Thom Tillis because of leadership skills he exhibited as North Carolina House speaker, John McCain said Thursday while later criticizing colleague Kay Hagan for missing key Armed Service Committee meetings as national s Psychic pleads guilty in duping of timber heir 10/15/2014 09:30pm • STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A psychic has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax charges after authorities said she duped the heir to an Oregon timber fortune of millions of dollars and used some of it to travel with her boyfriend and buy expensive cars.Rachel Lee, 43, entere Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan 10/15/2014 03:20pm • VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Trying to maneuver out of the worst Russia-West crisis since the Cold War, President Vladimir Putin is unleashing a diplomatic blitz involving a series of meetings with Western leaders during his visit to Italy.Putin's two-day trip to a Europe-Asia Prosecutors say dead babies were found clothed 10/15/2014 02:26am • DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer UXBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- They were hidden away in closets just a few feet from where their siblings slept: the skeletal remains of three infants found in a squalid, vermin-infested house.On Tuesday, a judge ordered a Massachusetts woman held on $1 million cash ba Lawsuit: Pastor knew he had AIDS, had affairs 10/14/2014 09:30pm • PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- After listening to his sermons for 24 years, parishioners of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church probably thought they knew the Rev. Juan D. McFarland.But from the very pulpit where he preached about God's love and service to the community, Poll: Many insured struggle with medical bills 10/14/2014 05:36pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- They have health insurance, but still no peace of mind. Overall, 1 in 4 privately insured adults say they doubt they could pay for a major unexpected illness or injury.A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Rese Dealing With Parkinson's Disease-Related Depression 10/14/2014 12:00am • Depression in Parkinson's disease patients is a little like the riddle about the chicken and the egg: Which came first -- the nervous system disorder characterized by impaired movement and slurred speech, or the depression that is both an early symptom of the disease as well as a consequence of it? New Mexico VA leaders got bonuses amid complaints 10/13/2014 03:40pm • SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Five top administrators in the Veterans Affairs' health care system in New Mexico received more than $24,000 in bonuses in 2013 despite complaints from veterans about lapses and delays in care.Documents obtained by The Associated Press t Stocks lower...Financial concerns among private health insurance holders...China trade up 10/13/2014 07:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- International stock markets turned lower today, shrugging off robust Chinese trade figures as investors exited riskier assets after concerns resurfaced about the global economic outlook. Futures point to a lower opening on Wall Street today. Benchmark U.S. crude oil plunge Kim absence at major event raises health questions 10/10/2014 03:48pm • FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un didn't appear at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday, further increasing speculation that something is amiss with the authori Rival Koreas trade fire over propaganda balloons 10/10/2014 01:28pm • KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North and South Korea traded machine-gun and rifle fire Friday after South Korean activists released anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons across the border, officials said, a sudden reminder of the bitter rivals' animosity despite some recent N.Korean leader apparent no-show at major event 10/10/2014 04:20am • FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- For the first time in three years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wasn't on a list of dignitaries at a celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. The apparent no-show will add to mounting speculation that some Step toward artificial hand with a sense of touch 10/09/2014 12:14am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees to tell by touch how gently to grasp, letting them pluck fruit without crushing it.The two men told researchers at Case Western Reserve U