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University of New Mexico apologizes on 'sex week' 10/02/2014 08:20pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- An effort to promote sex education and raise awareness of sexual assault at the University of New Mexico backfired, forcing administrators to apologize.Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo Torres issued an apology Wednesday after officials received dozens of complaints APNewsBreak: Mine safety violations down 10/02/2014 04:38pm • FREDERIC J. FROMMER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of chronic safety violators among mine operators has fallen sharply in recent years, according to government figures released Thursday.The Mine Safety and Health Administration said the number has dropped in response to reforms the a Secret Service chief quits due to security lapses 10/02/2014 03:00am • EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secret Service Director Julia Pierson abruptly resigned Wednesday in the face of multiple revelations of security breaches, bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe.President Barac Hagel: Military medical system 'average' 10/01/2014 10:30pm • DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday directed military medical officials to show within 45 days how they will improve care, patient safety and access to treatment at underachieving military health care facilities.Hagel released findings of a 90 Cancer doctor given 10 years for poisoning lover 09/30/2014 11:42am • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A jury on Monday sentenced a Texas cancer researcher to 10 years in prison after she was convicted of poisoning her colleague, who was also her lover, by lacing his coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical found in antifreeze.Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, VA settles complaints by 3 Phoenix whistleblowers 09/29/2014 09:36pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department said Monday it has settled complaints filed by three employees who faced retaliation after filing whistleblower complaints about the troubled Phoenix VA hospital.The employees were among the first to report widespread w Iceland announces men-only UN meeting on women 09/29/2014 06:30pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iceland is announcing a U.N. conference on women and gender equality -- and only men and boys are invited.The country's foreign affairs minister told the U.N. General Assembly of world leaders on Monday that the January "barbershop" conference will b New EU trade chief seeks reset in US trade talks 09/29/2014 01:30pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Acknowledging strong public skepticism in Europe over free trade talks with the U.S., the European Union's incoming trade chief on Monday called for a "fresh start" and more transparency in the negotiations.Sweden's Cecilia Malmstrom said she was "stru Braley and Ernst clash in first Iowa Senate debate 09/29/2014 10:06am • CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) -- The candidates in one of the closest Senate races in the nation faced off in a testy first debate in Iowa Sunday night, with Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst seeking to distinguish themselves on live television.Before a crowd of Manassas Park wounded warrior receives specially adapted home 09/29/2014 09:48am • WASHINGTON -- A Manassas Park, Virginia, retired U.S. Army reserve specialist injured in combat received a life-changing home upgrade Monday, thanks to a non-profit organization. Jay Briseno of Manassas Park is blind, paralyzed from the neck down, speechless, dependent on a ventilator to breath Texas cancer doctor convicted of poisoning lover 09/29/2014 09:00am • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A cancer researcher in Texas was convicted Friday of aggravated assault for poisoning her colleague, who was also her lover, by lacing his coffee with a sweet-tasting chemical found in antifreeze.Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, 43, a breast cancer docto Liberia: Top doctor goes under Ebola quarantine 09/29/2014 12:16am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's chief medical officer is placing herself under quarantine for 21 days after her office assistant died of Ebola.Bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister who has represented Liberia at regional conferences about combating the epid Cuba sharply expands Ebola medical mission 09/26/2014 07:22pm • HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba is greatly expanding the medical mission it's sending to Africa to fight Ebola.The Health Ministry earlier said it would send 165 health workers to Liberia. Now it's saying the mission will include 461 health workers, and some will be sent to Liberia and Guinea. The announcement Court program gives prostitutes another chance 09/26/2014 06:09pm • ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) -- Judge Paul Herbert once dismissed prostitution as "the world's oldest profession," a crime the accused women brought on themselves. Then he began to notice the similarities between domestic violence victims appearing in his courtroom Jurors deliberating in poisoned doctor trial 09/26/2014 01:22am • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- A Texas cancer researcher accused of poisoning a colleague who was also her lover was described by prosecutors on Wednesday as a devious and manipulative person who took extreme action when the man she'd become obsessed with rejected her.Dr. Ana Maria