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Losing Dad: A teen finds purpose in grief 10/06/2014 05:58pm • MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- Genevieve Liu sits back in bed each night, still thinking of her father before she sleeps. He used to sing the same song to his children at bedtime, often before he'd head to surgery to save the life of someone else's child."I'm leaving on a jet plane Poll: Americans worry _ can government protect us? 10/06/2014 12:56pm • JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans lack confidence in the government's ability to protect their personal safety and economic security, a sign that their widespread unease about the state of the nation extends far beyond politics, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK po Canada's Postmedia buys Sun Media newspapers 10/06/2014 12:00pm • ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian newspaper publisher Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is announcing a deal to buy 175 newspapers and publications in a major consolidation of print media in Canada.It is paying 316 million Canadian dollars ($283 million) to Quebecor Media Inc. for S Don't miss the total lunar eclipse 10/06/2014 10:26am • WASHINGTON -- The early morning hours of October 8th will provide DMV skywatchers a pretty sight - a total lunar eclipse. We had another total lunar eclipse back in April but I was at sea so I did not see it here in the DMV (District, Maryland and Virginia area) but did witness it in the Atlanti Brady back in form, Patriots beat Bengals 43-17 10/06/2014 04:30am • HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady and the Patriots routed the Bengals and quieted the doubters.The three-time Super Bowl winner finally looked like a quarterback who has thrown for 50,000 yards in his career as New England dominated the NFL's last unbeaten team, beati Cat, dog, lasers: A senior portrait to remember 10/04/2014 09:04pm • SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York boy and his cat, a principal and her dog -- and lasers.They all came together in teenager Draven Rodriguez's senior portrait, which ended up with him holding his cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, and Schenectady High School principal Diane Wilkinson holding her Chihuahua, V Questions and answers about Ebola 10/04/2014 01:58pm • WASHINGTON -- The Ebola crisis in Africa and the U.S. cases that have occurred have raised a number of questions. WTOP's Answer Desk is answering some questions you may have. How easy would it be for you to get Ebola if someone near you has it? "The Ebola virus is not easily spread like a col Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage 10/04/2014 06:00am • JON GAMBRELL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.The video mirrored other beheading vide Quotations in the News 10/04/2014 04:08am • The Associated Press "Alan had gone to Syria to help get aid to people of all faiths in their hour of need. The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ... terrorists." -- British Prime Minister David Obama condemns 'brutal murder' of British hostage 10/03/2014 08:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday strongly condemned the "brutal murder" of a British hostage by the Islamic State group.An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State fighter beheading Alan Henning, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group no Wehby accused of plagiarizing health plan again 10/03/2014 08:30pm • JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Two weeks after she took down part of her website to scrub it of plagiarized material, Oregon Senate candidate Monica Wehby is in hot water again after a news organization discovered Friday that the website still contains sentences taken from o Poll: 2 of 3 Americans back strikes in Iraq, Syria 10/03/2014 05:02pm • DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans back U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria to combat the threat from Islamic extremists, yet half also think there's a high risk of a future terrorist attack on American soil, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.American Watchdog: Turkey to improve journalists situation 10/03/2014 08:58am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish government officials have defended Turkey's much-criticized press freedom record but have agreed to improve the situation for journalists, an international media freedom watchdog said Friday.The chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Sandy Rowe, and counterp Germany's Rocket Internet makes bumpy market debut 10/03/2014 07:30am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Germany's Rocket Internet AG, which specializes in launching e-commerce startups, has made a bumpy market debut -- with its shares falling on their first day of trading in Frankfurt.Rocket was the second German tech company in as many days to hit the market in Frankfurt, f King George man pleads guilty to child porn charge 10/03/2014 04:10am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A King George County man has pleaded guilty to using the Internet on his cellphone to solicit sexually explicit photos from six young girls.The U.S. attorney's office says 25-year-old Dane Scott Mihlon's plea to a single count of enticement of a minor was accepted Thursday b