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O'Malley announces disaster relief for flooding 08/08/2014 04:50pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley has announced a disaster relief package to help residents of Allegany and Washington counties who were affected by flooding in June.The governor announced the relief in Friday.The governor's office says residents may receive up to $5,000 in grants to pay f FDA warns that tattoo inks can cause infections 08/08/2014 03:38pm • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thinking about getting inked? Check the bottle first.The Food and Drug Administration is warning tattoo parlors, their customers and those buying at-home tattoo kits that not all tattoo ink is safe.Last month, California company White and Blue Tips from a dietitian: Eat healthy on vacation 08/08/2014 01:44pm • WASHINGTON -- There's no sense in depriving yourself of lobster rolls and ice cream cones on summer vacation -- or apple cider doughnuts and IPAs as we ease into fall -- but not every meal needs to be an indulgence when traveling. Toby Smithson, a registered dietitian nutritionist and a spokesper Steeler player swamped by mail since autograph vow 08/08/2014 01:28pm • LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- The post office at the small college where the Pittsburgh Steelers hold training camp has been swamped with mail since wide receiver Antonio Brown vowed on Facebook to autograph anything fans send him.Brown posted the message on July 28 saying, "If I don't get a chance to sign s Cocaine caramels seized at Dulles Airport 08/08/2014 12:31pm • WASHINGTON -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized more than $80,000-worth of cocaine that was concealed inside caramel sweets Wednesday. A Honduran woman traveling from El Salvador had a brown cone-shaped package wrapped in cellophane she US airdrops supplies to thousands besieged in Iraq 08/08/2014 06:02am • SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military dropped humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities besieged by militants and desperately in need of food and water, President Barack Obama said late Thursday, defending the action as helping to prevent a pos Obama authorizes renewed airstrikes in Iraq 08/08/2014 03:40am • ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq Thursday night, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. His announcement threatened a renewal o Fannie, Freddie post profits in 2Q; pay dividends 08/07/2014 10:32pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government-controlled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posted profits for the April-June period as the U.S. housing market continued to recover. Gains in recent years have enabled them to fully repay their government aid after being res Fannie, Freddie post profits in 2Q; pay dividends 08/07/2014 10:32pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government-controlled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posted profits for the April-June period as the U.S. housing market continued to recover. Gains in recent years have enabled them to fully repay their government aid after being res Rams coordinator Gregg Williams faces old team 08/07/2014 05:37pm • R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Alec Ogletree ended fellow linebacker James Laurinaitis' four-year run as the St. Louis Rams' leading tackler in his rookie season.As with the rest of the defense, there's no resting on that accomplishment.Everybody is getting pushed and prodded to d ECB's Draghi cautions over Ukraine impact 08/07/2014 01:46pm • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Central Bank head Mario Draghi cautioned Thursday that the crisis in Ukraine could weigh on the fragile economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone -- but gave little sign the bank was so alarmed it was ready to deploy new stimulus National Guard to pull out of NASCAR and IndyCar 08/07/2014 01:40pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The National Guard is ending its sponsorship of both NASCAR's most popular driver and one of the most recognizable names in IndyCar.It's not clear when the guard is leaving motorsports. It said in a Wednesday statement on its web site that it Mexican Senate approves opening of oil sector 08/07/2014 09:06am • E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's Congress approved a comprehensive energy reform that will break more than seven decades of state monopoly and dramatically expand the role of foreign and private companies in the country's oil and gas industry.The package of new laws 'Gluten-free' labeling standards kick in 08/07/2014 07:24am • MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting Tuesday, "gluten free" labels on packaged foods have real meaning. Until now, the term "gluten-free" was unregulated, and manufacturers made their own decisions about what it means.This new requirement is especially important for peopl Outspoken Sims likes direction Raiders are headed 08/07/2014 12:00am • MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press NAPA, Calif. (AP) -- If Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Pat Sims decides to go into broadcasting, it will have to be through satellite radio.The 310-pound veteran isn't shy about offering his views on any topic, and his responses are raw and unfiltered.Sims was tha