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Body of autistic boy vacationing in Fla. is found
Authorities say they have found the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy who went missing while vacationing in the Florida Panhandle. Owen Elliot Black was on the beaches of Perdido Key with his mother when he wandered off on his own around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Authorities said the family ...
Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should handle its high with three competing measures ...
Portland revisits issue of public fluoridation
While soaking up the rays in what's been an unusually sunny season, Portlanders have broken away from their polite chatter about food, wine and outdoor adventure to fight about whether to fluoridate the water supply. Supporters and opponents of public fluoridation have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars ahead of ...
Law requires 1 form for authorization of medicine
A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs. Bills signed last week by Gov. Rick Snyder ask the state insurance commissioner to develop a standard form for physicians when insurers require prior ...
Adopted Russian orphan triumphs over challenges
Sophie snaps her fingers and, with her classmates, bounces, twirls and kicks to the tune of West Side Story's "America" blaring through the dance studio sound system. The 10-year-old, adopted from Russia by U.S. parents nearly nine years ago, is a bright-eyed, carefree fourth-grader who wakes up with a song ...
Gregory woman, 72, proves health is timeless
Brenda Badish found herself in a desperate situation at a tough age. At age 68, Badish had gained about 100 pounds since her husband's 1997 death and could no longer function physically on her own. "I couldn't do anything. I was at a point where I couldn't even dress myself," ...
Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals. But no one responsible for the lab at the base can ...
Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident. National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said ...
Tom Brokaw speaks at Mayo Clinic commencement
Former news anchor Tom Brokaw became the first recipient of an honorary degree from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine on Saturday. "If there is an oxymoron in America, it's a humble anchorman," Brokaw said. "But this is truly a humbling experience." The 73-year-old journalist, who hosted NBC Nightly News ...
Herbert signs legislation to prevent teen suicide
Gov. Gary Herbert visited a high school in the Salt Lake City suburb of Magna rocked by a recent string of suicides to discuss the problem and sign legislation meant to prevent it. Herbert on Friday heard suggestions on how to deal with teen suicides from students at Cyprus High. ...
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: Will a switched-at-birth Japanese drama tug on Steven Spielberg's heart strings? The Cannes Film Festival was wondering that Saturday, when Kore-eda Hirokazu's elegant and emotional "Like Father, Like Son" premiered. It quickly emerged as an early contender for ...
Ala., boy makes progress after brain tumor
For Kevin Kennedy, every step is as exciting as a jump. Kevin, 8, has lived with posterior fossa syndrome since 2010, which has radically changed the way he walks, talks and moves. After initially being diagnosed, the boy who at one time played soccer and ran in the backyard of ...
Rabies confirmed in bat found in Albuquerque
New Mexico health officials are urging parents to tell children not to handle wild animals. The warning comes after a bat found in northeast Albuquerque tested positive for rabies. A number of children were reportedly near the bat and took photographs of it on the evening of May 11, but ...
Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of "bionic" ...
Tiny baby finally leaves Wash. hospital
Little Harley Gulliksen has gone home after five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital. She weighed just 15 ounces and measured 10 inches when she was born prematurely on Dec. 20. Her arm was smaller than an adult's pinky finger, The Columbian reported (http://is.gd/0BXYe9). The ...
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