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Penn State University trustee: 400 interviewed in Sandusky inquiry

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Former FBI director Louis Freeh and his team have conducted more than 400 interviews in the internal investigation spurred by child sexual abuse charges against former Penn State...

Jobs’ death caused by respiratory arrest from cancer

By The Associated Press
May 6, 2012

Jobs death caused by respiratory arrest, cancer By BROOKE DONALD and RACHEL METZ - Associated Press Writers | AP - Mon, Oct 10, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate made public...

Four students killed as Syrian forces raid university dormitories

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian forces stormed student dormitories during an anti-government protest at Aleppo University Thursday, firing tear gas and bullets in an hours-long siege that killed at least four students...

More teen girls using best birth control drives down teen birth rate

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) - More teen girls now use the best kinds of birth control, a new government study says. About 60 percent of teen girls who have sex use the most effective kinds of contraception, including...

Government considers protection for dwarf seahorse

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The government will study whether the inch-long dwarf seahorse should have federal protection. The seahorse - the smallest of four species found in U.S. waters - lives only in seagrass...

Judge won’t order Grosse Tete truck stop tiger’s removal

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A state judge has refused to order the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to remove an 11-year-old tiger from a truck stop in Grosse Tete (grohs tet). Judge Michael...

Widow to get five exotic animals from the Ohio zoo

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The widow of a suicidal animal owner who released dozens of exotic creatures last fall will get the five surviving animals back from an Ohio zoo on Friday. And a friend says the woman...

Philippines erect wall to obscure view of slums, abject poverty

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected...

 

New political system causes more chaos in streets of Egypt

By The Associated Press
May 3, 2012

CAIRO (AP) - The streets and sidewalks of Cairo have always been rather chaotic. But they've only gotten worse in the political turmoil as Egypt stumbles toward a new system following the fall of President...

Irish cardinal won’t resign over child abuse cover-up by pedophile priest

By The Associated Press
May 2, 2012

DUBLIN (AP) - The leader of Ireland's 4 million Catholics said Wednesday he wouldn't resign after a BBC documentary accused him of helping to cover up 1970s child abuse committed by a pedophile priest...

New Facebook feature increases amount of organ donor signups

By The Associated Press
May 2, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) - Thousands of Facebook users have signed up to be organ donors this week, thanks to a new feature on the social networking site that makes it easier to register. The new option was announced...

Eurozone unemployment hits record high as recession spreads in Europe

By The Associated Press
May 2, 2012

LONDON (AP) - The 17 countries that use the euro are facing the highest unemployment rates in the history of the currency as recession once again spreads across Europe, pressuring leaders to focus less...