Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
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 AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders
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 AP - A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.
Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida member grew radical
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 AP - Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago.
Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom
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 AP - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled
Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming
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 AP - A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly love frothing over with anger.
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Deal reached on ground zero health claims
 New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.
Lawmaker: I went skinny-dipping with teen
Utah's House majority leader says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago. New wave of foreclosures threatens market
 Swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but haven't yet lost their homes may soon lead to a new round of foreclosures.
Weak economy means it's a freebie nation
 Whether it's to boost sagging business or attract customers to a new product, there seems to be a freebie fad going on. That's a boon for budget shoppers and can be good for companies too.
NBC: 3 U.S. officers reprimanded over battle
Three Army commanders linked to a battle that killed nine Americans in Afghanistan in 2008 been given letters of reprimand for reportedly failing to adequately protect their forces. |