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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims

AP Politics - 4 hours 43 min ago

Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to civilians.

FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

AP Health News - 4 hours 50 min ago

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

AP Business News - 4 hours 50 min ago

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

AP Technology News - 4 hours 52 min ago

Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking.

Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

AP Entertainment News - 4 hours 52 min ago

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

AP Entertainment News - 4 hours 52 min ago

It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating the ceiling of a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.

Stocks barely budge; market ends week with loss

AP Business News - 4 hours 52 min ago

Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.

Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

AP Business News - 4 hours 52 min ago

Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.

Categories: National News from the Associated Press

Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'

AP Entertainment News - 4 hours 52 min ago

Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant."

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

AP Canada News - 4 hours 54 min ago

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack.

Kivalina students miss 3 weeks of school

AP Alaska News - 4 hours 58 min ago

Students in a remote Inupiat Eskimo village in northern Alaska received three fewer weeks of school because of a severe shortage of treated water.

Categories: State News from the Associated Press