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Washington Death Rates Drop for Prescription Medication Overdoses

Washington Death Rates Drop for Prescription Medication Overdoses

KENNEWICK, Wash - The State Department of Health says the number of people who died from prescription medication overdoses is down 23% from 2008 to 2011.
Records link California home and Te'o case

Records link California home and Te'o case

By JUSTIN PRITCHARDAssociated Press CARSON, Calif. (AP) - When Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o ordered two dozen white roses delivered to 21503 Water Street, he says he thought they were headed to the home of his dead girlfriend, Lennay Kekua.
Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92

Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92

By R.B. FALLSTROMAP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) - No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the St.
What Te'o said to try to explain girlfriend hoax

What Te'o said to try to explain girlfriend hoax

By RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football Writer Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tried to clear the air about how he fell into an online relationship with a fictitious woman he met online who called herself Lennay Kekua.
Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial Saturday for free-information advocate Aaron Swartz called for changing computer-crime laws and the legal system itself. At a New York City ceremony that was par
Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial Saturday for free-information advocate Aaron Swartz called for changing computer-crime laws and the legal system itself. At a New York City ceremony that was par
Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages

Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages

By PAUL SCHEMM and KARIM KEBIRAssociated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the A
Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages

Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages

By PAUL SCHEMM and KARIM KEBIRAssociated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the A
Correction: Notre Dame-Te'o story

Correction: Notre Dame-Te'o story

NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Jan. 19 about the Manti Te'o-Lennay Kekua hoax, The Associated Press reported erroneously some of the details about the place where Te'o says he sent flowers after he was told by pranksters that his girlfriend had died.
Fiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82

Fiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82

By DAVID GINSBURGAP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) - Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ump's chest and then fire away.