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Stroke advice breaks ground for women's health

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:09 PM PST

Denise Miller poses on her front porch Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Southington, Ohio. Miller suffered a stroke last year that fooled doctors at two Northeast Ohio hospitals before it was finally diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic. She was 36 and had no traditional risk factors.The American Heart Association on Thursday issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women, focusing on birth control, pregnancy, depression and other risk factors that women face uniquely or more frequently than men do. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)American Heart Association issues first-ever guidelines focused on risks unique to women.

CDC: New norovirus strain caused cruise ship outbreak

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:50 PM PST

Rick O'Shea answers a question as he waits to board the Explorer of the Seas cruise ship after it docked at a berth in Bayonne, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. O'Shea says his company BYOPlanet services is preparing to disinfect the ship. The number of passengers and crew reported stricken ill on the cruise ship has risen to nearly 700. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)ATLANTA (AP) — A new strain of stomach bug was the virus responsible for almost 700 recent illnesses on a Caribbean cruise ship.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman mourned at NYC wake

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST

Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams and her fiancé Darren Le Gallo arrive at a wake for actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in New York. Hoffman died Sunday of a suspected drug overdose in his New York apartment. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Actors and others close to Philip Seymour Hoffman are paying their respects at a wake in Manhattan.

Biden says NYC airport is 'third-world'

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:49 PM PST

Vice President Joe Biden is seen during an Amtrak Siemens ACS-64 Cities Sprinter electric locomotive unveiling event, on Thursday, Feb., 6, 2014 in Philadelphia. Seventy new locomotives enter revenue service along the Northeast and Keystone corridors. (Michael Perez/AP Images for Siemens)VP dings LaGuardia airport while speaking about need to invest in U.S. infrastructure.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford launching YouTube show

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:20 PM PST

Frank Di Girogio and Tornoto Mayor Rob Ford in a candid moment (Reuters)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose admitted crack cocaine use and bizarre antics made him a favorite of late-night comedians, now has a video channel of his own.

Labradoodle creator laments designer dog craze

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Tucker, a 3-year-old Labradoodle, jumps on his owner Mike Pentz at their home in Columbus, Ohio. No Labradoodles are entered in Saturday's, Feb. 8, 2014, agility competition at the Westminster Kennel Club, but for the first time in the show's 138-year history, mixed breeds are welcome. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)NEW YORK (AP) — He's deemed the man who unleashed the designer dog craze, this wave of Maltipoos, puggles and shorkies.

Critics say Norwegian Air plans to 'Walmart' the skies

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:34 AM PST

File photo of a Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 in the air near Oslo AirportNew low-cost airlines frequently start with a headlong race to bottom-line prices and no-frills service, but U.S. carriers and others are worried newcomer Norwegian Air has figured out a way to bypass regulations that rule the market and could even affect passenger safety.

Hillary's question: not if, but how?

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:00 AM PST

465736125SG020_Hillary_ClinShe needs to determine the persona she'll present to voters, Yahoo columnist Matt Bai says.

Banned items get through Sochi security

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:33 PM PST

An anti-aircraft missile base sits outside the cross-country skiing venue prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo)Air travelers heading to Olympics say Russian airport security is surprisingly hassle-free.

$5M Stradivarius stolen in stun-gun attack recovered in Milwaukee

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:11 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond plays a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that was on loan to him during a concert in Milwaukee. Police said Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, three people have been arrested in connection with the theft of the multi-million-dollar instrument. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The rare multimillion-dollar Stradivarius violin stolen last month from a concert violinist in Wisconsin has been recovered, police said Thursday.

Video: U.S. Olympian Bode Miller grades Sochi accommodations

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U.S. charges Russian student with making bomb in Pa.

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:37 AM PST

This undated photo provide by the Blair County Prison shows eighteen-year-old Vladislav Miftakhov. Miftakhov, a Pennsylvania college student from Russia, was arrested Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 and charged with building a suspected bomb. Police say he had bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials in his rented bedroom near the Penn State-Altoona campus. (AP Photo/Blair County Prison)PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal agents have charged a university student from Russia with making a bomb in his Pennsylvania apartment.

Atlanta drivers warned of another winter storm, problem is ...

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:29 PM PST

FILE -In this Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, In this aerial photo taken with a fisheye lens looking south toward downtown Atlanta, the ice-covered interstate system shows the remnants of a winter snow storm, in Atlanta. Less than nine days after a storm trapped commuters in cars and children on school buses in metro Atlanta, state officials say they "overreacted" to information from federal forecasters and posted incorrect information on giant message boards over freeways. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)ATLANTA (AP) — A little more than a week after snow trapped commuters in cars and children on school buses in metro Atlanta, state officials say they overreacted to information from federal forecasters and posted incorrect information on giant message boards over freeways, warning drivers of a new storm watch.

Sochi Games get started with slopestyle

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 06:45 AM PST

Canada's Sebastien Toutant performs a jump during the men's slopestyle snowboarding qualifying session at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa KhutorThere were thrills, spills and plenty of nerves as snowboarding opened competition.

The White House Obamacare playbook for vulnerable Democrats

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:57 AM PST

FILE - In this June 25, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about climate change, at Georgetown University in Washington. President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)It's mid-October, 2014. On TV, a woman from your state looks directly at the camera as she tells the story of how Obamacare helped her get health insurance just before a devastating accident, or helped her kids with a chronic but common illness like asthma.

Administration said to ponder insurance extension

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:55 PM PST

The Obama administration is considering an extension of the president's decision to let people keep their individual insurance policies even if they are not compliant with the health care overhaul, industry and government officials said Thursday.

US sees Russian hand in envoy's bugged call

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:15 PM PST

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, left, greets U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The senior U.S. diplomat has arrived in the Ukrainian capital to try to help find a resolution to the protests and political crisis that have gripped the country for more than two months. Nuland is on a two day visit to Kiev. (AP Photo / Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior American diplomats, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of leaking the conversation.

Tenn girl, 5, dies from being forced to drink soda

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:55 PM PST

SURGIONSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An East Tennessee couple faces a murder charge, accused of forcing the man's 5-year-old daughter to drink more than 2 liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, authorities said.

Sochi's opening show: Let Putin's games begin

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:22 PM PST

The Olympic Cauldron, left, is lit during a test between the Bolshoy Ice Dome, top, and the Iceberg Skating Palace, foreground, early Thursday morning, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It's designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country's modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship. But the ceremony opening the Sochi Olympics on Friday, more than anything, will be about one man: Vladimir Putin.

After 22 years, Leno bids farewell to 'Tonight'

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:24 PM PST

This Nov. 5, 2012 photo released by NBC shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on the set in Burbank, Calif. After 22 years, Leno will host his last show on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Jimmy Fallon starts his NBC "Tonight Show" on Feb. 17, 2014, from New York. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Jay Leno said farewell to "The Tonight Show" once before, but that turned out to be just a rehearsal.

Police: Art thief among 3 held in violin heist

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:12 PM PST

A $5 million Stradivarius violin is displayed at the Milwaukee Police Department Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Milwaukee, a day after police recovered the instrument stolen on Jan. 27 from a concertmaster in a parking lot by a person wielding a stun gun. Police say the violin appears to be in good condition, and a Milwaukee County prosecutor said he planned to charge at least one suspect with felony robbery. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)MILWAUKEE (AP) — The mystery of what happened to a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius violin stolen in a stun gun attack was answered Thursday when Milwaukee police recovered the instrument and blamed the heist at least in part on an art thief who once stole a statue from a gallery and then tried to sell it back.

GI Joe, the world's first action figure, turns 50

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:34 PM PST

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — G.I. Joe is turning 50.

A year adrift on the Pacific? A medical Q and A

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 10:45 AM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 photo provided by the Marshall Islands Foreign Affairs Department, a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga sits on a couch in Majuro in the Marshall Islands, after he was rescued from being washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands Tom Armbruster and the nation's officials that he left Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ended up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands thousands of miles (kilometers) away. (AP Photo/Foreign Affairs Department The Marshall Islands, Gee Bing)WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The story of a Salvadoran fisherman who says he survived more than a year adrift on the Pacific Ocean raises many medical questions. The Associated Press spoke with Claude Piantadosi, a professor of medicine at Duke University and author of the book "The Biology of Human Survival," to find out what is physically possible and for his view on the tale of Jose Salvador Alvarenga. This is an edited version of the interview:

Candidates for Afghanistan's presidential election

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:24 PM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2014, Afghanistan presidential election candidate and runner-up in the 2009 election, Abdullah Abdullah listens during the first presidential election debate at the Tolo TV building, a private TV station, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdullah is one of the eleven candidates vying to succeed Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's presidential election on April 5. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)Eleven candidates are vying to succeed Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's presidential election on April 5. A look at the field:

How Russia enforces its ban on gay 'propaganda'

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 1, 2013, file photo, gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg, Russia. When the Sochi Winter Olympics begin on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 many will be watching to see whether Russia will enforce its law banning gay MOSCOW (AP) — When the Sochi Winter Olympics begin Friday, many will be watching to see whether Russia will enforce its law on gay "propaganda" if athletes, fans or activists wave rainbow flags or speak out in protest.

Rare execution in 1998 Texas torture killing

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:54 PM PST

This handout image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows capital murder defendant Suzanne Basso. On Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014 Basso, 59, is scheduled to die for for the torture slaying of Louis HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A woman convicted of torturing and killing a mentally impaired man she lured to Texas with the promise of marriage was put to death Wednesday evening in a rare execution of a female prisoner.

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