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Egypt says attack in Sinai was suicide bomber
A suicide bomber and unknown gunmen aiming to destabilize Egypt killed nine security men and hit the country's main satellite communications center on Monday in a string of attacks, the interior minister said. The bombing that struck a security headquarters in the southern Sinai Peninsula killed three police men. The ...
Report: W.Va. has highest rate of fatal overdoses
West Virginia leads the nation in the rate of fatal drug overdoses, and a report released Monday says that rate is now six times higher than it was about a decade ago. But the Trust for America's Health also gives West Virginia high marks for trying to tackle the problem, ...
Egypt's president makes first trip to Saudi Arabia
Egypt's interim president visited Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first foreign trip, highlighting a regional realignment spurred by the military ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood from power in Cairo. Underscoring the tightening of relations between the two regional powerhouses, Adly Mansour was greeted in Riyadh airport by the kingdom's ...
ACLU says ATF blocks whistleblower book on scandal
The Obama administration is blocking a federal law enforcement agent from publishing a book about the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-smuggling sting operation because of concerns that the book would negatively affect morale, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU charged that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much of the rest of the government was coping with a ...
Ohio issues guidelines to curb painkiller abuse
Ohio clinicians are getting new guidelines aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse. The move comes as overdose drug deaths driven largely by painkiller addictions have surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio. Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) administration along with professional groups and state licensing boards ...
Death of Israeli kingmaker leaves huge void
To his supporters, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a revered spiritual sage who empowered masses of disenfranchised Sephardic Jews. Among secular Israelis, he was widely perceived as a medieval figure, bedecked in flowing robes and occasionally given to bizarre rants. But through his control of the Shas political party, Yosef wielded ...
Pa. ranked 14th in number of drug overdose deaths
A new study shows Pennsylvania has the 14th highest rate of drug overdose deaths. The Washington-based Trust for America's Health said in a report Monday that the state had 15.3 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents in 2010, most involving prescription drugs. That's an increase of 89 percent from 1999, when ...
Report shows Okla. with high drug overdose rate
A new report says Oklahoma has one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country, but that the state is doing more than most to help curb prescription drug abuse. The report on prescription drug abuse was released Monday by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Trust for America's Health. ...
Corporal punishment use continues decline in NC
The use of corporal punishment in North Carolina's public schools continues to decline, with students in six districts hit 184 times in the most recent school year, according to a study released Monday by a child advocacy group. Students in Robeson County are hit the most, with 141 uses of ...
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