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    AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients (AP)
    AP - Lori Erickson-Trump has faked headaches and back pain. She's had physicals and MRIs she didn't need and she gets paid for it — all to evaluate the performance of doctors and their staffs. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:52:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    U.S. life expectancy tops 78, lags behind other nations (AP)

    Chart shows the U.S. life expectancy at birth since 1929;; 2c x 2 inches; 96.3 mm x 50.8 mmAP - For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:36:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    House overwhelmingly passes Amtrak funding bill (AP)
    AP - A nearly $15 billion Amtrak bill passed the House Wednesday as lawmakers rallied around an alternative for travelers saddled with soaring gas prices. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:43:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    East Coast heat wave claims 17 lives, most elderly (AP)
    AP - The East Coast heat wave has claimed the lives of 17 people, and most of the victims were elderly. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:17:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Mars lander fills test oven with pinch of soil (AP)

    In this image provided by NASA the Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm during the mission's 15th Martian day since landing Monday June 9, 2008 to test a 'sprinkle' method for delivering small samples of soil to instruments on the lander deck. Scientists troubleshooting the Phoenix lander said Monday they will try one last shake to get a scoopful of Martian dirt inside a tiny oven in hopes of jump-starting their study of Mars' north pole region. Phoenix's first science experiment to heat the permafrost soil was delayed after it was discovered that virtually none of it passed through a screen to reach a miniature oven, one of eight aboard the spacecraft that will heat soil and sniff the resulting vapors for signs of life-friendly elements. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M)AP - NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was not the only one doing the shaking. Scientists operating the spacecraft broke into song and dance on Wednesday after learning that their latest effort to shake lumps of Martian soil into a tiny testing oven worked.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:28:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Organic alcohol sparks new cocktail trend (AP)

    Bottles of organic vodka are on display at Distilled Resources  Feb. 13, 2008, in Rigby, Idaho. Call it hedonistic environmentalism. Or maybe just eco-conscious imbibing. Either way, those who want their dirty martini to be a little cleaner are increasingly pouring organic spirits into their glass.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Call it hedonistic environmentalism. Or maybe just eco-conscious imbibing. Either way, those who want their dirty martini to be a little cleaner are increasingly pouring organic spirits into their glass.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:07:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Fla. man pleads guilty in Va. Tech-style threat (AP)
    AP - A man possessing an arsenal of AK-47 assault weapons, other guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition at the time of his arrest pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of threatening over the Internet to pull off a Virginia Tech-style massacre. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:43:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    FDA still hunting source of salmonella in tomatoes (AP)

    A notice informing customers about not serving tomatoes is on display at a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles, June 10, 2008. U.S. health officials on Wednesday said they are still receiving reports of people falling ill from eating Salmonella-tainted tomatoes and that they now have 167 reported cases from 17 states. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)AP - Federal health officials haven't yet traced the source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes but, amid an outcry from farmers, are clearing innocent crops as fast as possible.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:30:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    State Farm won't renew some Miss. coast policies (AP)
    AP - State Farm Insurance Cos. won't renew homeowners policies within 1,000 feet of the beach on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the company said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:34:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Calif. polygamist convicted of torturing 19 kids (AP)
    AP - A polygamist was convicted Wednesday of charges that he starved, tortured and abused two of his wives and many of his 19 children and stepchildren. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:38:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Ex-Black Panthers want freedom after decision (AP)
    AP - Two former Black Panthers convicted of killing a prison guard in 1972 should be freed after a federal magistrate found a previous attorney made mistakes during a trial, their current lawyers said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:10:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Texas executes 1st inmate since injection lull (AP)

    This photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Karl  Eugene Chamberlain who is scheduled for execution at the Texas prison in Huntsville, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. In a ruling late Monday, June 9, the state's highest criminal court refused to stop the scheduled execution of Chamberlain, for the rape-slaying of a woman in Dallas in 1991. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)AP - A remorseful convicted killer was executed Wednesday night for raping and killing a Dallas woman 17 years ago, the first prisoner in nine months to be put to death in the nation's most active capital punishment state.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:21:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Helicopter rescues hikers from Wash. Mount Rainier (AP)

    National Park Ranger Kevin Bacher stands on the porch of the Longmire administration building at Mount Rainier, Wash., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Bacher was talking to reporters about plans to recover the body  Wednesday of a climber who died overnight Monday on the mountain when he and two companions, who suffered frostbite and hypothermia, were caught by a severe blizzard while hiking near Camp Muir further up the mountain.  (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A helicopter rescued two hikers from high on Mount Rainier Wednesday after they were caught in a freak June blizzard that caused a third hiker's death.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:30:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Slaying of 2 girls stuns small town in Oklahoma (AP)

    In this photo provided by Graham Public School in Weleetka, Okla., Skyla Whitaker is pictured in an undated photo. The bodies of Skyla Whitaker, 11, and Taylor Paschal-Placker,13, were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road on Sunday, June 8, 2008.    (AP Photo/Ruth Kelly Studio via Graham Public School)AP - Maybe they stumbled onto a crime in progress. Perhaps they were ambushed by "drunks and dopeheads." Or maybe it was some kind of thrill killing.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:52:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    LI shark tournaments draw protesters, fishermen (AP)

    In this June 2008 photo supplied by Jackyee.com, a shark is hoisted up for viewing in front of spectators in Montauk, N.Y., during the Star Island 2007 Shark Tournament. Despite protests from animal advocacy groups who decry shark fishing tournaments as inhumane, Montauk's events are thriving. For the first time, this weekend's Star Island Yacht Club tournament is boasting $1 million in prizes.   (AP Photo/Jack Yee)AP - More than 100 miles east of Manhattan, out past the Hamptons, sits a tiny village where thousands converge at the docks on summer evenings to ogle at and revere the massive creatures brought back from the sea.


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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:14:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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