Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?
Written by MATTHEW PERRONE,AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet.
Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years
Written by MARK SCOLFORO,Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart their relationship.
Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif.
Written by CHRISTOPHER WEBER,Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire fanned by a long day of Santa Ana winds raged along the edges of Southern California communities and coastal highways Thursday, forcing the evacuation of a university and hundreds of homes and threatening 2,000 more, officials said.
Casinos brace for impact of Internet gambling
Written by WAYNE PARRY,Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With legal gambling now moving beyond the casinos and onto the Internet, the industry is bracing for the most far-reaching changes in its history.
US employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5 pct.
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US employers add 165K jobs; rate falls to 7.5 pct.
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER,AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.
Chris Kelly of 1990s rap duo Kris Kross dies
Written by OSCAR WELLS GABRIEL II,Associated Press PHILLIP LUCAS,Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo behind one of the decade's most memorable songs, "Jump," has died at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. He was 34.
SD tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site
Written by KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier.
Justice Department appeals morning-after case
Written by JOSH LEDERMAN,Associated Press LAURAN NEERGAARD,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's order to lift all age limits on who can buy morning-after birth control pills without a prescription.