NM utility drop box destroyed by feces replaced
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A drop box where Las Cruces residents could leave utility payments has been replaced after the previous one was damaged by human feces.
Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
Written by WILL WEISSERT,Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms, with demonstrators carrying rifles and pistols in some places while those elsewhere settled for waving hand-scrawled signs or screaming themselves hoarse.
TSA to remove controversial X-ray scanners
Written by JOSHUA FREED,AP Business Writer
Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away.
Sheriff: Calif. burglar was using sauna
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANDREAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the homeowner's sauna.
Brazil police officer shot dead in fake holdup
Written by STAN LEHMAN,Associated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say an officer playing a prank on a colleague by simulating a holdup has been shot and killed.
Gov't: Food allergies may be disability under law
Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Allergic to gluten? What about peanuts? Federal disabilities law may be able to help.
Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer's prevention study
Written by MARILYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer
Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly & Co. for a large federally funded study testing whether it's possible to prevent Alzheimer's disease in older people at high risk of developing it.
Flu season 'bad one for the elderly,' CDC says
Written by MARILYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer
The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear.