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Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
Updated: May 19, 12:36 PM

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.
Updated: May 17, 09:36 PM

Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol.
Updated: May 17, 04:06 PM

WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn’t necessary.
Updated: May 17, 01:06 PM

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state’s new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.
Updated: May 17, 04:36 AM

AP PHOTOS: Path to legal pot a long, wild trip

It’s one thing to legalize marijuana. It’s another to figure out how to sell it, grow it, regulate it, test it and tax it.
Updated: May 16, 07:06 PM

Correction: New Virus story

In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the 20 deaths attributed to the virus. There have been no deaths reported in France and Qatar, only in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Britain.
Updated: May 16, 04:06 PM

Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy

As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.
Updated: May 16, 08:36 AM

Science

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals

The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project.
Updated: May 17, 01:06 AM

Endangered Hawaiian hawks found shot on Big Island

Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found wounded on the Big Island after apparently being shot with a pellet gun, and federal wildlife officials want to know who is responsible.
Updated: May 16, 04:06 PM

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals.
Updated: May 16, 01:36 PM

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.
Updated: May 16, 01:06 PM

Correction: Space Station-Star Trek story

In a story May 15 about astronauts at the International Space Station getting the new "Star Trek" movie, The Associated Press reported erroneously when the film opened on Earth. "Star Trek into Darkness" opened in the United States on Thursday; it opened in some other countries earlier in May.
Updated: May 16, 12:06 PM

NASA craft’s planet-hunting days may be numbered

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.
Updated: May 16, 10:06 AM

GPS satellite launched into space from Florida

A new GPS satellite has been launched into space.
Updated: May 15, 06:06 PM

Report: Feds’ warnings about Sandy were confusing

Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found.
Updated: May 15, 05:06 PM

Technology

Key events involving Yahoo and its performance

Yahoo has reached a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the latest acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer. Yahoo is paying mostly cash for Tumblr and expects to complete the deal by the end of the year. Here are key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance in recent years:
Updated: May 20, 01:06 PM

Blackstone group offers to take Pactera private

Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera’s CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing firm at $680.4 million.
Updated: May 20, 01:06 PM

Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed

Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.
Updated: May 20, 11:06 AM

High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes

The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.
Updated: May 20, 10:36 AM

2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday.
Updated: May 20, 07:06 AM

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people’s public offering.
Updated: May 19, 04:36 PM

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.
Updated: May 19, 08:36 AM

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company’s website and mobile applications.
Updated: May 18, 01:06 PM