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(AP) West Texas teen who survived 2 strokes scores TDBy BETSY BLANEYAssociated PressLUBBOCK, TexasJust three months after Kenbriel Hearn emerged from a coma, the 18-year-old football star scored the most memorable touchdown of his life. The senior at Memphis High

(AP) Syrian troops capture town near Lebanon borderBy ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyrian troops captured a western town near the border with Lebanon on Thursday, after days of heavy fighting that killed dozens including nine doctors and nurses

(AP) Winds cooperate, allow NYC parade balloons to flyBy JAKE PEARSONAssociated PressNEW YORKSnoopy, Spider-Man and the rest of the iconic balloons have gotten the all-clear to fly between Manhattan skyscrapers at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. There were fears the

(AP) Brazil under pressure after collapse at WCup venueBy TALES AZZONI and STAN LEHMANAssociated PressSAO PAULOPart of the stadium that will host the 2014 World Cup opener collapsed Wednesday, killing two workers and aggravating already urgent concerns Brazil won’t be

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROEgyptian authorities on Wednesday took a heavy hand against both Islamist and secular opponents, handing down heavy prison sentences to a group of female supporters of the ousted Islamist president–including teenagers as young as 15–and ordering the

(AP) Gov’t to allow another group of immigrants to stayBy ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONSome immigrants who have stayed in the United States longer than they were allowed can soon apply to keep living in the U.S. under another immigration policy

(AP) Syria says it won’t give up power in peace talksBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaThe Syrian government said Wednesday it will participate in U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending the country’s civil war, but insisted that it is not going

(AP) Iraq: 13 executed corpses found as attacks kill 5By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADPolice around Iraq’s capital found the corpses of 13 men Wednesday apparently gunned down in executions, as other attacks in the country killed at least five, authorities said.

(AP) Supreme Court will take up new health law disputeBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama’s health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover

(AP) Pacquiao says he is borrowing to give typhoon aidBy OLIVER TEVESAssociated PressMANILA, PhilippinesDespite returning like a hero from beating Brandon Rios over the weekend, Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday he has no money to keep his promise to help typhoon

(AP) OH school workers on leave after rape-case chargesBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs WriterCOLUMBUS, OhioAn Ohio school superintendent and two other employees have been placed on leave after they were charged following an investigation prompted by the rape of a

(AP) Man: No fear trying to catch woman at stadiumBy TERRY COLLINSAssociated PressOAKLAND, Calif.When he saw a woman jumping from the upper deck at the Oakland Raiders’ stadium on Sunday, Donnie Navidad said his military instincts immediately kicked in as

(AP) Former hostages react to Iran’s nuclear dealBy MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated PressMcLEAN, Va.A nuclear deal between the U.S., Iran and other world powers has been described as a trust-building step after decades of animosity that hopefully will lead to a more

(AP) Police handling of FSU player’s case under fireBy GARY FINEOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Its handling of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is just the latest controversy to hit the Tallahassee Police Department. A handful of grand juries

(AP) Iowans worry about ethanol’s lost political cloutBy THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressALTOONA, IowaFor decades, presidential candidates’ chances in Iowa were wounded if not doomed unless they backed federal support for ethanol, a boon to the state’s corn-growing economy. That rule of

(AP) NY case sheds light on meth cooking in North KoreaBy TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORKThe capture of five men in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation has given fresh insight into methamphetamine production in North Korea. The men pleaded not

(AP) Obama: Nuclear deal blocks Iran’s path to bombBy JOHN HEILPRIN and JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressGENEVAIran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the

(AP) Prosecutors: ‘4 or 5’ things to do in Winston caseBy GARY FINEOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.The prosecutor leading the investigation of the sexual assault allegation made against Florida State’s Jameis Winston said Friday there are still “four or five” things that

(AP) All big league ballparks to screen fans in 2014By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports WriterCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Baseball fans should expect to go through a metal detector to see their favorite team play in 2014. Major League Baseball security director John Skinner said

(AP) Guilty plea in bird deaths at wind farms a firstBy DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated PressWASHINGTONA major U.S. power company has pleaded guilty to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and agreed to pay $1 million as part

(AP) UN climate talks on ‘brink of collapse’By KARL RITTERAssociated PressWARSAW, PolandU.N. climate talks were deadlocked Saturday as the U.S. and China clashed over what role the Chinese and other fast-growing economies should play in a new pact to fight

(AP) Pakistani drone protesters block NATO supply routeBy RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanThousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan on Saturday used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan, the

(AP) Energy loses $139M on loan to electric car makerBy MATTHEW DALYAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration said Friday it will lose $139 million on a loan to struggling electric car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. after selling part of the loan to

(AP) South African carjackers favor downtown spotBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressJOHANNESBURGThe carjackers were swift and methodical. They were also creatures of habit. On three occasions this month, armed criminals who apparently knew their victims were carrying cash or valuables pounced at

(AP) Hearing over; A-Rod decision likely in JanuaryBy RONALD BLUMAP Sports WriterNEW YORKAlex Rodriguez’s grievance hearing to overturn his 211-game suspension ended Thursday when both sides rested their cases, a day after the New York Yankees third baseman angrily walked

(AP) MLB players’ union head Michael Weiner dies at 51By RONALD BLUMAP Sports WriterNEW YORKMichael Weiner, the plain-speaking, ever-positive labor lawyer who took over as head of the powerful baseball players’ union four years ago and smoothed its perennially contentious

(AP) Seahawks owner Allen to fund brain injury researchBy DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIPAssociated PressSEATTLEMicrosoft co-founder and Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen said Thursday he will pay for a two-year, $2.4 million study into whether repeated blows to the head can lead

(AP) AP source: A-Rod’s lawyers rest case at hearingBy RONALD BLUMAP Sports WriterNEW YORKAlex Rodriguez’s lawyers rested their primary case Thursday without calling the player as a witness at the grievance hearing to overturn his 211-game suspension, a person familiar

One of New York’s top hospitals, the first one in the world dedicated to treating cancer, is not currently included in any Obamacare plans being sold in the state. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is one of the largest cancer hospitals

(AP) North Korea detains US war veteran, 85, son saysBy FOSTER KLUG and ROBERT JABLONAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaNorth Korean officials detained an 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War last month as he sat in a plane set to leave

(AP) Afghan president will defer signing US dealAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s president says he backs the signing of a security deal with the United States but tells a gathering of elders that if they and parliament approve the agreement it should

(AP) Rare US drone strike kills 6 in PakistanBy HUSSAIN AFZAL and RASOOL DAWARAssociated PressPARACHINAR, PakistanA suspected U.S. drone carried out a rare missile strike in northwest Pakistan outside the country’s remote tribal region on Thursday, killing six people, including

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterWASHINGTONTrouble inside the Air Force’s nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on. An unpublished study for the Air Force, obtained by The Associated Press, cites “burnout” among launch officers with

During a Tuesday interview with the Associated Press, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius went off the White House talking points and admitted that launching the federal ObamaCare exchange on October 1 was “a bad call.” Sebelius was responding

(AP) Too fat to fly: Stranded Frenchman’s ordeal endingBy DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONHe’s been turned down by planes, trains and even a cruise ship in his quest to return home — and his family says it’s because of he has been