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Judge: Bad science led to S. Korean immigrant’s murder-by-arson sentence

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By Michael Rubinkam Associated Press The arsonist who killed Ji Yun Lee was especially cruel and calculating, dousing her small cabin in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains with more than 60 gallons […]

U.S. hospitals compete for aff luent immigrant patients

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By Ramit Plushnick-Masti Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – When it comes to ordering meals at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, immigrant patients can choose from dishes similar to those they […]

Graduation heals Calif. man’s World War II internment wounds

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By Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, California (AP) – A California man who missed his 1942 high school graduation because he was locked in an internment camp for Japanese Americans finally […]

Killer convicted at age 14 can now ask for parole

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By Adam Lynn/The News Tribune Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Barry Massey was 14 when he became the youngest person in the United States ever sentenced to life in […]

Shinseki had support of many vet groups until end

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By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – He’s one of them — a disabled veteran who lost part of his right foot to a mine in Vietnam, a soldier who riled […]

Immigrants fueling a U.S. boom in cricket

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By Frank Eltman Associated Press EAST ISLIP, New York (AP) – Cricket, the international game of bats and balls that isn’t baseball, is enjoying a surge of popularity in America, […]

3 Chinese students among UCSB gunman’s victims

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By Associated Press GOLETA, California (AP) – A gunman went on a rampage May 23 near the University of

VA’s top health official resigns amid furor — But some calling for Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down from office

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By Pauline Jelinek Associated Press WASHINGTON – The top official for the health care of veterans resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at […]