June 19, 2013
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Associated Press Plates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) are tested in CDC's healthcare-associated infections laboratory. A recent study of hospitals released Wednesday found that decontaminating all intensive care patients by using antiseptic wipes and giving them an antibiotic nose ointment dramatically reduced bloodstream infections from germs that include MRSA.
Decontaminating patients cuts infections
CHICAGO — Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by screening new patients to see if they carry a dangerous germ, and isolating th...
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Rail safety improves despite high-profile blips
OMAHA, Neb. — The nation’s railroads are safer than ever, despite recent high-profile accidents like this week’s fiery derailment in Maryland. Derailments and crossing accidents have steadily de...
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Associated Press President Barack Obama salutes as he exits the Marine One helicopter Tuesday on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after visiting the Jersey Shore to inspect the beach region's recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
Obama, Christie praise response to storm
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promoted the Jersey Shore’s summer tourism economy Tuesday while praising the federal government’s role in the aftermat...
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Economic gains boost confidence to 5-year high
WASHINGTON — Home prices are surging, job growth is strengthening and stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point...
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Associated Press A fire burns at the site of a CSX freight train derailment Tuesday in Rosedale, Md. Fire officials say the train crashed into a trash truck, causing an explosion that rattled homes at least a half-mile away and collapsed nearby buildings, set them on fire.
Derailment, blast rattles homes near Baltimore
ROSEDALE, Md. — A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion that followed rattled homes at least a half-mile away, sending a plume of...
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Wal-Mart pleads guilty in hazardous waste case
SAN FRANCISCO — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $81.6 million after pleading guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges of improperly disposing of fertilizer, pesticides and other hazardous products that ...
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Scandal boosts overhaul murmur
WASHINGTON — The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws — a code that is so complicated most Americans buy commercial so...
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Twister debris would create mile-high pile
MOORE, Okla. — Before residents of Moore can rebuild, they’ll have to deal with the debris from the deadly tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb: crushed wood, mangled siding and battere...
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Associated Press FBI Director Robert Mueller (from left), National Intelligence Director James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testify April 11 on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. Clapper has spent more than two-thirds of his 72 years collecting, analyzing and reviewing spy data from war zones and rogue nations.
US intelligence embraces debate in security issues
WASHINGTON — In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, veteran intelligence analyst Robert Cardillo was given the nickname “Debbie Downer.” With each new tidbit of information tha...
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Associated Press Cars from Canada line up on Thursday to cross into the U.S. in Blaine, Wash. In its 2014 fiscal year budget proposal, the Department of Homeland Security requested permission to study a fee at the nation's land border crossings. The request has sparked wide opposition among members of Congress from northern states, who vowed to stop it.
Border fee sparks opposition
SEATTLE — By Michael Hill’s estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians. Gas north of the 49th parallel...
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