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Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital

Libya ambassador nominee vows sufficient security

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's nominee for ambassador to Libya said Tuesday that she will work to ensure sufficient security at U.S. facilities nearly eight months after poor protection in Benghazi was blamed for the deaths of Ambassador Chris

SALUTING THE BRAVE: Seven American Troops Killed In Separate Afghan Attacks

NBCNEWS.COM - Seven U.S. troops were killed Saturday in two separate incidents in Afghanistan – the second time in the past week that so many American lives were lost in a single day in the war-torn country. Five were killed in an attack involving an improvised explosive device in the

US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that