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Feds propose overhaul for child care centers

By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press Federal health officials say they will propose Thursday to overhaul federally funded child care centers across the country, beefing up safety standards including background and fingerprint checks for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities.

Obama calls meeting on military sex assault

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House Thursday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - One after another, the charges have tumbled out - allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office. But for a Pentagon under fire,

Six tips to bombproof your password

By Geoff DuncanProvided by Major password breaches are so common they're becoming like storms and traffic jams: One day you hear about tens of thousands of Twitter users compromised or several million at LinkedIn, the next it might be upwards of 50 million at Evernote or LivingSocial.