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McDonald's sales hit by weakness in Asia, Europe

McDonald's sales hit by weakness in Asia, Europe
NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's says a key sales figure slipped again in April, with the world's biggest hamburger chain citing fears over a new strain of avian flu for weakness in China. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based chain says the figure was down 0.6 percent globally. That included a 0.7 percent

KHQ MD ALERT: No 'Sex Superbug' In The United States, Despite Reports

KHQ MD ALERT: No 'Sex Superbug' In The United States, Despite Reports
NBC.COM - Reports of a new "sex superbug" threatening the U.S. aren't true, public health officials say, even as they reiterate worries about the rise of drug-resistant gonorrhea. "The sky is not falling -- yet," said Dr. Kimberly Workowski, a professor of infectious disease at Emory

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: 'Ticos,' songs and cheese

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: 'Ticos,' songs and cheese
By ALBERTO ARCEAssociated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - It was a party atmosphere along Barack Obama's motorcade route from the airport after he arrived in this Central American country for his first visit as president. Thousands of locals, who are known as "Ticos," lined the road to

Sexual revolution pioneer John Williamson dies

Sexual revolution pioneer John Williamson dies
By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Williamson, a pioneer of the 1960s sexual revolution as co-founder of Topanga Canyon's Sandstone Retreat, where nudity and free love once took place with abandon, has died at age 80. Williamson died of cancer March 24 at a hospital in Reno

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure. The counterintuitive findings by researchers at Harvard

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure. The counterintuitive findings by researchers at Harvard

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
By ARSEN MOLLAYEV and LYNN BERRYAssociated Press MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) - Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian

Jason Collins becomes first active NBA player to come out

Jason Collins becomes first active NBA player to come out
By Liz Raftery, Jason Collins has become the first male athlete to come out while being active in a major professional sport, writing in this week's Sports Illustrated, " I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." Collins, who played for the Washington Wizards for the

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs
By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat. The

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs
By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat. The