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February 24, 2010
Report: Church fire suspect had books on atheism
TYLER, Texas (AP) - Court records show that one of the suspects in a string of church fires in eastern Texas had assault rifles and books on demons and atheism in his home.
Pfizer says FDA OKs updated infection vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says the Food and Drug Administration has approved an updated version of its best-selling infection vaccine for children.
February 23, 2010
Egypt: police arrest suspect in synagogue attack
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested a man suspected of throwing a suitcase containing a makeshift bomb at Cairo’s main synagogue.
February 22, 2010
In ancient wall, scholar sees proof for Bible
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli archaeologist says newly excavated ancient fortifications in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of the Bible’s King Solomon.
DNA, hot line lead to arrests in Texas church fire
TYLER, Texas (AP) - Federal authorities say DNA evidence collected at the site of one of several Texas churches destroyed by arson links one of two suspects to the blaze.
Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for food
CHICAGO (AP) - The nation’s largest pediatricians group thinks more foods should have warning labels about choking hazards.
February 19, 2010
Dad accused of killing daughter won’t face death
PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors in Arizona say a father accused of running down and killing his daughter in what has been described as an “honor killing” will not face the death penalty.
Police arrest boy, 15, in Calif. church shooting
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a shooting inside a California church that left two teenage brothers injured.
Panel approves Bible classes for public schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky may follow the lead of Texas and other states in allowing Bible classes to be taught in public schools.
February 18, 2010
WHO: Add swine flu to regular flu vaccine
LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to the regular flu vaccine next season.
February 17, 2010
Two SC teens charged with trying to burn church
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Two South Carolina teens have been accused of trying to burn a church and school.
Fewer babies with genetic defects being born
UNDATED (AP) - Genetic testing appears to be making a dent in some inherited diseases.
Merck: Studies boost Gardasil for new uses
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - New studies show that Merck’s Gardasil vaccine protects most young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer.
February 16, 2010
Vatican putting wartime archives on Internet
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says it plans to make some of its World War II archives available on the Internet soon in an apparent effort to calm the controversy over Pope Pius XII’s actions during the Holocaust.
Millions missing out on colon cancer screening
WASHINGTON (AP) - A panel of experts is looking to a cheap, at-home test kit as a way to increase the number of people who get screened for the nation’s No. 2 cancer killer.
February 15, 2010
Teen jailed for allegedly murdering street preachers
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An 18-year-old Florida man remains jailed without bond for allegedly murdering two street preachers in Boynton Beach two weeks ago.
Gunman wounds 2 teens at SF Bay Area church
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say two teenagers were shot and wounded when a man opened fire at a church service in the San Francisco Bay area.
Church leaders plead guilty to swindling congregation
NEW YORK (AP) - Two leaders of a New York City church have pleaded guilty to swindling members of their congregation out of $9.3 million.
February 12, 2010
Ohio minister is fatally shot while shoveling
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Police say robbery was the likely motive in the fatal shooting of a minister whose wife initially believed he’d died of a heart attack while shoveling snow outside their Ohio home
February 11, 2010
Proposed autism diagnosis changes anger ‘Aspies’
CHICAGO (AP) - Some people with Asperger’s syndrome are upset about proposed changes in how their form of autism is diagnosed.
WHO to assess whether swine flu peak is over
GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization will hold an expert meeting later this month to consider whether the swine flu pandemic’s peak has passed.
February 10, 2010
Experts warn being bored at work could increase chances of dying early
LONDON (AP) - New research is lending some credence to the notion that one can literally be bored to death.
SC high school approves prayer for students
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina high school says students will be able to pray on campus, if they follow some new rules.
Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Psychiatric Association is asking for public feedback on proposed changes to its diagnostic manual.
February 09, 2010
FDA aims to rein in radiation-based medical scans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is working with doctors and medical manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing for decades.
Amen: SC school district ends prayer meetings
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina school district has stopped the prayer meetings a woman had been holding in a school auditorium for a decade.
ACLU accuses science teacher of religion lessons
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union says a science instructor at Fresno City College is illegally teaching religious views on homosexuality and abortion as fact.
Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches
DALLAS (AP) - A sheriff’s dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.
February 08, 2010
Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
CHICAGO (AP) - A new study says a woman’s chance of having a child with autism increases as she ages. It also says the risk may be less with older dads than previously thought.
Muslim man wins handshake case in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden’s unemployment agency has been found guilty of discrimination for expelling a Muslim man from a job training program because he refused to shake hands with a woman.
