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France responds to watchdog criticism with parenting leaflet
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 8:11 amPARIS (AP) — A year after Europe’s top human rights body said France was not doing enough to prevent corporal punishment of children, the French… -
Players involved in video game settlements seeing payoff
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 7:51 amSEATTLE (AP) — College athletes who sued the NCAA and video-game maker Electronic Arts over the use of their likenesses are seeing the payoff. Attorneys… -
Report: US medicine spending up 8.5 percent 2015
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 6:01 amTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. spending on prescription drugs rose 8.5 percent last year, slightly less than in 2014, driven mainly by growing use of… -
Religion news in brief
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 5:16 amFranklin Graham: Christians should deepen political work JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Evangelist Franklin Graham has brought his state capitol prayer rally tour to Mississippi, where… -
Air bag danger: US counts 85M unrecalled Takata inflators
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 5:15 amDETROIT (AP) — About 85 million Takata air bag inflators that haven’t been recalled are inside cars and trucks now being driven in the U.S.… -
Longview considers squirrel for official city mascot
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 4:56 amLONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Longview is considering making the squirrel the city’s official mascot as the furry creatures are already at the center of an… -
Obama: Wounds don’t end service for US military members
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 4:46 amWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the sight of wounded service members riding bicycles is a reminder that service doesn’t end when they take… -
Jeffrey Tambor book of personal essays coming in 2017
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 3:16 amNEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Tambor, the award-winning actor whose career has ranged from “The Larry Sanders Show” to “Transparent,” is working on a book… -
Founder of specialty food retailer Hickory Farms dies at 96
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 3:00 amTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio businessman who started specialty food company Hickory Farms that sells sausage sticks and cheese trays has died. Richard Ransom… -
Broadway ad agency SpotCo shows how campaigns are born
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 1:56 amNEW YORK (AP) — If you close your eyes and think of a really special Broadway show, there’s a good chance an image born at…