SpaceX Dragon cargo ship leaves space station
Written by MARCIA DUNN,AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned cargo ship left the International Space Station with a full science load Tuesday and aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific.
SD Sen. Tim Johnson retirement opens door for GOP
Written by MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press
KABUL (AP) — Eager to overcome a bout of bickering, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations on Monday. The friendly display came as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations.
Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
Written by MARILYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.
Both sides of gun debate make public appeals
Written by MICHELE SALCEDO,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the loudest voices in the gun debate say it's up to voters now to make their position known to Congress.
Court: Can drug companies pay to delay generics?
Written by JESSE J. HOLLAND,Associated Press LINDA A. JOHNSON,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent.
Marine base shooting victim was goofy, churchgoing
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Marine who was shot to death at a Virginia base was described as a warm-hearted country boy from the South who grew up in the Pentecostal church and even preached a few times.
Kerry arrives in Afghanistan on unannounced visit
Written by MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press
KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has flown into Afghanistan on an unannounced visit to see President Hamid Karzai amid concerns the Afghan president may be jeopardizing progress in the war against extremism with anti-American rhetoric.
EU finance ministers approve Cyprus bailout deal
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' Parliament president says a deal reached for his country to raise billions in order to qualify for an international bailout is a "painful one" for the island nation's people and a defeat for European solidarity.