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Hepatitis C 'serial infector' could have affected thousands

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 04:46 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H., Hospital, arrested Thursday, July 19, 2012, at a hospital in Massachusetts where he is receiving medical treatment. Kwiatkowski, originally from Michigan, is charged with causing a hepatitis C outbreak involving at least 30 patients who were treated at Exeter Hospital's cardiac catheterization lab. Massachusetts police said Kwiatkowski was found intoxicated along with a suicide note in a hotel room in Marlborough, Mass., the week before his arrest. Officials said he also had worked at hospitals across the country, including facilities in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)The New Hampshire hospital lab technician indicted last week for infecting 31 people with Hepatitis C might have infected "tens of thousands" of patients in at least 13 hospitals, ABC News has learned.

London police arrest 16 for illegal ticket reselling

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 04:32 PM PDT

Olympics Day 1 - SwimmingLondon's Metropolitan police said they had arrested 16 people since Friday for illegal reselling of Olympics tickets, as Games organizers said they were investigating why scores of seats were empty at some events on Saturday.

Mississippi church refuses to marry black couple

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 01:52 PM PDT

Mississppi Church Refuses to Marry Black CouplePastor Stan Weatherford Claims He Would Have Been Fired if He Performed the Wedding

Ex-postmaster accused of conspiring to rob Missouri store

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Michael Stubblefield, Ex-Postmaster, Accused of Conspiring to Rob a Convenience StoreSmall Town Postmaster Allegedly Held Meetings to Plan Robbery at Post Office

Crocodile caught roaming Miami neighborhood

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Javier Tobares, 41, of South Miami, Fla., woke up to quite a scary sight Wednesday morning around 5:30 a. m. "The dog started growling so I was alerted because she woke me up," Tobares told ABC News. When Tobares walked outside his front door to...

224-year-old Rhode Island general store closing

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:57 PM PDT

Gray's Store in Adamsville village brought in customers for years with its old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island johnny cakes.The 224-year-old business may be the ...

Quinn, Durbin irked with Va. lawmaker over prison sale

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Rep. Frank Wolf doesn't want the Justice Department to purchase the unused Thomson prison in western Illinois because he doesn't trust the Obama administration not to use it to house suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.

Tape-delayed opening ceremony turns into ratings gold for NBC

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Opening CeremonyNBC's coverage for the opening to the 2012 London Games delivered the best overnight ratings ever for an Olympics held outside the United States and a 7 percent uptick over ratings from the Beijing Opening Ceremony in 2008.

Romney may face greater scrutiny in Israel after London gaffe

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann board his charter plane at London Stansted Airport, Saturday, July 28, 2012, as he travels to Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Mitt Romney arrived in Israel Saturday looking to reset an overseas trip that was aimed at proving him to be a capable leader on the world stage. But his overseas debut was undermined almost from the very moment he arrived in London, the first stop of his seven-day tour, when he admitted he found the [...]

Bullied bus monitor Karen Klein plans to retire

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Bullied Bus Monitor Says She Isn't Retiring Because of BulliesThe announcement comes just one week after a donation effort padded Karen Klein's pockets with an extra $700,000.

Syrian rebels survive onslaught in Aleppo

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:26 PM PDT

In this Sunday, 22 July, 2012 photo a Syrian rebel fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian troops in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)The Syrian government launched an offensive Saturday to retake rebel-held neighborhoods in the nation's commercial hub of Aleppo, unleashing artillery, tanks and helicopter gunships against poorly armed opposition fighters.

Warm reception expected as Mitt Romney lands in Israel

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Mitt Romney's support for Israel will likely earn the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a warm welcome from Israeli leaders when he meets with them Sunday — and a frosty reception from Palestinians, who fear he would do little to advance their stalled statehood dreams.

Two U.S. mountain climbers found dead on Peruvian peak

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Searchers have found the bodies of two U.S. mountaineers who perished on their way down from a glacier-capped Peruvian peak in mid-July.

You'll never guess the age of this Olympian

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 04:07 AM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 28, 2010 file photo shows Hiroshi Hoketsu, of Japan, riding Whisper 115 during the Dressage event at the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky. At the age of 71, the Japanese equestrian rider will be the oldest competitor in London. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, FIle)Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu defies Father Time as the oldest competitor at London Olympics

Pakistan unrelenting in demanding drone strike end

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says her country will not relent from demanding that the CIA end its drone strikes.

Shocking result in big Olympic swimming showdown

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:41 AM PDT

Coach Bowman on Phelps-Lochte cat and mouse gameMichael Phelps and Ryan Lochte square off in the most anticipated duel of the Olympic Games.

Arkansas man sentenced to death in officer's killing

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:05 AM PDT

An Arkansas man who shot a police officer during a traffic stop last year, then coldly shot him in the face while he was pleading for his life, was sentenced to death on Saturday.

Lochte wins first U.S. gold in London; Phelps fails to medal

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 04:32 PM PDT

Lochte says it s his year and Phelps does nothing to prove him wrong, failing to medal for first time in 12 years

Swimmer Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 400 meter individual medley at the London Olympics today, while Michael Phelps failed to medal.

What Jesse Jackson Jr.’s move to Mayo Clinic could mean

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., is seen during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. The Mayo Clinic says Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated for depression at its hospital in Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The announcement that Jesse Jackson Jr. had been transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota pinned down his whereabouts for the first time in weeks and gave clear confirmation that the Illinois congressman is suffering from depression.

Penn State adequately covered for lawsuits, president says

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Penn State football players leave the Lasch Football Buliding following a team meeting after the announcement of the NCAA penaltiesPenn State is adequately covered to handle lawsuits stemming from the sexual abuse scandal that has enveloped the campus, its president said, repeating that the university hopes to settle many of them ''as quickly as possible'' even though its insurer has sought to limit claims.