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Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease breathing again

Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease breathing again

The father of Aimee Copeland, a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria, says she is now breathing on her own.

Ex-Rutgers student to be sentenced in webcam spy case

Ex-Rutgers student to be sentenced in webcam spy case

Dharun Ravi will be sentenced this morning in the case of using a webcam to show his former Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi, kiss another ma …

Obama’s day: Wrapping up the NATO summit

Obama’s day: Wrapping up the NATO summit

Good morning from The Oval, on a day when President Obama wraps up the NATO summit and delivers a high school commencement address.

Analysis: Ex-rivals’ donors didn’t flock to Romney in April

Analysis: Ex-rivals’ donors didn’t flock to Romney in April

Less than 7% of the money Mitt Romney raised for his campaign in April came from people who had donated to one or more of his rivals.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces new rape investigation

Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces new rape investigation

A French prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn …

3 climbers die on Mount Everest, 2 still missing

3 climbers die on Mount Everest, 2 still missing

Three climbers returning from the summit of Mount Everest have died and two more are missing.

Suicide bomber kills scores in Yemen

Suicide bomber kills scores in Yemen

A Yemeni official says a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal.

Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt

Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt

A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot at a privately run facility in Mississippi.

Youth diabetes, pre-diabetes rates soar

Youth diabetes, pre-diabetes rates soar

The disease jumped from 9% of the adolescent population in 2000 to 23% in 2008 in what could be a grim sign for the future.

Sold! $1,052,500 for Tyrannosaur and lawsuit

Sold! $1,052,500 for Tyrannosaur and lawsuit

A controversial Tyrannosaur sold for $1,052,500 in New York, despite a Texas judge’s order halting its auction.

5 groups, 5 views of what ‘the economy’ means in 2012 race

5 groups, 5 views of what ‘the economy’ means in 2012 race

A USA TODAY analysis sorts Americans into five groups with distinctive attitudes toward the economy and the 2012 presidential campaign.

Senator asks Ohio EPA for answers on lead contamination

Senator asks Ohio EPA for answers on lead contamination

A U.S. senator is calling on Ohio’s top environmental regulator to answer questions about lead contamination around former factory sites.

Iraq buys U.S. drones to protect oil

Iraq buys U.S. drones to protect oil

The U.S. has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq’s navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation’s oil exports.

Wrongful convictions shine spotlight on judicial system

Wrongful convictions shine spotlight on judicial system

Perjury and faulty eyewitness identification are key culprits in miscarriages of justice, university researchers find.

Teens at high risk in car surfing

Teens at high risk in car surfing

People have been injured or killed in car surfing, a thrill-seeking activity in which people ride on the exterior of a vehicle.

Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off S.C. coast

Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off S.C. coast

Tropical Storm Alberto swirled off the South Carolina coast Sunday.

Anti-NATO, war protesters rally in Chicago

Anti-NATO, war protesters rally in Chicago

Strong police presence on hand to maintain control as thousands protest two-day NATO summit meeting in Chicago.

Three charged with carjacking gospel singing icon

Three charged with carjacking gospel singing icon

A prosecutor has charged three men in the assault and carjacking of Detroit pastor who delivered Whitney Houston’s eulogy.

Professor writes about painful effects of ovarian cancer

Professor writes about painful effects of ovarian cancer

Susan Gubar, 67, is author of the new book Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer.

Axelrod: Romney’s religion off-limits

Axelrod: Romney’s religion off-limits

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod says that the president won’t consider raising questions about Mitt Romney’s Mormonism.

Police: 5 dead after plane crashes in Bosnia

Police: 5 dead after plane crashes in Bosnia

Police say five people were killed when a small sports plane crashed in Bosnia’s northwest.

Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dead

Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dead

A son says the former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died.

Romney: Obama is undermining NATO

Romney: Obama is undermining NATO

Ahead of the start of today’s summit, Mitt Romney blasts President Obama for a lack of American leadership in NATO.

Haiti: 2 Americans charged with conspiracy

Haiti: 2 Americans charged with conspiracy

An official said Jason William “Zeke” Petrie and Steven Parker Shaw were charged because of their involvement in a street march.

Bomb explodes near U.N. observers’ chief in Syria

Bomb explodes near U.N. observers’ chief in Syria

No casualties were reported from Sunday’s blast in Douma.