FRANKFORT, Ky. – Each year, Wendy Fletcher says she and two partners see more than 5,000 patients at their practice in Morehead, Ky.
They are not doctors, but rather registered nurse practitioners who say they are able to increase access to health care and make it more affordable.
“None of us are trying to play doctor,” she [...]

MANNING, S.C. – Barry Moore seems very happy during a telephone interview, even though the owner of The Manning Times has plenty to be unhappy about.
His entire staff decided to walk out on him, apparently quitting to start their own paper. But don’t let the word “entire” fool you. It may sound big, but Moore [...]

BAGHDAD – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in a tight race to maintain his leadership over the Iraqi government, partial election results indicated on Thursday.
The Independent High Electoral Commission reported that al-Maliki was well ahead in the southern provinces of Babil and Najaf, two largely Shiite areas where he had been projected to do well.
But [...]

MANITOWOC, Wis. – The woman whose fingers were bitten off by an Asiatic black bear at Lincoln Park Zoo on March 5 had a blood-alcohol content that was twice the legal limit, Manitowoc Police Capt. Scott Luchterhand said Thursday.
Tracy Weiler, 47, of Manitowoc had a BAC of 0.16 percent, two times the legal limit of [...]

You’re young. You have a little extra cash this year, and you want to open a Roth retirement account. Go ahead, invest in a really risky mutual fund, your friends say. All the cool guys are doing it. You’ll feel 10 feet tall.
Don’t listen to them. You should invest like an old fogey when you’re [...]

WASHINGTON – Every 10 years, the federal government counts the number of people living in the U.S., as required by the Constitution. Various groups get involved to try to make sure the count is fair and accurate. Other groups, even elected officials, criticize it.
Question: Why does our government do this (other than it being the [...]

U.S. airlines flew fewer passengers last year than at any time since 2004 and are likely to have a slower return to profitability than their peers in Asia and Latin America, according to two reports out Thursday.
The number of domestic and international travelers ferried by U.S. carriers for all of 2009 dropped 5.3 percent from [...]

Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in Lucas and The Lost Boys whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
An autopsy will determine Haim’s cause of death. There [...]

With national attention focused on an e-mail sent by a Nashville hospitality executive comparing first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee, Tennessee’s tourism industry has started to feel the fallout.
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development heard from several people Monday who said Walt Baker’s e-mail had turned them off, costing the Volunteer State some potential [...]

AMES, Iowa – Even after 114 years, Neva Morris still has the energy to sing a good tune.
Morris, who has lived most of her life in Ames, is now America’s oldest person and the second-oldest person in the world.
The previous oldest American, Mary Josephine Ray of New Hampshire, died Sunday at age 114.
Morris belongs to [...]