Articles from AP Features (April 16, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2 accused in dehydration death of Conn. toddler	JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN		471
Abbott Laboratories 1Q profit surges 35 pct on global sales	ASHLEY M. HEHER		276
Adventure on West Ship Island, Miss.	BECKY BOHRER		948
Asia is world's cradle for new strains of flu	LAURAN NEERGAARD		809
At least 44 die when bus plunges into canal in western India	Staff		195
At least 45 die when bus plunges into canal in western India	Staff		175
Australia to study claim that Aboriginal children were test subjects for 1920s leprosy serum	Staff		390
Bush administration issues veto threat on Medicaid bill	KEVIN FREKING		458
Chile fires official for inaugurating hospital with borrowed beds, fake patient	Staff		215
Closing arguments begin in software programmer murder trial	MICHELLE LOCKE		595
Closing arguments begin in trial of US software programmer accused of killing his Russian wife	MICHELLE LOCKE		595
Dalai Lama gets exam at Mayo Clinic, speaks about compassion in medicine	Staff		176
Dalai Lama gets exam at Mayo Clinic, speaks about compassion in medicine	Staff		176
Deputy, local police chief shot at house in Mich. town	Staff		191
Eli Lilly looks to cut 500 jobs to streamline manufacturing	TOM MURPHY		342
European lawmakers debate abortion laws	Staff		401
Family of ailing jailed Mexican drug lord asks for medical care	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ		227
FBI sees surge in mortgage fraud investigations	LARA JAKES JORDAN		429
FDA review finds generic Wellbutrin safe, effective	Staff		155
Federal judge upholds NYC's calories-on-menus law	COLLEEN LONG		756
Feds: Suspected enemy combatant's prison conditions humane	MEG KINNARD		513
Former senators tackle health issues	KEVIN FREKING		797
French lawmakers adopt bill that could make it illegal to promote extreme thinness	DEVORAH LAUTER		854
Gender and weight can help influence premature babies' chances for survival, study says	MIKE STOBBE		610
Glaxo and Pozen long-delayed migraine drug approved by FDA	Staff		119
Gov't raises safety questions about chemical in plastics	MATTHEW PERRONE		550
Grieving mothers create living tributes to their children	HILLARY RHODES		1309
Grieving mothers create living tributes to their children	HILLARY RHODES		1309
Group alleges Aboriginal kids were test subjects for 1920s leprosy serum in Australia	Staff		348
Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches in single day	H. JOSEF HEBERT		604
Illnesses rise among plant workers who handled pig brains	STEVE KARNOWSKI		653
Kentucky latest state to prohibit alcohol vaporizers	ROGER ALFORD		405
No deaths in 2007 accidents on scheduled US airlines	MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN		461
Obama reports income of $4.2 million in 2007 tax returns	BETH FOUHY		546
Olympic stadium, known as Bird's Nest, gets modest opening	STEPHEN WADE		805
Passengers sue Southwest Airlines over missed inspections	KATE BRUMBACK		499
Preliminary US gov't findings highlight hormonal problems in rats exposed to plastics chemical	MATTHEW PERRONE		556
Rice asks Chinese foreign minister again to talk with Tibetan leader on course for Tibet	Staff		202
SKorea sends 200 soldiers to slaughter poultry with bird flu	HYUNG-JIN KIM		270
Sole surviving son denied health benefits post-Iraq	GARANCE BURKE		824
Specter says cancer won't slow him down	KIMBERLY HEFLING		371
Spokeswoman: UN investigators found no substantial evidence of organ harvesting in Albania	MIKE CORDER		367
Streisand gives $5 million to heart hospital	Staff		118
Study: Gender, other factors guide preemies' survival	MIKE STOBBE		880
Today on the presidential campaign trail	The Associated Press		1265
Top US health official: Indonesia endangering world by not sharing bird flu samples	MARGIE MASON		459
Top US health official: Indonesia endangering world by not sharing bird flu samples	MARGIE MASON		277
Ugandan president accuses school authorities of negligence over fatal fire	GODFREY OLUKYA		235
Ugandan president accuses school authorities of negligence over fatal fire	GODFREY OLUKYA		232
UN: No substantial evidence of organ harvesting in Albania	MIKE CORDER		368
United, Continental ponder combination	DAVE CARPENTER		900
YouTube video of operation could spell trouble for Philippine doctors	OLIVER TEVES		397