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About 14 percent of elderly nursing homes residents receive a so-called atypical antipsychotic medicine despite an increased risk of death when the medicines are used to manage dementia in older people.

The Canadian singer-songwriter discusses the death of her sister and singing partner Kate McGarrigle, who died in 2010. Their early albums have been remastered and are part of a new collection, which also includes previously unreleased songs.

Scientists are using a combination of software and electrodes implanted on the brain to eavesdrop on the mind. In one experiment, researchers determined what word a patient was thinking; in another, a patient used his thoughts alone to control an image on a computer screen.

First the Lakers, now the Boston Celtics — the traditional powers are dropping like flies in this year's NBA playoffs. The Celtics fell to the Miami Heat Wednesday night, losing by 10. The Heat won the series 4-1.

Until recently, the whereabouts of a reporter for the Al-Jazeera English-language channel were unknown. Dorothy Parvaz, who was born in Iran, flew to Syria last month. Syria has deported her to Iran.

The U.S. government has criticized Syria for its violent crackdown on protesters. But so far, the U.S. has not done much more than that. Former U.S. ambassador to Syria Edward Djerejian talks to Steve Inskeep about U.S. policy towards Syria.

Mississippi River flooding inundates three towns; the House Armed Services Committee passes defense spending bill; there were fewer homes in foreclosure in April; Princess Beatrice auctions her hat for charity

A German court has convicted 91-year-old John Demjanjuk as an accessory to the murders of Jews at a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Two Canadian researchers have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria living on bedbugs recovered from three people hospitalized in Vancouver. While far from proving that bedbugs can transmit bacterial infections, the findings hint it may be possible.

Even as tornadoes headed toward their command center last month, controllers in Georgia kept guiding planes around the twisters.