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Working-age adults the face of food stamps

WASHINGTON — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago, when children and senior citizens were the main recipients.

Brain-dead Texas woman off life support

A brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman’s body was removed from life support Sunday, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family’s wishes acceded to a judge’s ruling that it was misapplying state law.

Saved notes from Pope John Paul II will be published

Pope John Paul II’s secretary “did not have the courage” to burn all of the pontiff’s notes after his death, and is now having some of them published, he said Wednesday.

Father’s promise gave life to comatose son

As his 7-year-old son Mikey lay in a hospital bed on life support, the victim of a drunken driver who had smashed into his family’s car, Paul Cortez took the boy’s hand and made a solemn promise to God: If his son survived, no matter in what condition, he and his family would always be there for him.

Sisters receive lung transplants from same donor

They quibble, joke and share knowing looks, finishing each other’s thoughts and making snide comments — like many sisters. But a recent heated argument was unlike any other they’ve had, and it ended in a most surprising way.

Identical triplets born in California

A Southern California woman has given birth to identical triplets, instantly doubling the size of her family.

Seahawks’ Sherman fined $7,875 for taunting

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was fined $7,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct/taunting in the final minute of the NFC championship game against San Francisco.

Want to get the flu? Volunteers sneeze for science

Forget being sneezed on: Government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses.

Gunman identified in Maryland mall shooting

Authorities on Sunday identified the gunman who shot and killed two people at a Maryland mall as a 19-year-old man who lived with his mother in suburban Washington.