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Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Now A Deadlier Threat To Elderly

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Social worker Nuria Casulleres shows a portrait of Audrey Hepburn to elderly men during a memory activity at the Cuidem La Memoria elderly home in Barcelona, Spain, last August. The home specializes in Alzheimer's patients.

By Jon Hamilton

Originally published on Wed March 20, 2013 7:44 am

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Alzheimer's disease doesn't just steal memories. It takes lives.

The disease is now the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., and figures released Tuesday by the Alzheimer's Association show that deaths from the disease increased by 68 percent between 2000 and 2010.

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Mon March 18, 2013

CEO Of Electronic Arts, World's Third-Largest Gaming Company, Resigns

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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello, seen here speaking at the E3 Expo in 2010, is stepping down, the company announced Monday.

By Steve Mullis

Originally published on Mon March 18, 2013 7:14 pm

Electronic Arts, the world's third-largest video game company, announced Monday that CEO John Riccitiello would be stepping down.

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Mon March 18, 2013

Argentine President Asks Pope Francis To Mediate Falklands Dispute

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Pope Francis meets Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday in Vatican City.

By Eyder Peralta

In their first meeting since Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner asked the pontiff to "mediate" in the dispute over the Falkland Islands.

"This is an important moment for us," Kirchner said, during a press conference following the lunch meeting. "I asked him for his mediation to try to find a dialogue on the question of the Falkland Islands."

6:02 pm

Mon March 18, 2013

Among Thousands Of Gun Deaths, Only One Charles Foster Jr.

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Led by the Rev. Willie Phillips (center), protesters march in February against violence in and around Club Majestic.

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Charles Foster Jr. was shot and killed in a nightclub on Jan. 1, 2013. The first in his family to attend college, he was just a few months shy of graduation.

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Phillips keeps a binder of clippings about local anti-violence marches, stories about the Majestic and obituaries of young people who have been killed by gun violence.

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The Majestic Sports Bar in Columbus, Ga. Local residents say the club has been the site of violence for years.

By Melissa Block

Originally published on Mon March 18, 2013 9:45 pm

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The Morris Missionary Baptist Church is nestled down a red dirt road, in Morris, Ga., set among pine trees near the Alabama state line. Next to the small white church lies its most recent grave site: that of Charles Foster Jr.

While the mass killings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., garnered a frenzy of news coverage, statistically, they are not the norm. Each year, thousands of gun homicides in the U.S. — 11,000 in 2010 alone — attract little or no media attention.

5:45 pm

Mon March 18, 2013

Maker Of 3-D Printer Guns Now Has Federal Firearms License

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This AR-15 rifle's lower receiver (in soft green color) was produced with a 3-D printer. The 3-D printing industry has criticized the use of the technology for gun part making.

By Maureen Chowdhury

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