Doctors make progress toward 'artificial pancreas'

Doctors are reporting a major step toward an "artificial pancreas," a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed. A key component of such a system — an insulin pump programmed...

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Iran Oil Ministry denies cyberattack

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian oil ministry official on Saturday denied a report published by a government agency that it had successfully blocked a cyberattack on an oil sector computer network. Ahmad Tavallaei, head of IT at the National Iranian Oil Company,...

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FAA moving toward easing electronic device use

WASHINGTON — Relief may be on the way for airline passengers who can't bear to be separated even briefly from their personal electronic devices. The government is moving toward allowing gate-to-gate use of music players, tablets, laptops, smartphones...

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How some states are addressing doctor shortages

How some states are working to address a shortfall of primary care doctors: ___ CALIFORNIA A package of bills moving through the Legislature is aimed at addressing California's medical provider gap. The legislation would allow nurse practitioners,...

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New England better on primary care than most of US

PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Ronald Pitkin, 84, remembers the day in the early 1960s when his brother Belmont got a gash in his leg while the two were cutting firewood. They went to the office of the town physician, Dr. Frank Corson. Corson worked alone, and Pitkin...

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Newly insured to deepen primary care doctor gap

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Getting face time with the family doctor could soon become even harder. A shortfall of primary care physicians in some parts of the country is expected to worsen as millions of newly insured Americans gain coverage next year when the...

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Southwest cancels 57 flights after computer glitch

CHICAGO — Southwest Airlines expects some lingering delays Saturday morning after a system-wide computer failure caused it to ground 250 flights for nearly three hours late Friday night. Full service was restored just after 2 a.m. EDT Saturday, but...

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Small farmers turn to creative projects to survive

DEL REY, Calif. — Farmer David Mas Masumoto knows his small peach orchard can't compete with the giant agribusinesses that dominate the nation's produce aisles. So as he walks through his central California grove at harvest time, showing his two workers...

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Voters in Mass. city weigh in on Wynn casino plan

EVERETT, Mass. — Voters in Everett headed to the polls Saturday in the state's first binding referendum on a casino plan since the expanded gambling law was enacted. The outcome will determine whether Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn's proposal to...

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No word from Hong Kong on Snowden's return

WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who says he revealed that the National Security Agency collects Americans' phone records and Internet data from U.S. communication companies, now faces charges of espionage and theft of government...

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