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(AP) — A study on doctors says Mississippi remains in last place when it comes to the number of doctors per capita but has seen a sizeable increase in student enrollment. The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/1P8DVFP ) reported Friday that the Association of American Medical Colleges study shows that medical and osteopathic student enrollment in Mississippi increased 137 percent over the last decade, compared 33 percent nationwide.

(AP) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country's constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him. Scalia, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, has consistently been one of the court's more conservative members.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's execution Saturday of 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, has prompted a wave of condemnation from Shiite leaders around the region and threatens to further damage Sunni-Shiite relations across the Middle East. Several Shiites mosques and places of worship were targeted by Sunni extremists in 2015 in eastern Saudi Arabia, despite attempts by security forces to clamp down on Islamic State group supporters who have also targeted police. Читать дальше...

KGTV-TV reports (http://tinyurl.com/jaqbtas) that the babies were due at the end of January, but doctors at San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center called the mother in because one was in a breech position.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was stabbed several times during a domestic dispute in New Jersey's capital city. Trenton police went to the Kingsbury Corporation housing development around 11:30 a.m. Saturday and found a 49-year-old woman suffering from multiple stab wounds.

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Stakeholders in New Mexico's oil and gas industry, particularly in Eddy County, are bracing for where crude oil prices will land in this new year. The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association says the state had a record producing year but a drop in prices in 2015 had many wondering if it was the end of a boom, the Carlsbad Current-Argus reported (http://bit.ly/1ODhQ7Y). "The number of business permit filings and our gross receipts tax income remained high, even long after oil prices dropped," Janway said.

(AP) — The Catholic student center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison will celebrate its final Mass on Sunday before its demolition. The demolition of St. Paul's University Catholic Center is due to start in early February, with a replacement facility twice its size scheduled to be ready by the fall of 2017. The $25 million project will be a five-story building that will include a chapel, dining facilities, meeting rooms, a rooftop terrace and a hall accommodating 200 people. Donors have included many Catholic parents and alumni... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Police are trying to identify a suspect who allegedly discharged pepper spray during a fight at a Reno casino on New Year's Day, causing several patrons to seek medical treatment. According to police, a dispute erupted between a man and another person on the casino floor.

Some roadways in that area remained closed as the work continued into Saturday morning, but no major travel problems were being reported. Officials say crews had the flooding under control, and a shuttered stretch of West Side Avenue will likely be reopened late Sunday afternoon once paving is completed.

Dale Bumpers, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who earned the nickname "giant killer" for taking down incumbents, and who gave a passionate speech defending Bill Clinton during the president's impeachment trial, has died. Bumpers was a little-known lawyer from Charleston when he ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1970, against a field that included former Gov. Orval Faubus. After finishing second in the primary, Bumpers defeated Faubus for the Democratic nomination — then beat Republican incumbent Gov. Читать дальше...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Police in Warwick are looking for the driver of a car that hit a police officer. WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1kAOhWw ) that police say the incident happened Saturday morning at Dave's Marketplace, a grocery store on Airport Road. The officer was on a detail and was trying to stop the car at the time. Police say it appears that the driver intentionally hit the officer. The officer was sent to a local hospital to be treated for an injured left arm. Other officers searched the area for the car.

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(AP) — Numerous political leaders are remembering former Arkansas governor and Sen. Dale Bumpers following Bumpers' death at age 90. Dale Bumpers was a governor of profound historical importance, the most eloquent defender of our constitution in the Senate, a man who put his considerable gifts of wisdom, wit, and passion to work for the common good. From that first campaign in which we were competitors to the time we served together in Congress, I have admired Dale for his skill, heartfelt convictions and his sense of humor. Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants continue to launch a series of counterattacks against Iraqi government forces on the edges of the western city of Ramadi days after the militant group was driven out of the city center, according to the U.S.-led coalition. Iraq's military says Islamic State militants on Friday launched multiple suicide attacks on the outskirts of Ramadi. Gen. Ahmed al-Belawi told The Associated Press on Saturday that the militants stuck security forces with seven suicide car bombs in two areas outside Ramadi.

An investigation into Tobacco Distress by the Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit's local office found 146 packets containing illegal components. Search warrants served Wednesday led to the seizure of thousands of suspected spice packets, a shotgun and six pistols.

Warriors point guard Stephen Curry’s status for Saturday’s game was updated from questionable to probable after the team’s morning shootaround. “I’m feeling better,” Curry said of his bruised left lower leg after shootaround at the team’s downtown Oakland facility. Knowing his baseline for pain tolerance, he’ll warm up before Saturday’s game to check that his shootaround workout didn’t cause a setback.

"Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin says he missed a Dec. 31 deadline to finish "The Winds of Winter," the latest book in his fantasy series. Martin apologized to fans eagerly awaiting the next installment of the series in which characters warn of impending doom with the phrase, "Winter is coming."

After six months without state subsidies, the release of $3.5 billion for basic and special education was "extremely important," said Jay Himes, director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials. Not so in the executive branch, where the Wolf administration had hoped to wrap up a $30.8 billion bipartisan budget deal that would boost education spending to historic levels and shrink a long-term budget deficit that has hurt the state's credit rating while increasing unspecified taxes by more than $1 billion. Читать дальше...

Kevin Dill, the commission's new executive director, is setting up "lunch and learns" at the University of Northern Iowa, Hawkeye Community College, Upper Iowa University and Kaplan University's local campuses. The county VA office is also planning to launch an extensive outreach program to nursing homes to reach veterans or their surviving spouses who may reside there.

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — One man's back hair is another man's canvas. Wolfe tells KTVB-TV (http://bit.ly/1RbVtWe) that after years of feeling ashamed of his body hair, he asked a friend in 2008 to trim an American flag on his back rather than undergoing hair removal processes like shaving or waxing. [...] the two meet up several times throughout the year to design a new creation onto Wolfe's back. "Everybody always makes fun of the guy with back hair," Wolfe said.

Searchers were still looking for four missing people — one teenager in Illinois, two men in Missouri and a country music singer in Oklahoma. [...] in the far southwestern tip of Illinois, the 500 or so people living behind the Len Small levee, which protects the hamlets of Olive Branch, Hodges Park, Unity and rural homes, were urged to move to higher ground after the Mississippi began pouring over the levee. Illinois Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson said the discovery of the... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised more than $33 million during the past three months in his bid to win the Democratic nomination, his campaign said on Saturday, just short of the amount brought in by rival Hillary Clinton during the same period. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has now collected $73 million for the primaries through a powerful online fundraising apparatus that should help him compete with Clinton deep into spring. Clinton is the Democratic front-runner in national polls... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Police say a woman who was stabbed along with another man by several people at a fast-food restaurant has died from her injuries. According to police, the man and woman were attacked by several men Tuesday at a Carl's Jr. restaurant.

(AP) — Police on Saturday recanvassed an eastern Pennsylvania neighborhood where a 5-year-old boy with autism wandered away from a New Year's Eve party without shoes or a coat. Police were going door to door in the boy's neighborhood again on Saturday because efforts to track him into some nearby woods were unsuccessful. [...] police asked people who live in the area to thoroughly search their own property and parked cars periodically, in case the boy comes wandering in search of shelter.

Inspired by the success in the heart of the Silicon Valley of a 70-unit teachers-only apartment complex, school districts in high cost-of-living areas and rural communities that have long struggled to staff classrooms are considering buying or building rent-subsidized apartments as a way to attract and retain teachers amid concerns of a looming shortage. The units would be rented at below-market rates to the district's 3,500 teachers and 1,600 classroom aides, who also would be eligible for new... Читать дальше...