FAA says new research shows lithium batteries sensitive to heat, can ignite in flight

FAA issues fire warning for lithium batteries

Gallup poll: 25 percent increase in depression cases along Gulf Coast since massive BP spill

Gallup: Depression up 25 percent on Gulf after oil

Oil gusher is dead, but the anguish of Gulf Coast residents still very much alive

Oil gusher is dead, but not residents’ anguish

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AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

Future hiring will generate mainly high-skilled or low-paying jobs in service industries

Romania, Bulgaria health systems are sick from underfunding, understaffing and corruption

Romania, Bulgaria have EU’s sickest health systems

Legal mess from Gulf oil spill likely one of costliest and longest-lasting in US history

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

Volcano illustrates world’s interconnectedness, disrupts weddings, commerce, millions of lives

Volcano illustrates world’s interconnectedness

NYC’s St. Vincent’s Hospital fights for life _ like other ‘charity’ hospitals across America

NYC’s St. Vincent’s Hospital fights for life

Taliban fight back in Afghan town with campaign of fear, intimidation

Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign

Death against all odds: Plane lands on SC beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

A beach, a jogger, a failing plane, and death

AP IMPACT: Haiti flight logs show washcloths arrived before water, senators before surgeons

AP IMPACT: Haiti flight logs detail early chaos

Gov. Jindal proposes $24 billion budget for La., cutting health care, social services

La. gov proposes $24 billion budget

BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a $24.2 billion budget Friday that cuts health care services and government jobs, spares college campuses and uses a patchwork of one-time funding to close a billion-dollar state revenue gap.

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