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Congressman pays fine for past sexual misconduct

usatoday.com — Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., says he takes "responsibility for past mistakes." Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn. (Photo: Erik Schelzig, AP) WASHINGTON - Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., said Thursday that the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners has hit him with $500 in fines and a reprimand for a complaint filed in 2012 that he slept with patients more than a decade earlier.

Report raps military propaganda efforts as ineffective

usatoday.com — Leaflets such as this one dropped to promote the Afghan police is one part of U.S.-supported information operations campaigns. (Photo: NONE ISAF) WASHINGTON - Pentagon propaganda programs are inadequately tracked, their impact is unclear, and the military doesn't know if it is targeting the right foreign audiences, according to a government report obtained by USA TODAY.

Report raps military propaganda efforts as ineffective

usatoday.com — Leaflets such as this one dropped to promote the Afghan police is one part of U.S.-supported information operations campaigns. (Photo: NONE ISAF) WASHINGTON - Pentagon propaganda programs are inadequately tracked, their impact is unclear, and the military doesn't know if it is targeting the right foreign audiences, according to a government report obtained by USA TODAY.

Report raps military propaganda efforts as ineffective

usatoday.com — Leaflets such as this one dropped to promote the Afghan police is one part of U.S.-supported information operations campaigns. (Photo: NONE ISAF) WASHINGTON - Pentagon propaganda programs are inadequately tracked, their impact is unclear, and the military doesn't know if it is targeting the right foreign audiences, according to a government report obtained by USA TODAY.

Holder says four U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes

usatoday.com — WASHINGTON-Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that four U.S. citizens had been killed in counter-terrorism drone strikes since 2009. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Holder said only one of the four, radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the inspiration for several plots against the U.S., was "specifically targeted'' in counter-terrorism operations against al-Qaeda.

Incentives push doctors to electronic medical records

usatoday.com — Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced surge in use of electronic medical records by doctors' offices and hospitals. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP) WASHINGTON -- More than half of doctors' offices and 80% of hospitals that provide Medicare or Medicaid will have electronic health records by the end of the year, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.

West Pointer busted for taking nude photos of cadets

usatoday.com — WASHINGTON -- A soldier at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been charged with crimes for taking nude photos of female cadets without their consent, extending the military's sex-scandal crisis to the hallowed ground of its premier training academy, the Army announced Wednesday.

Could the Fast 5 Safe Heist Happen in Real Life? -- Vulture

vulture.com — In the past decade, the movie that replaces the illegal street racing with illegal waterskiing.) The stunt left Vulture with one question, though: How realistic is that scenario? As in, is it possible by the laws of physics?

Army general dismissed over adultery allegations

usatoday.com — WASHINGTON -- The Army announced Tuesday that it has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina over allegations of assault and adultery, the latest in a string of sex scandals to rock the military. It was not clear whom Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts struck.

Market, insurers will keep premiums low, analysts say

usatoday.com — President Obama speaks on the Affordable Care Act on May 10, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Market forces and an impetus to attract younger, healthier people into the insurance market will help keep health insurance premiums lower as the 2010 health care law takes effect on Jan.