While I share your opinion of the AP, this is a report of a study. The study is available, and I don’t see where the AP is misrepresenting the results, so it seems we should be focusing on the study itself, not the AP.
Might want to check this post out...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3837439/posts?page=91#91
All Propaganda and their Delusional Leftist buddies are LIARS.