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Gilbert turns out to honor veteran
Tossed like a rag doll by an exploding 500-pound bomb, U.S. Army Ranger Cory Remsburg landed face down in a canal. He lay motionless as his buddies scrambled to find him. Gunshots rang out, and the company took cover in a fresh crater formed by the improvised explosive device that ...
Home birth supporters praise new Ind. law
Sitting at a table in a downtown Lafayette coffee shop, four mothers, all experienced in home births, talked about what they consider a long-overdue law — House Bill 1135 — concerning midwife-assisted home births. "We've been trying to do this for 20 years. Some people gave up hope that this ...
Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients
Patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them in a comatose-like state, factors that may have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients, an advocacy group said Friday. Edah Maina, the chief executive officer, of the Kenya Society For the ...
Terre Haute girl back home after heart transplant
After nearly five months, 8-year-old Katelyn Newell finally returned home Thursday evening — with a new heart. She underwent tests in the morning, and by early afternoon, one of her doctor's at Riley Hospital for Children told Katelyn and her mom, Robin Newell, the good news. They were already packed, ...
Terre Haute girl back home after heart transplant
An 8-year-old Terre Haute girl who spent five months in the hospital is finally home a month after she received a heart transplant. Katelyn Newell returned home Thursday, and her mother, Robin Newell, says she's already seeing improvements in her daughter's stamina and appetite. Katelyn's transplant occurred April 24 at ...
Woman rescued from Red River in downtown Fargo
A woman was taken to a Fargo hospital to be treated for hypothermia after being pulled from the Red River in downtown Fargo. The woman called authorities about 2:30 a.m. Friday, saying she was clinging to a rock in the river and couldn't hold on. Emergency officials found her hanging ...
Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country. Q: What happened? A: Tempers flared and ...
Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied AIDS drugs
A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He ...
Nurse says she was fired for complaining about doc
A northern Idaho nurse is suing Kootenai Medical Center, saying she was fired last year in an act of retaliation against her for complaining about a doctor's erratic behavior. The Coeur d'Alene Press (http://tinyurl.com/o97wlhz) reports Tamara N. Pilgrim filed the lawsuit in 1st District Court last week. Pilgrim worked at ...
Pace slows in testing after Tulsa health scare
Additional tests reveal no new cases of hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS among patients of a Tulsa oral surgeon accused of running dirty clinics. The pace of people seeking testing has slowed. About 3,900 patients of Dr. W. Scott Harrington have gone to state clinics for testing. In ...
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