Cops: Calif doctor gets stuck in chimney, dies
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| BAKERSFIELD, Calif. A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said. While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation,"... |
RCMP dismantle alleged terror cell in Ottawa (linked to al Qaeda) (Aug. 25/10)
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| OTTAWA The RCMP dismantled an alleged Ottawa terrorist cell with suspected links to al-Qaeda on Wednesday morning, making two arrests in the nations capital without incident. The men are suspected of preparing a terrorist attack targeting Canada. The ringleader allegedly attended training camps in the Pakistan and Afghanistan region. But the bomb plot was described as not well defined and the arrests were apparently made on Wednesday because one of the suspects was preparing to travel abroad. A news conference has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon. The RCMP, Ottawa Police Service and Canadian Security Intelligence Service were involved in... |
Doctor gets suspended sentence over induced miscarriage (forced abortion)
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| TOKYO The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a doctor to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for causing his girlfriend to miscarry without her consent by drugging her to end their relationship while he was getting ready to marry another woman. Tatsunosuke Kobayashi, 36, a former physician at the Jikei University hospital in Tokyo, gave his girlfriend, who is in her 30s, pills that induce contractions of the uterus on several occasions between Jan 9 and 11, 2009, telling her that they were vitamin supplements. Also on Jan 12, he gave to her an intravenous drip... |
After Stroke Scans, Patients Face Serious Health Risks
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| When Alain Reyess hair suddenly fell out in a freakish band circling his head, he was not the only one worried about his health. His co-workers at a shipping company avoided him, and his boss sent him home, fearing he had a contagious disease. Only later would Mr. Reyes learn what had caused him so much physical and emotional grief: he had received a radiation overdose during a test for a stroke at a hospital in Glendale, Calif. Other patients getting the procedure, called a CT brain perfusion scan, were being overdosed, too 37 of them just up the... |
Hundreds walk to raise awareness about health, need for more minority physicians
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| Hundreds of children and parents gathered at an Orlando church early Saturday to raise awareness about health and obesity. The Walk A Mile With A Child event at Grace Bible Church, sponsored by the National Medical Association, was designed to reach black and Hispanic Orlandoans with a message about the benefits of a commitment to physical fitness. (snip) U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is lecturing at the NMA opening ceremony today. (snip) "The number of black physicians has been eroding," said Dr. Nelson Adams, of Miami. Adams is former state and national president of the National Medical Association. |
Morning Shows Devote 52 Minutes to Lindsay Lohan, a Scant 20 Seconds to Appointment (Berwick)
Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:39:50 AM
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| Over the span of two days, the network morning shows have given just 20 seconds of coverage to the recess appointment of Donald Berwick, a pro-rationing doctor who will run Medicare. In contrast, Good Morning America, Today and Early Show devoted 52 minutes of coverage to every detail of Lindsay Lohan's sentencing. On Wednesday and Thursday's GMA, ABC hosts discussed Lohan for 14 minutes. CBS's Early Show managed 12 minutes to the important topic. Both programs had no mention of Berwick, who once told an audience in Great Britain, "Please, don't put your faith in market forces." |




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