We need a serious debate about health care : John Oxendine

Sharp debate at high court over cross on US land (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:23:02 +0000

AP - As the Supreme Court weighed a dispute over a religious symbol on public land Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficulty understanding how some people might feel excluded by a cross that was put up as a memorial to soldiers killed in World War I.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:15 +0000

AP - Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Obama gets Afghanistan commander’s troop request (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:04 +0000

AP - The formal request by the nation's top Afghanistan commander for more troops is now in President Barack Obama's hands, administration officials said Wednesday as the war launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks reached its eight-year mark with no end in sight.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Birth Control Pills Might Alter Mate Selection: Study (HealthDay)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:03:57 +0000

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Could birth control pills
be taking human evolution in a whole new, and possibly detrimental,
direction?

Original post by HealthDay and software by Elliott Back

Fired up? The grass-roots health care battle (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:33 +0000

AP - Fired up? Ready to go? You might not know it from the way President Barack Obama's grass-roots supporters have been largely drowned out in the raucous debate over his health care plan.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Holder, Duncan plan to fight Chicago teen violence (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:22:55 +0000

AP - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan pledged federal support on Wednesday to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities, calling the brutal beating death of a teenager on the city's South Side a wake-up call for the country.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

AP Poll: Health care overhaul has a pulse (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:57:40 +0000

AP - The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you're President Barack Obama, you can't stop pacing the waiting room. Health care overhaul is still in guarded condition.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Sebelius: Americans should get flu vaccination (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:05 +0000

AP - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine "safe and secure."

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

AP: Anna Nicole Smith investigated in murder plot (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:44:37 +0000

AP - The FBI investigated whether Anna Nicole Smith plotted to kill her tycoon husband's son as they battled for his father's fortune, newly released files show, but the former Playboy Playmate who died in 2007 was never prosecuted.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Somali pirate error ends with 5 in French brig (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:40:39 +0000

AP - Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back