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U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 1:37am neoform

Daily Mail -- A care home nurse stuffed a plastic apron into a 99-year-old woman's mouth as punishment for being noisy at lunch time, a hearing was told. Anne Fisk ordered the vulnerable pensioner to 'shut up' after screwing up the disposable apron into a ball and f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 11:22pm neoform

FOX News -- A man beat his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death after she left the boy in his care while she was deployed to Iraq, police said. Donell Parker, 23, was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the death of Cameron Smith. The boy was found dead in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

FOX News -- A 2-year-old and 4-year-old who were shown on videotape being taught how to smoke marijuana by two teens will remain in foster care, a judge ruled Thursday. Juvenile Court Judge Kim Brown issued the temporary order during a brief hearing. She said no a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 10:24pm neoform

FOX News -- The husband of a day care operator has been charged with sexually abusing two children who attended the center and may have molested as many as 40 children over the past 30 years, police said Tuesday. William Huck Sr. of rural Ste. Genevieve has been c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 21, 2007 @ 10:18am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found. Despite relative stability in rece.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 4, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Just a fraction of the children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch remain in foster care after parents traveled this sprawling state to reunite their families. By Tuesday, 397 children had been returned to their parents, leaving just a few dozen of t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 24, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Robert Sillen, the powerful and confrontational administrator who was named in 2006 to repair the crumbling health care system at California's 33 state prisons, was fired Wednesday by a federal judge who said it was time for a more collaborative approach... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:49am neoform

USA Today -- By Larry Wheeler, Gannett News ServiceAmericans are used to hearing bad news about their health care system — that millions of people lack health insurance and medical costs are spinning out of control. But amid those trends is evidence that a vital.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 1:19pm neoform

SF Gate -- When Sgt. Brett Miller arrived at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, the staff checking him in for an extended inpatient stay asked who had dropped him off. Miller told them he'd driven himself. "They said, 'Whoa, you what?' " Miller, 31, r.. Read More