05.28.07

Stun Gun Use on Mentally Ill Questioned

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HOUSTON (AP) -- Advocates for the mentally ill are questioning Houston police officers' use of stun guns on suspects with mental problems, many of whom were unarmed and then never charged with a crime....

Kevorkian Release Nears After 8 Years

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- For nearly a decade, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waged a defiant campaign to help other people kill themselves. The retired pathologist left bodies at hospital emergency rooms and motels and videotaped a death that was broadcast on CBS' "60 Minutes." His actions prompted battles over assisted suicide in many states. But as he prepares to leave prison June 1 after serving more than eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence in the death of a Michigan man, Kevorkian will find that...

Diabetic Teen and Brother Create Comics

Posted in Uncategorized at 2:32 am by ceo

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined to infect anyone in his path with the chronic, debilitating disease from which he takes his name. The imposing, green, wild-haired monster scowls, punches the air and taunts, "I will make sure that everyone on the planet feels my pain. The whole world will have diabetes."...

CDC Warns About Contact Lens Solution

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Government officials are warning people to throw away a contact lens solution after an investigation linked it to a rare eye infection....

6 Arrests Made in Kidney Selling Case

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police arrested the owner of a private hospital in eastern Pakistan and three doctors after they were implicated in the illegal trade and transplant of kidneys, police said Saturday....

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