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| Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:58 PM PST  MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. authorities stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama on Monday, rescuing a 5-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper dead. After a standoff of more than six days, FBI agents entered the bunker when they feared the child was in "imminent danger" at the hands of his abductor, who had killed a school bus driver, said Steve Richardson, special agent in charge in Mobile, Alabama. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-U.S. Navy SEAL's killing puts focus on war's psychological toll Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:10 PM PST  (Reuters) - The slayings of former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and another man trying to help a troubled U.S. military veteran, now charged with killing them at a Texas gun range, has renewed focus on the psychological wounds of war. Eddie Lee Routh, 25, of Lancaster, Texas, an active duty Marine from 2006 to 2010 who served in the Iraq war, faces murder charges that could lead to the death penalty in Saturday's shootings at a gun range 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Army to build soldier "resilience" to fight suicides, violence Monday, Feb 04, 2013 07:09 PM PST  TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, grappling with a spike in military suicides, plans to take steps to improve soldiers' resilience to mental health problems to combat such deaths as well as depression, substance abuse, and violent behavior, Army Secretary John McHugh said on Monday. McHugh ordered Army officials to lay out detailed plans by February 15 to boost soldiers' "physical, emotional and psychological resilience," but did not reveal program specifics, such as estimated costs or goals. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Bureau of Prisons to review solitary confinement Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:54 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Prisons has agreed to a comprehensive review of the use of solitary confinement in its prisons, including the fiscal and public safety consequences of the controversial practice, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said on Monday. A spokesman from the bureau confirmed that the National Institute of Corrections plans to retain an independent auditor "in the weeks ahead" to examine the use of solitary confinement, which is also known as restrictive housing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arkansas House advances bill banning abortions after 20 weeks Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:51 PM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Arkansas state House approved a measure on Monday to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy that makes no exception for rape or incest. Representatives voted 75-20 to approve the measure that would allow abortions when the mother's life is at risk or she faces serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment. The bill will now advance to the state Senate, which has already approved a more restrictive ban. ... Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court justice denies stay in employment case Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:37 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday denied a nursing home operator's emergency stay application that had cited legal confusion over President Barack Obama's appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Ginsburg denied the request filed earlier Monday by HealthBridge Management LLC, which had wanted the court to intervene in an employment dispute. The company said that it would ask another Supreme Court justice, Antonin Scalia, to review the petition in light of Ginsburg's decision. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hemispherx says FDA rejects fatigue drug application Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:25 PM PST (Reuters) - Hemispherx Biopharma Inc said U.S. regulators had declined to approve its new drug application for Ampligen, its experimental drug for treating chronic fatigue syndrome, five years after the company first filed for the drug's approval. Hemispherx, based in Philadelphia, said it plans to request an "end-of-review conference" with the Food and Drug Administration and may submit a formal appeal regarding the regulator's decision. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Wild Thing" singer Reg Presley dies in UK: report Monday, Feb 04, 2013 06:17 PM PST (Reuters) - Reg Presley, the lead singer of 1960s British rock band The Troggs, who scored a hit with the love anthem "Wild Thing," was reported to have died at his home in England on Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 71. "He passed away peacefully at home and myself, my brother and our mother were with him. We're absolutely heartbroken," Presley's daughter Karen was quoted as telling the London-based World Entertainment News Network (WENN). Presley announced in January 2012 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer after falling ill during a performance in Germany. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. proposes scrapping some obsolete Medicare regulations Monday, Feb 04, 2013 05:09 PM PST  (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday proposed eliminating certain obsolete Medicare regulations, a move it said would save hospitals and other healthcare providers an estimated $676 million a year, or $3.4 billion over five years. The Department of Health and Human Services described the targeted regulations as unnecessary or excessively burdensome and said their proposed elimination would allow greater efficiency without jeopardizing safety for the Medicare program's elderly and disabled beneficiaries. ... Full Story | Top |
| Horse DNA found in burgers at second major Irish plant Monday, Feb 04, 2013 05:08 PM PST DUBLIN (Reuters) - Burgers containing horse DNA have been discovered at a second major plant in Ireland, the country's agriculture department said on Monday, again pointing the finger at Poland as the country of origin for the raw materials. Food companies such as Tesco and Burger King last month found that beef products supplied by an Irish firm contained horse DNA, a scandal that has hit retailers with a wave of bad publicity and left Ireland's 2 billion euro ($2.7 billion) beef industry reeling. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bullying eases for lesbian, gay teens as they age: study Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:43 PM PST (Reuters) - It does get better for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth, with bullying in their early teens fading away as they grow older, according to a study of the name calling, threats and violence faced by teens in England. Researchers, whose results appeared in Pediatrics, found that while more than half of non-heterosexual teens reported getting bullied at ages 13 and 14, fewer than one in ten was still being victimized six years later. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama says assault weapons ban deserves a vote in Congress Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:37 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Monday to at least hold a vote on banning assault weapons, the most contentious part of his plan to curb gun violence in the United States. Obama's comments suggested a realization in the White House that it will be difficult to get such a ban passed by lawmakers, despite consistent public support for the measure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ohio Governor Kasich backs Medicaid expansion in proposed budget Monday, Feb 04, 2013 03:11 PM PST  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio's Republican governor on Monday endorsed the expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, raising expectations that political opposition to the plan may be starting to thaw among GOP leaders in so-called Red states. Gov. John Kasich, the fifth Republican state governor to support the Medicaid expansion, made his announcement as part of a press briefing on his $63.3 billion 2014-15 budget proposal. He emphasized that he is not a supporter of "Obamacare," but believes the Medicaid plan "makes sense for the state of Ohio. ... Full Story | Top |
| Horse DNA found in burgers at second Irish plant Monday, Feb 04, 2013 02:18 PM PST DUBLIN (Reuters) - Burgers containing horse DNA have been discovered at a second plant in Ireland, the country's agriculture department said on Monday, again pointing the finger at Poland as the country of origin for the raw materials. Major food companies like Tesco and Burger King last month found that beef products supplied by an Irish firm contained horse DNA, a scandal that has hit retailers with a wave of bad publicity and left Ireland's 2 billion euro ($2.7 billion) beef industry reeling. ... Full Story | Top |
| Could too much calcium be bad for your heart? Monday, Feb 04, 2013 01:16 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new analysis from the National Institutes of Health, men who took calcium tablets were more likely to die of heart disease over more than a decade than those who didn't get extra calcium in supplement form. "The effect of supplemental or dietary calcium on heart disease has always been a bit of an unanswered story," said Howard Sesso, a preventive medicine researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. "It could be that when you take supplements, maybe you're taking doses that far exceed what you need," he added. ... Full Story | Top |
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