Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested Tuesday he would like to hold Diet debate on extending the antiterrorism law before calling a general election to help voters distinguish between the ruling and opposition camps.
Speaking at a Diet committee meeting, Aso said, “We need to show clearly what will be the focuses” that distinguish his Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.
“After making it clear what (the differences) Read the rest of this entry »
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Denny Hamlin was held Sunday night at a Birmingham hospital Sunday for further evaluation after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
Hamlin was alert and awake when he was transported to the UAB Medical Center, but was complaining of a headache and possibly had a concussion. He was also favoring his right foot after a slow exit from his crumpled car.
“The tire went down and it was quite a Read the rest of this entry »
China says milk powder contamination sickens 1,253
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Health Ministry says two infants have died from ingesting contaminated milk powder and 1,253 have been sickened.
Hundreds more remain under observation in hospitals, the ministry says.
As of Monday morning, 913 infants are only slightly affected and their condition was not considered life threatening, Vice Health Minister Ma Xiaowei told reporters at a news conference Read the rest of this entry »
Race against clock with seven weeks to go before vital tour.
Being told you can bank on the fitness of Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn before the tour of Australia is, in these fraught times, as comforting as being told you can trust the world banking system.
The first Test against Australia in Perth is just over seven weeks away and neither Smith nor Steyn has been able to play cricket or even take part in practice this season. Read the rest of this entry »
A three-vehicle crash on Cape Cod involving a small bus from a day-care center seriously injured a woman and shook up five young children early yesterday, police said.
Barnstable police said a man driving a late-model Mercedes was speeding south on Route 132 in Hyannis shortly before 10 a.m., when he broadsided a Nissan pickup truck, whose driver appeared to be making an illegal left to head north on Route 132. The impact sent the pickup truck hurtling Read the rest of this entry »
– Police arrest a man working as a plastic surgeon without a medical license.
Carlos Delgado, 25, was taken into custody after a raid Thursday on the Radiant Med Spa on Cranes Roost Boulevard.
Police said they started getting complaints Delgado didn’t have a medical license after the spa opened up in June.
They said he performed things like tummy tucks, laser surgery, and Botox injections.
Delgado is now charged with practicing without a Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Pfizer Inc. has lost a key drug candidate after deciding to end development of a new obesity treatment, a Citi Investment Research analyst said Thursday.
On Wednesday, Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis separately ended clinical testing of drugs that block the cannabinoid type 1 pleasure centers in the brain, part of a class of drugs called CB-1 antagonists that have come under scrutiny for psychiatric side effects. Pfizer said Read the rest of this entry »
12:10 AM CST on Monday, November 3, 2008
WYLIE – When Ashley Hall’s lifeless body was found in the upstairs bathroom of her Wylie home three years ago, authorities believed they had an open-and-shut case.
Her husband, Timothy Austin Hall, confessed to police that he strangled the 22-year-old woman, went to work and left their two young children – ages 4 and 1 – alone all day with their mother’s body. Read the rest of this entry »
The window for Medicare beneficiaries to join or switch Part D drug insurance plans for next year opens today for more than 740,000 eligible Minnesotans.
An increase in calls to government-backed phone centers indicates that more enrollees may change plans, a move that Medicare and advocates applaud because most insurers will raise costs and change aspects of drug coverage next year.
“We’re getting more calls — up 50 percent the first week in Read the rest of this entry »
Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso says North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is seriously ill in hospital but is still capable of making important policy decisions. Mr Aso bases his statement on information from the Japanese intelligence services.
Kim Jong-Il’s health has recently been the subject of much speculation, since he has not appeared in public for some time. Observers said the 66-year-old dictator had suffered a stroke and some suggested he might Read the rest of this entry »