Madison, WI (Sports Network) – Wisconsin tight end Travis Beckum will miss the remainder of the season due to a fractured left fibula he suffered in Saturday's 27-17 win over Illinois.
Beckum had surgery at University of Wisconsin Hospital on Saturday night.
“It's very unfortunate whenever anyone's season is ended because of an injury,” said Badgers head coach Bret Bielema. “Our thoughts are with Travis and his Read the rest of this entry »
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DALLAS – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 33 other state attorneys general today reached a $60 million settlement with Pfizer Inc. Today's agreement resolves an enforcement action involving Pfizer of New York and subsidiary, Pharmacia, Inc., which unlawfully marketed two prescription pain medicines – Bextra and Celebrex. Under the settlement, the state of Texas will receive $3.8 million.
The states' enforcement action charged Pfizer Read the rest of this entry »
The projects were put on hold because of concerns about the economy, but St. Joseph’s parent company, Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives, has decided to restart them, Jeff Murphy, a spokesman for St. Joseph Health System, said Thursday.
The projects at St. Joseph East and London were in the midst of construction when they were put on hold. The project in Mount Sterling was still in the design phase.
Murphy said that both East and London Read the rest of this entry »
This is already a busy 2009 for the American Civil Liberties Union, always at the ready to jump on perceived church-state issues.
Is the Catholic Church forcing victims of sex trafficking to follow its religious guidelines?
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According to the complaint, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contracted with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (a contract worth more than $6 million since 2006) to provide services to trafficking Read the rest of this entry »
At some point in the course of their lives, 98 percent of American women will choose to use a method of birth control. Considering this widespread use of family planning, it is almost unimaginable that a woman’s right to acquire and ability to access contraception would ever be jeopardized. However, that is what will happen if a recently proposed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) rule change, open for public comment until Sept. 24, is put in place Read the rest of this entry »
Some of the latest exercise equipment may be able to take your mind off your workout while using high-tech advances to help add some variety to your routine. NY1’s Kafi Drexel filed the following report.
NY1 recently stopped in at Reebok Sports Club/NY and The Sports Club/LA for a firsthand look.
First up — “Kranking”. The mobile pieces of equipment are similar to spinning machines, except it is for the upper body. Fitness instructors say it’s Read the rest of this entry »
FISHERS, Ind. — Michelle Obama on Wednesday described her struggles to balance career and family — and spoke of the guilt she often feels when she shortchanges either one.
But her presentation before a mostly female, friendly crowd of 250 in reliably Republican Hamilton County was about more than underscoring that she and her husband, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, understood family pressures.
It followed Barack Obama’s visit Read the rest of this entry »
ROME (AP) — A woman at the center of Italy’s right-to-die debate was transferred Tuesday to a hospital where she is to be allowed to die after 17 years in a vegetative state.
Eluana Englaro was moved to the northeastern city of Udine overnight, said family lawyer Vittorio Angiolini.
A small crowd of anti-euthanasia activists gathered outside the clinic in Lecco, where she had been cared for, seeking to prevent the ambulance from leaving, Read the rest of this entry »
The Herald-Index and Anytime Fitness Altoona have announced a new partner and format for the third annual Commit to Fitness Challenge.
Altoona Hy-Vee Food Store has joined forces to bring a stronger diet and nutrition element to the competition, which will begin in January 2009 and include four individual contestants.
In past years, the contest called for two teams composed of a male and female member. By switching to the new format featuring Read the rest of this entry »