An Army veteran’s robbery of a Mountain View pharmacy has become the latest Santa Clara County case marred by allegations that a prosecutor withheld evidence that could have helped the defense.
There was never any dispute in the case that the veteran, Sargent Binkley of Los Altos, had robbed the pharmacy. But the jury convicted Binkley last month of using a gun to commit the robbery — a finding that makes the crime far more serious — Read the rest of this entry »
Meanwhile Frankie shadowboxed with another fighter he’s training for the Golden Gloves tournament, which began this week, and called across the ring, “come on boy — only one pound!”
The boxing program run by Frankie Punch, whose given name is Frank Burchette, is located at Pulse Fitness in Sunnyside. It has about 40 members, with another 200 already having gone through it.
“A lot of people do the training Read the rest of this entry »
which of their seven clinics in east San Diego and south Riverside counties will close or cut back hours because of the state’s budget crisis.
With California lawmakers deadlocked on passing a new fiscal plan, clinics like the ones run by Borrego are running out of money because they haven’t been paid for caring for Medi-Cal patients since Aug. 1.
In San Diego County, Borrego Community Health Foundation operates clinics in El Cajon, Julian and Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Sullivan – A New York medical malpractice lawyer illustrates case of medical malpractice. Sarah died leaving behind infant twins and a 27 year-old husband.
It is crucial for any woman who finds a lump in her breast to see a doctor immediately. For pregnant women in particular, the urgency for medical attention is ten-fold!
New York City, New York (
— During pregnancy, a woman’s hormones surge, and cancer of any kind will be ‘fed’ Read the rest of this entry »
Every year, experts estimate, about 80,000 seemingly healthy people in this country under the age of 55 have a
for no apparent reason. Some researchers have long suspected that one culprit is a cardiac defect that 40 percent of those people share — a tiny congenital opening between the upper chambers of their hearts.
Based on that theory, doctors in recent years have implanted a small flexible seal in the hearts of thousands of stroke patients. Read the rest of this entry »
Perspective byTim King Salem-News.com
Law? What law? Patrick Hedges just makes his own and calls in federal forces on the citizens of his county when he needs more muscle.
(SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.) – The dark ages have descended upon sunny San Luis Obispo, California, where a sheriff has made a personal mission out of punishing a legal medical marijuana dispensary owner. Threats, intimidation, and an absolute and total disregard for his own Read the rest of this entry »
Vice President Dick Cheney went to the hospital Wednesday after experiencing an abnormal heartbeat and was scheduled to have an outpatient procedure to “restore his normal rhythm,” his office said.
Cheney, 67, was to go to George Washington University Hospital to have a cardiology procedure for the second time in less than a year. The condition forced him to cancel his attendance Wednesday at a campaign event for Marty Ozinga, an Illinois Republican Read the rest of this entry »
Try the new carb diet and lose 5,000 pounds
Now that the new year is here, may I suggest that you really need to go on a diet. It’s time to make a resolution in 2009 to cut your carb consumption and lose some pounds – perhaps 5,000 or more pounds.
OK, when I refer to “carb consumption,” I’m not talking about carbohydrates, the stuff in cookies, chips and chocolate. I’m talking about hydrocarbons, the stuff in petroleum, coal and natural gas. Civilization’s Read the rest of this entry »
– Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. –
On January 29, the U.S. Senate passed the reauthorization of the
, originally enacted in 1997 as an addition to Medicaid. It would have expired on March 31, potentially leaving over 7 million children without health insurance.
The bill passed 66 votes to 32, with several Republicans joining Democrats to Read the rest of this entry »
Upon receiving Congressional notification of the contract award, U.S.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Defense
Appropriations Subcommittee and co-chair of the Senate’s National Guard
Caucus, offered his congratulations to the employees of Goodrich. “Our
nation’s field commanders demand this system because this advanced technology
makes military helicopters safer and less expensive to operate,” he said.
“Whether Read the rest of this entry »