SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s staff Wednesday released his most detailed plan yet to tackle the state’s staggering budget deficit, calling for deep cuts to state services, hefty tax increases and a large new round of borrowing to close a projected $41.6 billion shortfall through mid-2010.
While little of the proposal was new, it included some striking elements, such as cutting billions of dollars from public school funding and Read the rest of this entry »
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Israeli ground troops and heavy armour have moved deeper into the Gaza Strip, in effect cutting the territory in two.
Supported by a naval, air and land bombardment, forces have taken up positions on either side of Gaza City, and along a major east-west road.
The Palestinian health ministry says more than 50 people have been killed since the ground operation began. One Israeli soldier has been killed.
Earlier, US Vice-President Dick Cheney defended Read the rest of this entry »
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GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – More than 60,000 people have been infected with cholera in Zimbabwe, a figure which the World Health Organisation (WHO) had said would be a “worst case scenario” in the epidemic which broke out in August.
Some 60,401 people have caught the water-borne disease, of whom 3,161 have died, according to the latest figures released on Friday by the United Nations in Geneva.
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If you want to know where the best food is, ask a chef. Chefs always know where the ingredients are freshest and the skills of the kitchen legendary. After all, who knows the world of cuisine better than a professional chef?If you ask many of…
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Our new president, Barack Obama, really believes in bipartisanship. His first Super Bowl Party is proof that he’s going to use every opportunity to create an effective government Read the rest of this entry »
Off-label prescribing is widespread, accounting
of expensive, potentially toxic drugs, such as chemotherapeutics.
drugs are among the most expensive and potentially risky medicines,
and their use has been increasing by 20% per year, accounting
for more than $40 billion of a $200 billion pharmaceutical budget.
drugs often cost more than $1000 per month, and third-party
payers typically cover their use, even when they are prescribed
off-label. Read the rest of this entry »
By Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
The war on drugs is a war on terror and the war on terror is a war on drugs. They are interwoven and law
enforcement believes they are inseparable. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda are growing poppies and producing heroin in Afghanistan and distributing those drugs via ships, aircraft and ground mules to Iraq, Turkey, Europe and Mexico to help raise cash. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON – Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who administration officials say is the leading contender for U.S. health secretary, said on Monday she had not discussed the job yet with President Barack Obama.
Sebelius was in Washington this weekend and Monday to attend a governors’ conference, and U.S. media had speculated that the occasion would be the perfect opportunity for Obama to meet with his fellow Democrat and talk about the health secretary Read the rest of this entry »
AURORA, Ill. – Four people died when a medical evacuation helicopter struck a radio tower late Wednesday and crashed in a Chicago suburb, police said.
The victims included three adults and a one-year-old patient, who was being transported to Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich, NBC affiliate WMAQ reported.
Police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers said the helicopter belonged to Air Angels Inc., an emergency medical Read the rest of this entry »
According to a Bartow Police Department report, police officers responded around 11:10 p.m. Wednesday to the XYZ Liquor Store at 295 U.S. Highway 17 regarding an injured person. When they arrived, police found Jamard West, 24, with a gunshot wound to the head.
West was taken by Polk County Emergency Medical Services to Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he died from his injury.
According to the report, Tony Sullivan Jr., 18, told police he Read the rest of this entry »