U.K. police say men wove drugs into Afghan rugs
LONDON — Two men in Britain have been convicted of smuggling heroin by hiding it in the fabric of carpets imported from Pakistan.
British police say Abdul Khaliq, 45, and Yadegar Nazari, 40, were found guilty in September of importing 27 kilograms of high-grade heroin.
On Monday, Khaliq was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Nazari was jailed for 16 years.
They were arrested after police Read the rest of this entry »
The shooting, the first involving a Bartow police officer since 1991, resulted in only minor injuries to the suspect.
According to police, officers were dispatched around 12:42 a.m. to an auto theft in progress at 2405 State Road 60 E. While en route, the officers were told that one or more suspects were driving a dark-colored pickup truck and that a motorcycle had been stolen and placed in the bed of the truck.
Police reported that around 12:45 Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Soldier Suicides Spiked in January
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
Schools in three states were sent potentially contaminated peanut products for a free lunch program in 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday.
Peanut butter and roasted peanuts processed by the Peanut Corp. of America were sent to schools in California, Idaho and Minnesota, the
reported.
The company’s Read the rest of this entry »
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company, based in
Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion and
approximately 54,000 employees in 40 states. At June 30, 2008, Kindred
through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 656 locations,
including 83 long-term acute care hospitals, 228 skilled nursing centers
and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst Read the rest of this entry »
One of Colombia's most notorious drug lords, Leonidas Vargas, was shot dead in his Madrid hospital bed on Thursday, Spanish policesaid.
At least one person entered the room in Madrid's October 12th Hospital where Vargas was being treated for a serious illness, and shot the drugs kingpin four times just before 8 p.m. local time, policesaid.
Spanish newspaper El Mundo said the assassin asked another patient who was sharing the Colombian's Read the rest of this entry »
Dec. 23, 2008 — In a warning letter to Coca-Cola, the FDA says that Diet
Coke Plus is “misbranded.”
The FDA says that Diet Coke Plus doesn’t meet the FDA’s nutritional
standards for the term “plus.” The FDA also states that it “does
not consider it appropriate to fortify snack foods such as carbonated
beverages.” The letter, dated Dec. 10, 2008, is posted on the FDA’s web
site.
Diet Coke adds niacin, vitamins B6 and B12, zinc, and magnesium. Read the rest of this entry »
IT’S not just women who are plagued by a poor body image – men are also feeling the pressure to have the perfect physique.
The increased emphasis on men’s toned bodies in our celebrity-obsessed culture means blokes are battling the same anxieties about how they look as women.
In gyms all over the country, they can be found waging war on their waistlines.
About 70 per cent of Scottish men are overweight, according to the Royal College of Physicians. Read the rest of this entry »
Another day, another warning from the Food and Drug Administration.
Such is the new paradigm for drug developers. The FDA is going to make darn sure consumers know everything about every possible side effect that a drug could cause.
Enbrel,
Humira, UCB’s Cimzia, and
Remicade, which is sold outside the U.S. by
. These drugs inhibit the immune system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and other autoimmune conditions. The FDA warning Read the rest of this entry »
11:19 PM PST on Friday, February 13, 2009
SEATTLE – Seattle Police and the Seattle School District are investigating a disturbing situation at McClure Middle School where it seems a pair of young students may have been selling drugs to classmates.
According to a preliminary police report, administrators at McClure in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood started looking into it after a student got sick last week and Read the rest of this entry »
“I screwed up.”
— President Barack Obama, Feb. 3
Wait a minute. He said that? There were cameras and microphones? Somebody caught it on tape?
Presidents don’t say that. Bill Clinton never said that. George W. Bush would have cut off his tongue with rusty gardening shears before he said that. But you’re telling me Barack Obama actually said it? These are the words that came out of his mouth in a series of interviews with network news anchors? Read the rest of this entry »