LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police are investigating the death of a man who was dropped off in front of a hospital with bullet wounds.
Police say an unidentified driver parked in front of Mission Community Hospital in the San Fernando Valley early Monday, directed the medical staff to the wounded man in the car, and left on foot.
The victim, 47-year-old Mario Andrade, was rushed to the emergency room where he was pronounced dead.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY MEDITATION GROUP: Introduction to transcendental meditation, led by addiction counselor Milton Burrill and meditation teacher Tom Ball. Asheville TM Center, 165 E. Chestnut St. Call 254-8416 Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.
Obama’s move, the latest in an aggressive first week reversing contentious Bush policies, was warmly welcomed by liberal groups and denounced by abortion Read the rest of this entry »

SANTA ANA, Calif.—An ex-payroll manager who pleaded guilty to embezzling $487,000 from his Santa Ana employer has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Robert Lee Winn received the sentence in a Santa Ana court Tuesday, after pleading guilty last month to 48 felony counts of fraud and unauthorized computer access.
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Proponents say there are cost savings; critics say there are too many risks.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nowhere in Texas government has the ideological divide over privatization — and the potential pitfalls — been more pronounced than in the arena of health and human services.
Privatization critics say human services are the absolute last government functions that should be hired out. But in the past decade, the Legislature has hired Read the rest of this entry »

website urges the “Y”-chromosome impaired to “EAT for smokin’ SEX APPEAL.”
The magazine’s nutritional tips might better be called “The Electroshock Diet” because the findings will leave you depressed. After all, what’s life without Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Triple-the-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing? The name alone is a mouthful, and the burger weighs in at 2,040 calories,150 grams of fat and 4,900 milligrams of sodium. Yummy!
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Feb 23, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Medtronic, a medical technology company, has received approval from the FDA for a humanitarian device exemption for its Reclaim deep brain stimulation therapy for chronic, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The company also announced the first enrollment in its multi-center, randomized clinical trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression.
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The hour Molly Will spends getting a massage each month is just about the best 60 minutes of the expectant mother’s month.
“It’s nice to have (my husband) rub my back at the end of the day,” but getting a professional massage helps alleviate tension and aches, said Will, 29. Her first baby is due March 5.
Will is among other expectant mothers who are taking advantage of a relatively new service offered in north central Wisconsin.
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VANCOUVER – Andre Noel Potvin gets down on a boardroom floor and starts thrusting his pelvis in all directions.
Not your usual boardroom behaviour. But Potvin says these “rock and rolls of love,” will put the wink back in the eye of people who, for whatever reason, have lost that loving feeling.
Potvin is a clinical exercise specialist and fitness educator with 25 years experience. He helps rehabilitate people injured in accidents, or who have Read the rest of this entry »