TAIPEI (AFP) — Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian was released from hospital and sent back to a detention centre Wednesday, as he entered the second week of a hunger strike to protest his arrest on graft allegations.
Chen left the hospital by ambulance while dozens of supporters gathered and honked air horns as he was driven back to the detention centre.
Doctors said earlier Wednesday that Chen’s condition had visibly improved although Read the rest of this entry »

OSTON — Alan Stiles, the former publisher of Men’s Fitness and Esquire magazines, has died after being struck by a commuter train. He was 54.
Stiles parked his Hyundai Veracruz along the Massachusetts Turnpike then apparently walked into the path of the oncoming train after it left Boston’s South Station last Friday. Joe Pesaturo, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, says the train carried 240 passengers; Read the rest of this entry »

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ATLANTA – Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell is being treated at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta for complications due to pancreatic cancer.
Katherine Bell McClure says her 90-year-old grandfather is also experiencing kidney failure and pneumonia. His condition Sunday was not immediately available.
Bell has battled kidney disease for years and was recently diagnosed with cancer. McClure says Read the rest of this entry »

Paul G. Rogers, a former Democratic congressman known as “Mr. Health” for his championing of national health issues, died Monday in Washington, D.C. He was 87.
Mr. Rogers’ cause of death is still unknown, but his nephew, Romney Rogers, said his uncle was rehabilitating after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Born in Ocilla, Ga., Mr. Rogers was raised in
then moved to West Palm Beach to practice law. He decided to follow politics after his Read the rest of this entry »

WHITE OAK, Md. — A dozen years ago, the closing of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in White Oak, a suburb of Washington, was met with a mixture of concern and hope. What would happen to the 662-acre military compound? Would the thousands of naval workers whose jobs were being shifted be replaced? Would the sprawling federal property be privately developed, or left fallow?
In the great chess game of managing the government’s properties, Read the rest of this entry »

WOONSOCKET – Dr. Troyen A. “Troy” Brennan, a former hospital administrator and chief medical officer at insurance giant Aetna Inc., has been selected by CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) for the new post of executive vice president and chief medical officer.
“Troy Brennan is a highly regarded national health care expert who not only understands the challenges of health care today, but has hands-on experience with all aspects of the health care Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan has been released from the hospital where she was treated after fracturing her pelvis in a fall and was expected to make a “full recovery,” her spokeswoman said on Friday.
The 87-year-old widow of President Ronald Reagan will begin daily physical therapy and reduce her public schedule following her release from the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, spokeswoman Nancy Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Steven Brodzin, the former fiscal services director for
, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for a scheme in which he defrauded the hospital of more than $828,000 to buy luxury cars, vacations and sports tickets, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said Friday.
He must also make restitution of $828,973 to Shriners.
As part of his scam, Brodzin, 41, of O’Fallon, Mo., created three “dummy” companies: West County Orthopaedic Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel C. Erskine, a 24-year-old former UW-Whitewater student, died Monday at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn.
Erskine was a 2003 graduate of Elkhorn High School and attended UW-Whitewater as recently as December. Erskine was a double major in sociology and political science.
Interim Dean of Student Life Jeff Janz said the cause of the death was unknown.
“We do not think it was an accident of any sort,” Janz said. “Or any type of illegal Read the rest of this entry »