CORAL Gables, Fla. –
An ongoing investigation involving the sales of illegal drugs resulted in two arrests at a University of Miami fraternity house.
The Coral Gables Police Department Special Investigations Section’s Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics unit in conjunction with the University of Miami Police Department executed a search warrant Thursday at the ZETA BETA TAU fraternity house.
“The University of Miami is cooperating with Coral Gables Read the rest of this entry »

The government is poised to extend health coverage to 4 million more lower-income children, a first step in President Barack Obama's promise to shrink the ranks of theuninsured.
The House was expected to approve the expansion of a children's health insurance program Wednesday and deliver it to Obama for his quick signature. The bill passed the Senate lastweek.
Over the next four years, up to 13 million children could be covered under Read the rest of this entry »

, the House on Wednesday passed a bill to expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program. President Bush twice had vetoed similar legislation.
Mr. Obama will probably be able to sign the bill within days of taking office on Tuesday. The Senate might take action within a week.
The House vote was 289 to 139. Supporters never mustered more than 273 votes for similar legislation in the last two years.
The bill, which would extend coverage Read the rest of this entry »

Akron, OH
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Bakersfield, CA
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Baton Rouge, LA
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Boston, MA
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Before moving into the White House, President George W. Bush gave his successor a heads-up: Presidents pay their own person grocery bills, he warned President Barack Obama, and the first family’s pantry stays fully stocked at all times. You’ll be surprised by that first grocery bill, Bush told Obama.
The White House pantries and refrigerators are now packed with Obama’s favorite snacks — herbal iced tea, trail mix, Dentyne peppermint gum, salsa Read the rest of this entry »

So plenty of people were there for the holidays today when a fire raced through their house, making the early morning tragedy even more devastaing. Six people were killed, including three children. Four escaped: the Wilsons and two relatives who remain hospitalized with burns.
Gone were the couple’s 11-year-old son, their 10-year-old nephew, Michelle Wilson’s father and three members of the “extended” family: Oscar Wilson’s close friend’s daughter, Read the rest of this entry »

FORMER Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen is still making news with his GraniteCare proposal, only this time he’s doing it in Rhode Island.
Stephen, now a management consultant on health care and government affairs, worked to convince federal regulators to approve a Medicaid waiver that, among other things, would allow Rhode Island to shift long-term care emphasis from nursing homes to community and home-based care.
He brought Read the rest of this entry »

- was found not
breathing on the kitchen floor when Harrison, N.Y., police responded to a 911 call at Thomas’ house one week ago this morning, according to the police report.
The victim’s name is redacted throughout the report, which was released to Newsday yesterday under the Freedom of Information Act.
The town of Harrison, which faxed the report to Newsday late yesterday, cited “unwanted invasion of personal privacy” as the reason for redacting Read the rest of this entry »

Fisher House, for families of wounded veterans, dedicated in Dallas
03:12 PM CDT on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Flat-screen TVs, granite countertops and modern dcor fill the new North Texas Fisher House, a 16,800 square foot hotel of sorts that cost $4.6 million to build, furnish and landscape.
The plush accommodations won’t cost guests a dime, though. And those guests are not coming for a vacation. They’ll be here to visit Read the rest of this entry »

POSTED: 05:23 p.m. EST, Nov 25, 2008
AKRON, Ohio (Nov. 25, 2008) – The public is invited to an open house for Akron Children’s Hospital’s Future Fitness Club at LifeCenter Plus in Hudson Dec. 6 from 9 to 11 a.m.
Akron Children’s Hospital has teamed up with Kohl’s Community Youth Fitness Initiative to create affordable, community-based youth fitness programs. Located in neighborhood recreation centers, such as LifeCenter Read the rest of this entry »