Authorities said that most of the injuries were minor but that one student, a 17-year-old male, suffered a head injury during a fall and was knocked unconscious. They said the youth was taken by ambulance to Howard University Hospital and regained consciousness on the way.
Alan Etter, a spokesman for the D.C. fire department, said that about 15 students complained of injuries and that five were treated at hospitals.
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A Pennsylvania man who was injured during a crane accident in Annapolis Thursday was stable in critical condition at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center today, according to the hospital.
Edward Cifaldo, 46, of the 200 block of Main Street in Red Lion, Pa., was sitting in a compartment of a crane that was preparing to lift heating and cooling units onto the roof of a fitness center under construction at Annapolis Towne Centre in Parole. Anne Arundel Read the rest of this entry »

Two policemen are still in hospital with serious injuries after a collision between a Mitsubishi Evolution and a police car early on Saturday morning.
A 28-year-old man from Great Yarmouth has been released on bail after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and failing to stop for police.
The Mitsubishi failed to stop for police in Belvedere Road, Lowestoft.
Four men were injured after it was followed and collided with a marked police Read the rest of this entry »

DANVILLE — A teenager has died after he was shot in the neck Tuesday night, the Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office said.
Police are investigating the shooting and have not released a motive for the attack.
Officers were called about 9:15 p.m. to the intersection of El Capitan and Borica drives and found the victim lying in front of a home with a gunshot wound to his throat, police said. It was not immediately clear how the shooting occurred.
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RICHMOND — A man was seriously injured in a drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Officers responded to a report of numerous shots fired at the intersection of 21st Street and Florida Avenue about 5:30 p.m. At the intersection they found several bullet casings. One block over, at 22nd Street, officers found the victim, who had been shot in the lower back.
He was about 21 years old, although he was not immediately identified. Read the rest of this entry »

“May God make you be victorious,” she said. “I cannot stand what is happening to your people.”
Neither, apparently, can Hussein, a Palestinian policeman whose right arm was broken when Israeli missiles hit his police academy Dec. 27. Hussein voted for
in the last election but said he never joined their militia. That’s about to change.
“I want to go back and fight with Hamas,” he said.
strategy in Gaza is to crush Hamas’s will to fight, especially Read the rest of this entry »

An 8-year-old boy who has been in a coma since he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on his way to San Jose elementary school is now breathing without machines and has left the intensive care unit of Valley Medical Center.
That’s the latest news about Alejandro “Alex” Casillas, as told today to the Mercury News, by his aunt, Minerva Cardenas, who has acted as the family spokeswoman since the boy was injured Jan. 26 in the crosswalk at Story Road Read the rest of this entry »

A year ago today, the
that federal law bars lawsuits “challenging the safety or effectiveness of a medical device,” as long as the device is marketed in a form approved by the FDA.
The ruling, in a case called
, relied heavily on a federal law that regulates medical devices; now, some key congressional players are looking to change the law, this morning’s
reports.
Democrats Henry Waxman and Frank Pallone plan to introduce Read the rest of this entry »

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OAKLEY, Ohio – A cast member in a Christmas nativity show died Thursday from injuries she suffered the night before in a fall during a performance at Crossroads Church.
Keri Shryock, 23, a cast member in the opening night performance of “Awaited: A Christmas Show,” fell headfirst about 25 feet from a suspension harness onto a concrete church floor in the audience portion of the theater.
Medical personnel attended to her as stunned audience members Read the rest of this entry »