TOKYO (AFP) — Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito, celebrating his birthday Monday, said he was pleased his reclusive wife, who has been suffering from stress-induced illness, is now able to carry out more public duties.
But he expressed concerns for the health of Emperor Akihito, who had surgery for prostate cancer in 2003.
Masako, 45, has skipped most public duties over the past five years because of her illness as the former career diplomat Read the rest of this entry »

SAO PAULO (AP) — The wife of R&B singer Usher continues to recover in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly before undergoing plastic surgery, the spokeswoman of the doctor who was to perform the procedure said Thursday.
Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman, says Tameka Raymond checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital last Friday for a “simple liposuction.” Dastry said that Raymond suffered a cardiac Read the rest of this entry »

After a number of failed attempts at getting back together, a San Jose man slashed his estranged wife’s throat early Friday while their 8-year-old child helplessly tried to break up a fight between them, authorities said.
On Friday night, the woman was fighting for her life at Valley Medical Center and sheriff’s deputies were still searching for the suspect, Alfredo Espinoza Valencia.
“Her injuries were shocking,” said Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Read the rest of this entry »

Man, 88, fatally shoots ailing wife at NJ hospital
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — An elderly man fatally shot his ailing wife in her hospital bed Friday and was in critical condition after turning the gun on himself, an official said.
Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy would not say whether the shootings at Community Medical Center appeared to be intended as a mercy killing.
The man was standing at his wife’s bedside when he opened Read the rest of this entry »

The standoff concluded when Meadows broke free from her captor and attempted to open the door for SWAT members to enter. The suspect allegedly shot at her several times as police entered the scene, who, in turn, killed the assailant.
Randall J. Combs, Executive Vice President, CFO and COO, St. John’s Mercy Health Care, released the following statement:
“We are saddened and shocked by the events this evening at the St. John’s Mercy Medical Building Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES—Documents show Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a a $750,000 settlement with a hospital that gave his newborn twins an overdose of blood thinner.
A petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday shows the Quaids and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have agreed on the parents’ damages, but can still pursue claims for their children.
The documents state Cedars-Sinai is not admitting wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
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A 36-year-old man who killed his wife five years ago in a psychotic rage has been ordered released from the state mental hospital by a judge who chastised prosecutors Friday for not presenting any evidence and giving him no choice but to set Thomas Gergen free.
Superior Court Judge Michael Hayden told Gergen that he would be released from Western State Hospital to life with his mother in Bellevue in the next 45 days, as soon as a treatment program Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documents show Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a a $750,000 settlement with a hospital that gave his newborn twins an overdose of blood thinner. A petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday shows the Quaids and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have agreed on the parents’ damages, but can still pursue claims for their children.
The documents state Cedars-Sinai is not admitting wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
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By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
Dr. Richard Sharpe, the cross-dressing Gloucester dermatologist serving life in prison for killing his estranged wife, was found dead Monday night in his cell at the state prison in Norfolk, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Correction.
Sharpe was discovered hanging by a bed sheet by his cellmate at 7:26 p.m., said spokeswoman Diane Wiffin.
“An emergency medical response was initiated,” Wiffin said. Read the rest of this entry »

Amid record job losses and economic distress for millions of families, the killings struck a chord.
“This was a financial- and job-related issue that led to the slayings,” said Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner. “It’s a grisly scene.”
But evidence was emerging Tuesday evening that the couple had been fired after an investigation into misconduct and had not been laid off as part of cost-cutting.
Kaiser Permanente confirmed in a Read the rest of this entry »