Heroes Among Us By Jennifer Wren 12/01/2012 at 09:40 AM EST Dr. Andrew Moore (center, in scrubs) with staff members, from left: Shirley Ramsey, Barry Bussell and Tony Reyes John Chiasson When an increasing number of his patients couldn't pay for their life-saving...
South Africa makes progress in HIV, AIDS fight
Label: HealthJOHANNESBURG (AP) — In the early '90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs and keep coming to the health center until they died.Two decades later the clinic is the biggest anti-retroviral, or ARV, treatment center in the country and sees between 600 to 800 patients a day from all over southern Africa....
Couple kept girl as sex slave, beat her, police say
Label: Business An Oceanside couple is being held on suspicion of keeping an underage Mexican immigrant as a sex slave, forcing her into prostitution and beating her severely, San Diego County Sheriff's Department officials said.Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, and Inez Martinez Garcia, 43, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of 13 felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 14. The...
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Israel Moves to Expand Settlements in East Jerusalem
Label: WorldRonen Zvulun/ReutersConstruction in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim last June. More Photos »JERUSALEM — As the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to upgrade the Palestinians’ status Thursday night, Israel took steps toward building housing in a controversial area of East Jerusalem known as E1, where Jewish settlements have long been seen as the death knell for a two-state...
Watch Diana DeGarmo Find Her Dream Wedding Gown
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 11/30/2012 at 09:00 AM ET ');var brightcovevideoid = 1990641933001');var targetVideoWidth = 300;brightcove.createExperiences();/* iPhone, iPad, iPod */if ((navigator.userAgent.match('iPhone')) ||...
Kenya village of AIDS orphans hangs hopes on trees
Label: HealthNYUMBANI, Kenya (AP) — There are no middle-aged adults in the Kenyan village of Nyumbani. They all died years ago. Only the young and old live here.The 938 children here all saw their parents die. The 97 grandparents saw their middle-aged children die. But put together, the bookend generations take care of one another.UNAIDS says that as of 2011 an estimated 23.5 million people living with HIV resided...
Couple kept girl, 12, as sex slave, police allege
Label: Business An Oceanside couple is being held on suspicion of keeping an underage Mexican immigrant as a sex slave, forcing her into prostitution and beating her severely, San Diego County Sheriff's Department officials said.Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, and Inez Martinez Garcia, 43, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of 13 felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 14. The...
Nov
29
Hacking Report Criticizes Murdoch Newspaper and British Press Standards
Label: WorldLONDON — The leader of a major inquiry into the standards of British newspapers triggered by the phone hacking scandal offered an excoriating critique of the press as a whole on Thursday, saying it displayed “significant and reckless disregard for accuracy,” and urged the press to form an independent regulator to be underpinned by law. Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesLord Justice Sir Brian Leveson...
New York City Police Officer Buys Shoes for Homeless Man
Label: Lifestyle Heroes Among Us By Stephen M. Silverman 11/29/2012 at 11:45 AM EST NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo and unidentified homeless man Courtesy NYPD Santa arrived early this year and was wearing an NYPD uniform.When Officer Larry DePrimo encountered a barefoot, homeless man...
Simple measures cut infections caught in hospitals
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Preventing surgery-linked infections is a major concern for hospitals and it turns out some simple measures can make a big difference.A project at seven big hospitals reduced infections after colorectal surgeries by nearly one-third. It prevented an estimated 135 infections, saving almost $4 million, the Joint Commission hospital regulating group and the American College of Surgeons...
As downtown L.A. grows trendier, Spring Street Arcade is left behind
Label: Business The salesmen at the Spring Street Arcade spend their day gazing out at a city that's passing them by.All around, a trendy downtown...
Nov
28
Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent
Label: WorldMauricio Lima for The New York TimesProtesters faced off against the riot police at the Parliament building in Lisbon during a coordinated European general strike on Nov. 14. The kind of demonstrations that have been seen in other countries facing economic crisis are increasingly common in Portugal. More Photos »Until a few months ago, Portugal was seen as a role model in the grinding euro zone crisis,...
Wow! Adriana Lima Bares Her Growing Baby Bump for Charity
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 11/28/2012 at 11:00 AM ET Steve McCurry/PirelliAdriana Lima is the latest celebrity mom to dare to bare her bump in print.Posing in a cropped top and flowing skirt, the Victoria’s Secret Angel (who has since welcomed daughter Sienna) shows off her baby belly in Pirelli‘s...
CDC: HIV spread high in young gay males
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say 1 in 5 new HIV infections occur in a tiny segment of the population — young men who are gay or bisexual.The government on Tuesday released new numbers that spotlight how the spread of the AIDS virus is heavily concentrated in young males who have sex with other males. Only about a quarter of new infections in the 13-to-24 age group are from injecting drugs or heterosexual...
Photographer lured girls with 'sexy' photos promise, police say
Label: Business
A man charged with traveling from Arizona to have sex with a 14-year-old Corona boy was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison.Michael Killala, 43, allegedly got the boy drunk on vodka in an Ontario hotel room before having sex, the FBI said in February after the Peoria man was indicted in connection with the incident. Killala pleaded guilty in August to two counts of possessing...
Nov
27
Protesters Gather Again in Cairo Streets to Denounce Morsi
Label: WorldCAIRO — Thousands of people flowed into the streets of Cairo, the Egyptian capital, Tuesday afternoon for a day of protest against President Mohamed Morsi’s attempt to assert broad new powers for the duration of the country’s political transition, dismissing his efforts just the night before to reaffirm his deference to Egyptian law and courts. By early Tuesday afternoon in Cairo, a dense...
Nintendo says more than 400,000 Wii Us sold in US
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Nintendo has sold more than 400,000 of its new video game console, the Wii U, in its first week on sale in the U.S., the company said Monday.The Wii U launched on Nov. 18 in the U.S. at a starting price of $ 300. Nintendo said the sales figure, based on internal estimates, is through Saturday, or seven days later.The Wii U is the first major game console to launch in six years. It...
Miranda Kerr Strips Down for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 11/27/2012 at 09:00 AM ET Courtesy Victoria’s SecretJust because Miranda Kerr didn’t wear the $2.5 million Victoria’s Secret ‘Fantasy Bra’ in the brand’s fashion show this year doesn’t mean she didn’t get...
Bounce houses a party hit but kids' injuries soar
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — They may be a big hit at kids' birthday parties, but inflatable bounce houses can be dangerous, with the number of injuries soaring in recent years, a nationwide study found.Kids often crowd into bounce houses, and jumping up and down can send other children flying into the air, too.The numbers suggest 30 U.S. children a day are treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, sprains,...
Husband who cooked wife on stove wore dresses, jewelry
Label: Business A strange portrait was emerging of a 68-year-old Oceanside man accused of killing his 73-year-old wife, then cooking her body parts on their kitchen stove. Frederick Joseph Hengl was seen by neighbors dressed in women's clothes and wearing makeup, according to neighbors.They said they saw Hengl outside wearing a purple dress, pink makeup and various articles of jewelry, including a pearl...
Nov
26
As Rebels Gain, Congo Again Slips Into Chaos
Label: WorldGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The lights are out in most of Goma. There is little water. The prison is an empty, garbage-strewn wasteland with its rusty front gate swinging wide open and a three-foot hole punched through the back wall, letting loose 1,200 killers, rapists, rogue soldiers and other criminals. Now, rebel fighters are going house to house arresting people, many of whom...
Olivier Martinez Shows Off Swollen Hand Post-Holiday Brawl
Label: Lifestyle By Andrea Billups 11/26/2012 at 11:50 AM EST Looking a little swollen, Olivier. Seen for the first time since his much-reported on Thanksgiving Day brawl, French actor Olivier Martinez holds up a badly swollen right hand as he runs errands Saturday in Los Angeles.
Martinez, 46, reportedly punched fiancée Halle...
Bounce houses a party hit but kids' injuries soar
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — They may be a big hit at kids' birthday parties, but inflatable bounce houses can be dangerous, with the number of injuries soaring in recent years, a nationwide study found.Kids often crowd into bounce houses, and jumping up and down can send other children flying into the air, too.The numbers suggest 30 U.S. children a day are treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, sprains,...
Husband killed wife, cooked her on stove, police allege
Label: Business A 68-year-old Oceanside man is accused of killing and dismembering his 73-year-old wife. He pleaded not guilty this week.Deputy Dist. Atty. Katherine Flaherty told Vista Superior Court Judge J. Marshall Hockett that police found hunks of meat cooking on the stove at the family home and a severed head in the freezer.Hockett ordered Frederick Joseph Hengl kept in jail on $5-million bail.Police...
Nov
25
Bangladesh Fire Kills More Than 100 and Injures Many
Label: WorldMUMBAI — More than 100 people died Saturday and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, in one of the worst industrial tragedies in that country. It took firefighters all night to put out the blaze at the factory, Tazreen Fashions, after it started Saturday around 7 p.m., a retired fire official said by telephone from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. At least 111 people...
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