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CDC responding to TB outbreak among L.A.'s homeless

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

A man is x-rayed to detect tuberculosis during a medical examination, organized by the Belarusian Red Cross society, in Minsk(Reuters) - Los Angeles County health officials have asked for federal assistance to analyze and contain an outbreak of tuberculosis within the city's homeless population, a spokeswoman for the county agency said on Friday. Los Angeles County Health Department spokeswoman Mabel Aragon said the agency is still in the process of confirming the number and type of TB cases in the county. "The CDC is helping us with surveillance and statistic gathering," she said. ...

'Open secret': Patients who refuse treatment based on race

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST

This frame grab provided by WJRT-TV shows Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. The case of a white swastika-tattooed Michigan father insisting a black nurse at the hospital not be allowed to care for his newborn child highlights one of medicine's A recent lawsuit highlights this seldom-discussed issue in the health-care industry.

Pets recreate best films in 'The Pawscars'

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

During each year's Super Bowl broadcast pet lovers worldwide get The Puppy Bowl. So, why shouldn't there be an equivalent for the Oscars? The Pet Collective has given us a hint of what such an event might be like with its new video "The Pawscars." The video opens with this year's Oscars' host "Seth McFarlane" [...]

Heffernan: It's official -- Adam Goldberg rules Twitter

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 11:48 AM PST

Exclusive: Animal Practice Casts Adam Goldberg as Himself — and He's Got Fans at the Hospital!The 'Saving Private Ryan' actor is the leading maestro of Vine.

Top Catholic cleric says priests should be allowed to marry

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST

FILE - A Thursday Sept. 16, 2010 photo from files showing Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien speaking to the media in Edinburgh, Scotland. Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric said Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, said the requirement for priestly celibacy is Cardinal Keith O'Brien says priestly celibacy is "not of divine origin."

Jon Huntsman urges GOP to support gay marriage

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 11:14 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman speaks at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle BeachThe ex-presidential candidate has long-supported civil unions for same-sex couples

The missing journalists of the Syrian war

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 10:41 AM PST

Family of Kidnapped Journalist Asks for His ReleaseAmerican reporter James Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving last year.

Feds join civil lawsuit against Lance Armstrong

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 10:08 AM PST

FILE - In this May 5, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks during a press conference following a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, in Rome. Armstrong is facing a Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling. The agency has said Armstrong's cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports it to be reduced. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace, File)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has failed to talk the U.S. government out of suing him to recover sponsorship money that the U.S. Postal Service paid his teams to compete in international events, Armstrong's lawyer said on Friday. Lawyer Robert Luskin said: "Lance and his representatives worked constructively over these last weeks with federal lawyers to resolve this case fairly, but those talks failed because we disagree about whether the Postal Service was damaged. ...

What to cut: Americans say 'aid to the world’s needy'

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 09:52 AM PST

U.S. Capitol Building stands in WashingtonIf you were in charge of government spending, what programs would you cut to reduce the deficit and maybe take a bite out of the debt? A new poll from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center suggests that the answer is: Nothing…well, maybe aid to the world's poor. The survey was released one week before automatic [...]

Meet BlackDogXXX, the snow plow driver from hell

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST

The snowplow driver calling himself BlackDogXXX should strike fear in the heart of every person with a snow shovel and a long driveway. A driver in charge of clearing the streets of Lowell, Mass., made a video of himself as he buried cars in the white stuff and replaced snow that had just been cleared [...]

Russia demanding U.S. return adopted boy

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 09:20 AM PST

Russia US AdoptionThe death of Kirill Shatto's brother is intensifying a dispute over adoptions.

Marco Rubio featured in ad for Google

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 08:47 AM PST

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio appears with three Democrats—Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James—in a Google-sponsored ad that encourages businesses to start websites. The video is part of Google's Get Your Business Online initiative, which offers a free domain name and web hosting to [...]

Gutierrez resigns from Citigroup to head immigration reform effort

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 08:15 AM PST

The former Secretary of Commerce will support Republicans who back reform.

'Moral injuries' haunt U.S. veterans

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 07:42 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011, photo, former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo sits outside his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Kudo walks among civilians carrying a burden of guilt most Americans don't want to share. A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kudo thinks of himself as a killer. Clinicians suspect some troops are suffering from severe guilt.

Olympian Pistorius awarded bail

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 06:53 AM PST

Pistorius stands in the dock during a break in court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates courtThe famous amputee athlete was arrested for shooting his girlfriend.

Fishermen follow instincts to rescue 2 girls

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 06:36 AM PST

This photo provided by the Washington State Patrol shows the scene of a crash near Naselle, Wash., on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Authorities say passing motorists stopped to investigate a damaged tree and found two young girls injured in an accident that killed their mother. The Washington State Patrol estimates the car driven by 26-year-old Jessica Marie Rath of Astoria, Ore., hit the tree sometime early Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Washington State Patrol, Sgt. Brad Moon)As their mother lay dead, a 4-year-old girl hid with her sister under a tree.

'The Invisible War’ brings attention to rape in the military

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 05:30 AM PST

Oscar-nominated film 'The Invisible War' brings attention to rape and sexual assault in militaryThe documentary reveals that the military avoided sexual assault and rape cases.

New reactor in Iran could be second way of making bomb

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST

A general view of the Arak heavy-water projectIran says the reactor will produce isotopes for medical and agricultural use.

Al-Qaida leaves tipsheet on avoiding drones in Mali

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:56 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 photo, a young vendor waits for clients alongside woven reed mats of the type purchased by fleeing Islamists, apparently to camouflage their vehicles, in Timbuktu, Mali. An instruction on camouflaging cars is one of 22 tips on how to avoid drones, listed on a document left behind by the Islamic extremists as they fled northern Mali from a French military intervention in January. The tip sheet, found Feb. 6 by an AP reporter in Timbuktu, reflects how al-Qaida's chapter in North Africa anticipated a military intervention that would make use of drones, as the battleground in the war on terror worldwide is shifting from boots on the ground to unmanned planes in the air.(AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi)One tip advises camouflaging the tops of cars and the roofs of buildings.

Springsteen's 'Born To Run' house is priced to sell

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:40 AM PST

LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — For about $350,000, someone can buy a slice of music history.

Rape and murder of 3 young sisters shocks India again

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:23 AM PST

Indian people listen to a speaker, unseen, while they participate in a protest against a new sexual violence law as the parliament convenes in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Activists say the law is inadequate and it only partially followed the recommendations of a government panel set up after the fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi led to nation-wide protests. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)The country is still reeling from a fatal gang rape of a woman in December.

Adolf Hitler, Frankenstein, on the ballot in India

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 04:07 AM PST

A tiny Indian state has a special fascination for interesting names.

Indian police search for evidence in bomb attack

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 03:18 AM PST

An Indian investigative official takes photographs of the debris at one of the two bomb blast sites, in Hyderabad, India, early Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 12 people and wounding scores of others in the worst bombing in the country in more than a year, officials said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Indian police are investigating whether a shadowy Islamic militant group was responsible for a dual bomb attack that killed 16 people outside a movie theater and a bus station in the southern city of Hyderabad, a police official said Friday.

Police hunt for SUV involved in Vegas shooting

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 02:29 AM PST

In this still image take from video provided by KTNV, police investigate the scene of a shooting between cars on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Strip early Thursday caused a Maserati to crash into a taxi, creating a fireball and killing three people as the SUV sped away. It's the latest in a series of violent actions on the tourist corridor since the beginning of the year. (AP Photo/KTNV)Police say someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati, setting off a fiery and fatal crash.

Gov't already downsizing amid GOP demands for cuts

Posted: 22 Feb 2013 01:07 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives to meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Without much fanfare, most government spending has been steadily shrinking in recent years.
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