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Glitzy amfAR raises $25 million, goes to space
With an apt rendition of "Gold-finger," singing legend Shirley Bassey roused celebrity-revelers to dig deep into their pockets at the 20th amfAR gala in the Cap D'Antibes Thursday, helping to raise an estimated $25 million for AIDS research. The British-born singer was one of several performers including Duran Duran who ...
Art by SC mental patients on display in Charleston
Art created by some people receiving mental health treatment in South Carolina is going on display in Charleston. An exhibit of nearly 100 pieces created through the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's Art of Recovery program is opening on Friday at the Circular Congregation Church in Charleston. Organizers say ...
Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters. But some unions leaders have grown frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the new law — problems that they say could jeopardize the health benefits ...
Storm took classmates, parents as it swept through
One loved unicorns. Another, nicknamed "ladybug," sang country songs. Another dreamed of one day owning a pontoon boat. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the ...
Senate votes to establish Cellucci ALS Registry
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov. Paul Cellucci. The amendment to the Senate's version of the state budget would create the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive ...
Illinois temporarily halts transfers of disabled
Illinois officials agreed Thursday to temporarily halt the movement of residents out of an institution for the developmentally disabled in the southern Illinois city of Centralia. At the request of U.S. Northern District Court Judge Ruben Castillo, the state agreed to stop the transfer of all but one resident out ...
Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants
An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at ...
Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track
Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect said Thursday the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing nearly all of the LSU-run hospitals next year without shrinking services to the poor and uninsured. Three deals have been signed, for the hospitals in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and ...
Report: Most Calif beaches had clean water in 2012
Less winter runoff has allowed visitors to enjoy mostly clean water at California beaches, according to a report released Thursday. An estimated 93 percent of the 445 beaches along the state's coast that were tested for bacterial pollution from Memorial Day through Labor Day had good to excellent water quality. ...
Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills
Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district ...
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