Health reform spurs change for big employers: survey
Aug 18, 2010 North America, USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of the biggest U.S. companies are removing spending limits from their employees' health plans and taking other steps to comply with the new healthcare law, according to a report released on Wednesday.Tags: Change Survey, domesticNews, Employees Health, Health Plans, Health Reform, Healthcare Law, Reuters, Spurs
FDA staff question Jazz drug safeguards
Aug 18, 2010 North America, USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc medicine is effective for treating fibromyalgia but it is unclear whether the company's proposed safeguards would adequately minimize misuse, U.S. drug reviewers said in documents released on Wednesday.Tags: domesticNews, Fda, Fda Staff, Fibromyalgia, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc, Medicine, Reuters, Reviewers, Safeguards
Blagojevich guilty on one count, faces retrial
Aug 18, 2010 North America, USA
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury found ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday on one count of making false statements to federal officials, but was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on 23 other counts.Tags: domesticNews, Faces, False Statements, Federal Officials, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor, Retrial, Reuters, Rod Blagojevich, Unanimous Verdict
California gay marriage case hangs on technicality
Aug 17, 2010 North America, USA
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The next stage of California's gay marriage court battle rests on a procedural issue that could halt the case, leaving same-sex unions legal in California without a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to guide the country.Tags: California Gay Marriage, California Marriage, domesticNews, Gay Marriage Case, Marriage, Procedural Issue, Reuters, Same Sex Unions, San Francisco, Supreme Court Ruling, Technicality
California race crash kills 8; driver speaks
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
The driver of a truck that crashed into a crowd of spectators, killing eight, said in a Facebook message late Sunday that he was devastated by the incident.Tags: California Race, Crowd, Race Crash, Spectators
Autopsy planned for accused Craigslist killer after apparent suicide
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday in the death of Philip Markoff, a onetime medical student who died of an apparent suicide while facing charges in a killing tied to the Craigslist website.Tags: Apparent Suicide, Autopsy, Craigslist, Markoff, Medical Student
Astronauts replacing failed equipment on space station
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
NASA astronauts embarked on a spacewalk Monday morning -- the final stage of a three-part mission to replace a piece of equipment that helps regulate system temperatures on the International Space Station.Tags: International Space Station, Monday Morning, Nasa, Nasa Astronauts, Space Nasa, Spacewalk, System Temperatures
Day 13: Blagojevich jurors return for deliberations
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
Jurors return Monday after a three-day break to resume deliberations in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.Tags: Corruption Trial, Day Break, Deliberations, Federal Corruption, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor, Jurors Return, Resume, Rod Blagojevich
13-year-old survivor of plane crash released from Alaska hospital
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
The youngest survivor of a plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens last week has been released from a hospital in Alaska, according to his family.Tags: Alaska, Plane Crash, Sen Ted Stevens, Survivor, Ted Stevens
Wrong man arrested in Buffalo shootings, police say
Aug 16, 2010 North America, USA
Authorities may have arrested the wrong person in a shooting that killed four people in Buffalo, New York, the district attorney told CNN affiliate WGRZ-TV.Tags: Authorities, Buffalo New York, Buffalo Police, Cnn, Cnn Affiliate, District Attorney, People, Wrong Man, Wrong Person
