Archive for September, 2011
NY administration rejects Medicaid sex-changes
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A day after an advisory panel raised the idea of using Medicaid to pay for transgender surgery, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health…
NY to Require Benching Students With Concussions
When one of coach Tom Pallas’ football players complained of…
LIRR: Sorry About Latest Lightning Strike Snafu
The Long Island Rail Road is apologizing for stranding thousands…
Red Wings D Smith suspended 5 regular-season games
NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Red Wings rookie defenseman Brendan Smith has been suspended for the first five regular-season games for an illegal hit to the head of Chicago forward Ben Smith. The NHL said Friday that Brendan Smith would also miss the last three games of the preseason and forfeit $23,648 in salary. His shoulder struck Ben Smith in the head in the third period of Wednesday’s exhibition, knocking him out of the game.
Swiss TV axes beauty pageant as viewers turned off
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss national television says it will stop showing the country’s “Miss Switzerland” beauty pageant because viewership has decreased. The long-running show is a fixture of Swiss popular culture and winners are guaranteed lucrative advertising deals and society engagements for a year.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s art, belongings to be sold
DETROIT (AP) — Paintings, writings and the iconic blue sweater of the audacious assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian are going up for auction. Kevorkian’s attorney and close friend Mayer Morganroth said Friday that the late pathologist’s artwork and items will be sold for the first time in late October at the New York Institute of Technology. Scheduled for auction are more than 20 paintings, Kevorkian’s art kit and the sweaters he became known for donning during his high-profile activism and assistance in the suicides of dozens of people in the 1990s.
