Archive for November, 2011
Fire alarms interrupt NBC’s newscast
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News anchor and former volunteer firefighter Brian Williams doesn’t expect to hear alarms during his day job. He did Tuesday night, when an audible fire alarm from a floor below the “Nightly News” studio in New York repeatedly interrupted the newscast. Spokeswoman Erika Masonhall said Wednesday that it was a drill, but that technicians couldn’t immediately turn off studio loudspeakers.
Latest Theory in Beach Bodies Case: 1 Killer of 10
When four bodies were found last December strewn along a…
Home market being held back by wary first-timers
WASHINGTON (AP) — This should be a great time to buy a first home. Prices have sunk to 2002 levels. Sellers are waiting anxiously as homes languish on the market.
Jackson case highlights celebrity medicine culture
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s personal doctor received the maximum punishment in the pop singer’s death but not before a scolding from the judge for violating his Hippocratic oath and engaging in “money-for-medicine madness.” Despite Judge Michael Pastor’s sharp rebuke of Dr. Conrad Murray, medical ethics and legal experts say the outcome is unlikely to dramatically change the culture of celebrity medicine. There are doctors who will apply the same standard of care to their high-profile patients as the non-famous.
Hope for new AIDS protection seen in mouse study
NEW YORK (AP) — As scientists struggle to find a vaccine to prevent infection with the AIDS virus, a study in mice suggests hope for a new approach – one that doctors now want to test in people. The treated mice in the study appeared to have 100 percent protection against HIV.
Couple held without bond in bloody saw slaying
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that a couple charged with killing a neighbor whose body was found outside in a box will be jailed without bond until an evidentiary hearing. Anthony Stiger and Melanie Costantini, both 20, said nothing Wednesday during their appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court, where a judge accepted not guilty pleas on their behalf. They were arrested Nov.
