WASHINGTON – Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at. So why not something similar from the federal government for the nation’s 16,000 nursing homes? Such a simple rating for so complex a task as caring for the elderly is leading to much …
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Four students at Council Rock High School North in Newton, Penn., believed to be under the influence of an herbal supplement, were taken to a local hospital Monday, authorities said. School administrators said they confiscated a package of small, pink pills called “SNURF” that were apparently purchased over the Internet. …
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge who ruled last month that top White House advisers must comply with congressional subpoenas refused to put that ruling on hold Tuesday while the Bush administration appeals. The House Judiciary Committee wants to force White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House …
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A British who ran to help an injured pedestrian Tuesday was shocked to learn that the woman was actually his wife, the U.K.’s Sky News is reporting. James Peters, 60, was on his way to pick his wife up from a bus stop when he drove past the scene of …
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CROWN POINT, Ind. – A 14-year-old runaway from Chicago stole a charter bus and drove it on a northern Indiana highway until a small fire broke out under the vehicle, state troopers said. A caller reported to police Monday that a charter bus was being driven erratically, weaving between lanes …
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LONDON – A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won $1.2 million in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers, his lawyer said. Robert Murat’s lawyer, Louis Charalambous, said the papers had agreed to pay Murat and to issue …
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LUANDA, Angola – A twin-engine plane slammed into a mountain during bad weather in Angola’s central highlands Saturday, killing at least 11 people, state media reported. Angolan National Radio said there were no survivors in the Beechcraft-200 crash, which occurred just before 8 a.m. local time. State news agency Angop …
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VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan – A teen couple from Michigan who fled their home and took off in a family minivan could be in Nevada, according to a report. Gage Petherbridge, 15, and Hannah McConnell, 13, left notes and journal entries saying they were running away together, their mothers told the …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – Danish special forces stormed a ship captured by armed Somali pirates Friday and freed the 25 crew on board, marking the first time a warship has intervened during a hijacking, naval spokesmen said. After the vessel Ariella sent out a distress signal early Friday, the Danish warship …
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A California woman has died after a truck driven into her home pinned her against the kitchen stove. Police say 45-year-old Glynna Rose Folkens was standing in her kitchen Thursday night when a truck barreled through a brick wall in the back of her San Bernardino …
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