Date: 2/19/2009 By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Patients suffering from obsessive, distressing thoughts have a new treatment option: a pacemaker-like device that relieves anxiety with electrical jolts to the brain. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain Stimulator device as the first..
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Date: 2/16/2009 By RASHA MADKOURAssociated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) — Newly minted nurse Katie O’Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit. She lasted nine months. The stress of trying to keep her..
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Date: 2/14/2009 By DEBORAH HASTINGSAP National Writer In the abyss of financial ruin, faced with sure disgrace and possibly prison, some of the newly scandalized rich have taken desperate measures in these despairing times. The black hole of hopelessness can be overwhelming. A man who lost $1.4 billion to Bernie..
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Date: 2/10/2009 By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state agency said Tuesday it intends to file criminal charges against the party responsible for lodging 21 mentally disabled factory workers in an unsafe, poorly heated building. The state Department of Inspections and Appeals would file..
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Date: 2/3/2009 By KIMBERLY HEFLINGAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A third U.S. service member has been determined to have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq, and Navy criminal investigators are investigating, The Associated Press has learned. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergren, 25, of South St...
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Date: 1/24/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUERE and WILL GRAVESAssociated Press Writers LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Football players know them as “gassers” — sprints up and down the field to build stamina. Sophomore Max Gilpin and his Pleasure Ridge Park teammates spent the tail end of a three-hour practice on a sweltering..
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Date: 1/23/2009 By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A high school football coach should have realized a player could collapse from heat stroke in the broiling weather during practice, a prosecutor said in announcing reckless homicide charges in a youth’s death. A grand jury indicted David Jason..
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Date: 1/18/2009 TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and city officials said Saturday. A red truck came apart while doing doughnuts during the freestyle competition of Friday night’s Monster Jam..
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Date: 1/12/2009 By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For many of the growing millions who depend on home medical equipment, a power outage goes way beyond the inconvenience most of us feel. It could be deadly. It’s an issue that snuck up on emergency officials as better medical..
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Date: 1/8/2009 By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with the disorder. An advisory committee concluded that troops coming home from the wars..
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