Roberts takes oath as chief justice Oct 5, 2005
Media Credit: Olivier Douliery/KRT CampusJudge John Roberts kisses his wife after being sworn in as chief justice of the United States on Sept. 29. When the gavel bangs to open the Supreme Court's new term Monday, the justices will enter a pivotal new era in which new faces - including that of Chief Justice John G. Roberts - will help guide court consideration of familiar, high-profile issues ... Cases involving assisted suicide, abortion, the death penalty, religious liberty and states' rights... (East Tennessean, TN)
What will DeLay dilemma change? Oct 5, 2005
The NT Daily - What will DeLay dilemma change. This Web site was designed using ... about the benefits of standardized design. (North Texas Daily, TX)
Spinal care for expectant moms can be beneficial Oct 5, 2005
by DR. RICHARD WALKER, Up g Weekly, October 5-11, 2005 ... There are so many things pregnant women worry about: staying pregnant, carrying the baby to full term, morning sickness, the baby developing normally, backaches, leg pain and if their labor will be safe and (hopefully) easy ... Chiropracitc care has been observed to help pregnant and birthing women a number of ways. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Pedaling the backroads gives you appreciation of country life. Oct 5, 2005
Pedaling the backroads gives you appreciation of country life ... Much to my surprise, I am taking up a new sport ... In preparation for a trip with a favorite cousin, I have begun riding a bicycle again. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Tulane Takes On Houston In Conference-USA Showdown Oct 5, 2005
The Official Athletic Site, Tulane University Green Wave - Football ... Tulane Green WaveSports Shop ... Lester Ricard and the Green Wave take on the Houston Cougars Saturday at UL-Lafayette's Cajun Field. (Tulanegreenwave.com)
Roberts sets serious tone on first day on high court Oct 5, 2005
Yellow Page Categories ... Click to view larger picture ... Associated Press During Monday's investiture of John G. Roberts Jr., second from right, as chief justice, President Bush meets with Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Antonin Scalia and Sandra Day O'Connor. (Buffalo News -- National)
Schools Must Educate the Whole Person Oct 5, 2005
Serving , , , , & counties ... Will Demopolis win its second straight state title ... By Arthur G. Ogden, Ph. (Demopolis Times, AL)
New cardiologist joins Riverwoods Specialty Clinic Oct 5, 2005
New cardiologist joins Riverwoods Specialty Clinic ... New cardiologist joins Riverwoods Specialty Clinic ... A new cardiologist, Timothy G. Dirks, MD, from the Minneapolis Heart Institute in Minneapolis, will join Riverwood Healthcare Centers Specialty Clinic in September. (Aitkin Independent Age, MN)
New Partnership Between Convio, Inc. and Target Software, Inc. Lets Nonprofits Conduct Integrated Fundraising to Drive More Effective Campaigns Oct 5, 2005
To track stocks Register ... AUSTIN, Texas & CAMBRIDGE, Mass ... 4, 2005--Two of the leading providers of Internet marketing and donor management solutions for nonprofits -- Convio, Inc. and Target Software, Inc. -- have entered into a joint software development and marketing partnership so organizations can market and fundraise more effectively. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
FDA proposes new feed rules to strengthen ''mad cow'' safeguards Oct 5, 2005
FDA proposes new feed rules to strengthen ''mad cow'' safeguards ... FDA proposes new feed rules to strengthen ''mad cow'' safeguards By FDA/Consumer Union/Public Citizen Oct 4, 2005, 20:18 ... Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Director, Public Citizens Food Program. (Food Consumer)
Triad Finalizes Venture with Montclair Baptist Medical Center Oct 5, 2005
To track stocks Register ... 4, 2005--Triad Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company" or "Triad") (NYSE: - ) finalized an agreement effective October 1 with Baptist Health System ("BHS") to form a venture to own Montclair Baptist Medical Center ("Montclair"), a 560-bed hospital in Birmingham, Alabama ... A Triad affiliate will manage the day-to-day operations of Montclair. (Yahoo Finance -- Healthcare Facilities)
Pounds Will Prevail Over Time Oct 5, 2005
Are you eating right. See the government's guidelines, calculate your body mass index and quiz yourself on healthy food choices ... Do you have a healthy knowledge of common medical misconceptions. (CBS News)
Hollywood movies unrealistic when it comes to sex and pot Oct 5, 2005
A team of Australian medical researchers published a new study today that said Hollywood movies fail to show the negative consequences of sex and drug use. Julia Roberts in the 1990 film Pretty Woman (Getty Images) ... The team lead by Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera of the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney studied 87 of Hollywood's biggest box-office hits since 1983 and found plenty of sex, but only one reference to condoms. (CBC News)
doomed to become overweight. Oct 5, 2005
com - Health - Over Long Run, Most Americans Will Be Fat, Study Says ... Over Long Run, Most Americans Will Be Fat, Study Says ... BALTIMORE -- A three-decade study shows that 90 percent of American men and 70 percent of American women will become overweight at some time in their life. (Click2Houston, TX)
HABIB:Baseball's Most Ridiculous Performances Oct 5, 2005
MIND OVER MATTER AWARD To Twins outfielder Jason Kubel, who summed up the effect that off-season knee surgery and extended rehab had had on his hitting stroke by saying, "I still feel pretty confident about my swing, even though I haven't been swinging.". Current Subscribers. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Relocated Fenway development draws praise Oct 5, 2005
Red Sox Patriots Celtics Bruins Revolution Colleges High school Other Sports NESN Dirt Dogs Calendar ... The decision to move developer John Rosenthal's planned mixed-use complex a block to the west appears to have broken a two-year logjam and may speed development over the Massachusetts Turnpike and around Fenway Park ... Since the Red Sox disclosed their intention in March to renovate the oldest and smallest ballpark in the major leagues and continue playing at Fenway, pressure to develop the... (Boston Globe)
Energizer Supports the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation with Special Offer and Pink Batteries Oct 5, 2005
To track stocks Register ... Source: Energizer Holdings, Inc. ... ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Energizer will employ its popular pink Energizer Bunny and its Keep Going message in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. (Yahoo Finance -- Electronic Instruments & Controls)
Iron In The Blood, Good; Iron In The Lung, Very Bad Oct 5, 2005
When blood doesn't get enough iron from the gut, we become anemic. One of the body's coping mechanisms is to produce more of a protein called divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) in the gastrointestinal lining cells to bring into the body as much iron as possible ... Until recently DMT1 was exclusively studied for its nutritional role in transporting iron. (Science Daily)
Vast Majority Of Adults At Risk Of Becoming Overweight Or Obese Oct 5, 2005
A large, community-based study considered the first study to assess the long-term risk of developing overweight and obesity in adults found that over 30 years, nine out of 10 men and seven out of 10 women were overweight or became overweight ... The study was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ... (August 2, 2002) -- While extreme obesity has been associated with heart failure, until now, data have been limited... (Science Daily)
Discovery of Ulcer's Germ Etiology Wins Medicine Nobel Oct 5, 2005
Discovery of Ulcer s Germ Etiology Wins Medicine Nobel - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today ... Discovery of Ulcer's Germ Etiology Wins Medicine Nobel ... By Michael Smith, MedPage Today Staff Writer Reviewed by October 03, 2005 Also covered by. (MedPage Today)
Hollywood : Sins sell so much so that they border on unrealism Oct 5, 2005
A group of medical researchers from University of Sydney's School of Public Health have published a study that suggests that Hollywood movies fall short of showing the real but negative consequences of risky sex and drug use. Lead by Dr. Hasantha Gunasekera, the researchers studied 87 of the biggest hits produced by Hollywood at the box-office, through 22 years starting from 1983, only to find lot of sex but only one if any reference to condoms ... The films also failed to depict unwanted... (Earthtimes.com)
PIONEER PRESS INTERACTIVE Oct 5, 2005
Top Story BY KEVIN G. HALL, Knight Ridder News Service WASHINGTON In a move reminiscent of the 1970s, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Monday urged Americans to drive more slowly, turn down the thermostat and conserve energy as the coming winter threatens to bring record prices to heat a home. No other injuries found in autopsies BY MARY DIVINE, Pioneer Press Autopsies found no injuries from anything other than fire on the three people killed by a suspicious blaze Friday at their Woodbury... (Pioneer Press -- News)
Electric and Gas Deregulation: Not-So-Cold Cases Oct 5, 2005
EnergyPulse - Insight Analysis and Commentary on the Global Power Industry. The Energy Central Network ... Free Newsletter Sign up today for your free subscription to the Energy Pulse Weekly Update - delivered directly to your e-mail box. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Schering AG Receives EU Approval for Novel Contrast Agent Vasovist(R) Oct 5, 2005
BERLIN, Germany, October 5, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Schering AG, Germany () announced today that Vasovist(R) (gadofosveset trisodium), its novel contrast agent for magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), has been approved by the European Commission in all 25 member states of the EU. Vasovist(R) is an innovative blood pool contrast agent indicated for visualization of abdominal or limb vessels in patients with known or suspected vascular disease such as stenosis and aneurysms ...... (CBS MarketWatch - Press Releases)
Political drama can save the Gaza withdrawal Oct 5, 2005
By Rami G. Khouri Commentary by Wednesday, October 05, 2005. The events of the past week sum up pretty well where we are and where we do not want to be in the Palestine-Israel situation: Israelis and Palestinians traded missile and rocket attacks, Israel rounded up over 440 suspected Palestinian militants in the West Bank and killed nine others in the West Bank and Gaza, and Hamas members and Palestinian Authority policemen fought street battles in Gaza, culminating in Monday's incident where... (The Daily Star, Lebanon)
Health-Care Distributors Revive Oct 5, 2005
ONLINE FEATURES BLOGS SCOREBOARDS BW EXTRAS ... After two-and-a-half years of being a market underperformer, it appears the health-care distributor group is again attracting investor attention, judging by the improvement in its rolling 12-month relative-strength ranking in the past four weeks ... The S&P 1500 Health Care Distributors subindustry index consists of seven large-, mid-, and small-cap companies. (BusinessWeek)
True Confederate daughter honored Oct 5, 2005
Should professional baseball players who test positive for steroids be prohibited from playing for two years ... CAPTAIN JERALD MARKHAM, 11th Virginia Infantry, Company G, presents the flag of the Confederacy to Simpson descendant friends and family: Estelle and W. Haywood Abbott receiving it on behalf of grandson Dean Jennings (seated to their left) ... They honored one of the very last people to have a direct connection to the legacy of the Confederate Army Sunday afternoon at Altavista... (Altivista Journal, VA)
Most of us will fatten with age Oct 5, 2005
Most Americans fatten up over long haul, 3-decade study says ... Most Americans fatten up over long haul, 3-decade study says ... Alex Dominguez Associated PressOct. (AZCentral -- Health)
New wave of products keeps cause in the pink Oct 5, 2005
Now a diverse array of products including a $6 six-pack of Wilson golf balls, a special-edition George Foreman grill by Salton ($24 ... Articles about breast cancer detection and treatment also have become a mainstay in glossies ... Shoppers who prefer a particular charity should have no trouble finding options. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Injury Analysis: Patriots vs Chargers Oct 5, 2005
To get the most out of this site, client-side scripting must be enabled on your web browser. This story originally published on ... Date: Sep 30, 2005 The injury report for the San Diego Chargers and the New England Patriots from Friday is indicative of the wear and tear the teams suffer through the regular season. (PurdueInsider.com)
SCOTT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -Supervisors approve zoning request's first reading Oct 5, 2005
DAVENPORT - A plan to rezone a 60-acre parcel of land for a proposed housing subdivision cleared its first hurdle Thursday. The Scott County Board of Supervisors gave its unanimous approval to rezone the land, bordered by Chapel Hill Road and Utah Avenue, from agriculture-general (A-G) to single-family residential (R-1) ... But in endorsing the first of the two required readings, board members stated that residents' concerns about safety and stormwater runoff will be addressed during the... (Eldrige North Scott Press, IA)
Cora G. Brewington, 91 Oct 5, 2005
CLINTON - Mrs. Cora Bell Goodman Brewington, 91, of 229 Brewington Road, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, in Sampson Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Ken Simmons, the Rev. Terry Cummings and Dr. Mike Cummings officiating ... A native of Sampson County, Mrs. Brewington was a farmer and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. (Clinton Sampson Independent, NC)
Just you wait there'll be weight Oct 5, 2005
Just you wait there'll be weight Long-term study finds majority of 4,000 people eventually became fat. By Alex Dominguez, Associated Press ... BALTIMORE Just when we thought we couldn't get any fatter, a new study that followed Americans for three decades suggests that over the long haul, nine out of 10 men and seven out of 10 women will become overweight. (Alameda Times-Star)
Statement on Federal Aid for New York to Assist Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Oct 5, 2005
The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts to assist evacuees from the area struck by Hurricane Katrina and to provide emergency assistance to those areas beginning on August 29, 2005, and continuing. The President's action makes Federal funding available to the State and all 62 counties of the State of New York ... Specifically, assistance is available to State and eligible local governments... (White House News Releases)
Miers: Forget Souterism: Oct 5, 2005
Miers: Forget Souterism - The fatal objection is "cronyism." By MickeyKaus ... A mostly political Weblog ... Miers: Forget SouterismThe fatal objection is "cronyism."By MickeyKausUpdated Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at 2:20 AM PT. (Slate)
The Aspens Sleep With the Fishes!: Oct 5, 2005
- Was "Scooter" coaching ... A mostly political Weblog ... Was "Scooter" coaching. (Slate)
Tour de force Oct 5, 2005
By Diana Rowe October 04, 2005 While leading a campus tour, College senior Kristen Hayes was ambushed by a group of male Emory students hanging out of a car window, armed with water guns. Before I knew it, one of them squirted his huge Super Soaker all over me and my entire tour group ... Hayes was soaked, and to make matters worse, she was wearing a white skirt, which happened to be a major target area for the attackers. (The Emory Wheel, GA)
Obituaries 10-4-05 Oct 5, 2005
He was a decon of Gospel Temple Church of God in Christ. Mr. Banks is survived by his wife, Georgia Mae Jackson Banks; three daughters, Aretha G. Smith of Sardis, Michell Newson of Senatobia and Karen Banks of Chicago, Ill ... five sons, Isaac Banks and Andre Jackson, both of Senatobia, James Bradshaw of Houston, Texas, Antoni Rankins of Coldwater and Patrick Shaw of Memphis; his mother, Mrs. Virgina Dean; three sisters, Martha Whitting of Chicago, Ill. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Today's Obits Oct 5, 2005
- Virginia V. Davis, 96, of 2990 Carlisle Pike, formerly of Gettysburg, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at the Brethren Home in New Oxford. She was born Jan. 6, 1909, in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of the late Clarence and Henrietta (Hoch) Vail ... She was a member of the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Gettysburg. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Turgeon set to hang up skis Oct 5, 2005
The Globe and Mail: Turgeon set to hang up skis ... Turgeon set to hang up skis ... Wednesday, October 5, 2005 Page. (Globe and Mail -- SportsTP)
Property clean-up: G. Falls may step in Oct 5, 2005
The Granite Falls Town Council voted Monday to approve taking legal action to bring a resident's property up to code after town officials determined the mess was a potential health hazard to neighbors. Mayor Barry Hayes said the decision was not something he was looking forward to but said it was the right thing for the town to do ... "It's a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mice," said Hayes. (Lenoir News Topic, NC)
Most Americans Will Become Fat Over Time Oct 5, 2005
AOL News - Most Americans Will Be Fat Over the Long Haul. Updated: 07:04 AM EDT Most Americans Will Be Fat Over the Long Haul Nine Out of 10 Men and Seven Out of 10 Women Will Become Overweight By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, AP ... AP The study suggests America's weight problem is even more serious than previously thought. (BlackVoices.com)
Board members stand by W. Nile battle Oct 5, 2005
By Cory Golden/Enterprise staff writer ... Then: Responding to infection rates in mosquitoes labeled epidemic by the federal Centers for Disease Control and growing number of human cases of West Nile virus, officials began Aug. 8 ... spraying pesticides over Sacramento County. (Davis Enterprise, CA)