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Florida editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: May 20 The Tallahassee Democrat on Gov. Scott still prefers leaner government: The proposed 2013-2014 spending plan that lawmakers agreed upon this month, in what was viewed as a more fruitful year, faced the same fate as budgets proposed in the lean years of the ...
More women arrested for pain pills stresses jails
A Tennessee prosecutor says the burgeoning pain pill problem is filling jails beyond capacity with women. Ninth Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson told the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/13HXKj6) three of the four counties in his district have overcrowded jails, largely because of an increase in women being arrested. Johnson ...
OKC Hospital Describes Treating Tornado Wounded
Doctors at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City say they treated 94 patients as a result of tornadoes Sunday and Monday. More than half of the wounded were children. (May 21)
France: Drugmaker on trial, suspected in deaths
The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed ...
Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information. Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But some people with mild autism can perform ...
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
El Paso Times. May 20, 2013. Military 'crisis': Sex crimes seen as epidemic The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this ...
New Mexico team goes to Okla. for tornado response
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado hit. Medical personnel who are part of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team include doctors, nurses and medical managers. The deployment could ...
Wis. man killed by cops had mental-illness history
A Madison man shot and killed by police last week after allegedly charging at them with a sword had a history of mental illness, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Brent E. Brozek, 43, was taken to mental health facilities in 2004 and 2008 as part of court-ordered commitments, sheriff's ...
Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ...
New rice contamination reported in China
Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province's Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and recall their products after samples showed ...
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