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Suicide bombings kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistan’s Lahore, signal potential new wave of violence

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:10:00 +0000

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

Man killed in fiery crash in Lisle

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +0000

A man was killed this morning in Lisle when his vehicle crashed into a bridge support and burst into flames, officials said.

The single-car crash happened at about 2 a.m. on the on-ramp from eastbound Ogden Avenue to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, according to the DuPage County Coroner’s office.

The man, whose identity was not yet being released, was the only one in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene about a half-hour after the crash.

Ogden was shut down near the tollway was shut down following the crash.

A Lisle police dispatcher confirmed that the incident occurred but declined to provide further information.

– Staff report

Less is more: Rash of reports says too many Americans get too many medical tests despite risks

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:46:00 +0000

CHICAGO (AP) — Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.

Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:39:00 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.

Dems whittle disputes over health overhaul, sharpen strategy for pushing it through Congress

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats say they are resolving disputes over President Barack Obama’s health overhaul plan, but they face decisions on subsidizing coverage and are still hunting votes to push the vast package through Congress.

Sen. Reid’s wife seriously hurt in car crash outside Washington; daughter also injured

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on a suburban Virginia interstate, officials said.

Chile’s new president asks citizens to dry tears and go to work in rebuilding after quake

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:58:00 +0000

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.

Man charged in 3 Southwest Side sex attacks

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0000

A 23-year-old man who turned himself in this week after police issued an alert on a series of attacks on the Southwest Side was charged this morning with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, police said.

Chauvet Stiggers, of the 12600 block of South Wallace Street, is suspected in at least three incidents last week in the area bounded by 79th and 83rd Streets, Maplewood Street and Pulaski Road. Stiggers walked into the Wentworth Area police headquarters Wednesday with a lawyer, police said.

Stiggers was named as a suspect in connection with sexual attacks that took place between March 4 and Sunday.

According to police, a man matching his description sexually assaulted a
17-year-old girl in the 8200 block of South Sacramento Boulevard about
7:15 p.m. March 4 after he forced her into a green minivan.

The following day at 8:30 a.m. a man forced a 16-year-old girl into a green
minivan at gunpoint in the 7900 block of South Maplewood and sexually
assaulted her, police said.

On March 7 a man in a green minivan
exposed himself to an 18-year-old woman near the 7900 block of South
Pulaski Road.

Police said Stiggers had been seen driving a green Chrysler minivan.

He is scheduled to appear in court this morning.

– Staff report

Lawsuit: Harvey mayor, cop threatened murder frame-up

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:24:00 +0000

Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen dies at age 69

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:22:00 +0000

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL’s greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.