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| Stranded whales returned to sea off SW Australia (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 4:41 am
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|  AP - Eleven long-finned pilot whales were returned to sea Tuesday after surviving a mass stranding on a remote southwest Australian beach and most appeared to be swimming away after some initial disorientation, an official said.
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| Rescuers release Australia's beached whales (AFP)
March 24, 2009 at 4:30 am
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|  AFP - Rescuers on Tuesday used trucks and cranes fitted with giant slings in a bid to transport 11 surviving whales from a mass beaching on Australia's west coast to a safe harbour for release.
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| Alzheimer's cost triple that of other elderly (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 3:56 am
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| | AP - The health care costs of Alzheimer's disease patients are more than triple those of other older people, and that doesn't even include the billions of hours of unpaid care from family members, a new report suggests. |
| Parolee in Oakland police shootings linked to rape (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 12:28 am
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|  AP - The parolee who killed three Oakland police officers and left a fourth brain-dead over the weekend had been tentatively linked by DNA evidence to a rape the day before the shootings, authorities said.
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| Fla. student suspended from bus for passing gas (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 12:15 am
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| | AP - An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day. |
| Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 12:15 am
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|  AP - The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts.
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| NJ officials ID woman found wandering mall in 1994 (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 12:14 am
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|  AP - A mute elderly woman known only as "Jane Doe" since she was found wandering in a New Jersey mall 15 years ago has finally been identified. Lt. Eduardo Ojeda of the New Jersey Department of Human Services police discovered recently that the woman is Elba Leonor Diaz Soccarras, who turns 75 on March 28. She has Alzheimer's disease and has been bedridden in a New Jersey psychiatric hospital for years.
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| Octuplets mom fires free nanny training service (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 12:13 am
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|  AP - Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has fired a nonprofit group of nurses that helped care for her children, accusing the group of spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials, her spokesman said Monday.
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| Dow jumps as Obama admin. moves on bad bank assets (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration aimed squarely at the crisis clogging the nation's credit system Monday with a plan to take over up to $1 trillion in sour mortgage securities with the help of private investors.
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| Rep. Frank calls Scalia a 'homophobe' in interview (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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|  AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a "homophobe" in a recent interview with the gay news Web site 365gay.com. The Democratic lawmaker, who is gay, was discussing gay marriage and his expectation that the high court would some day be called upon to decide whether the Constitution allows the federal government to deny recognition to same-sex marriages.
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| Parrot awarded for yelling about choking baby (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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| | AP - A parrot that alerted his owner about a baby who was choking was recognized as a hero by the Red Cross. Willie the parrot was given the Animal Lifesaver Award during the "Breakfast of Champions" event attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper. |
| Judge orders FDA to let 17-year-olds use Plan B (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 7:50 pm
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| | AP - The Food and Drug Administration let politics cloud its judgment when it denied teenage girls over-the-counter access to the Plan B morning-after pill, a federal judge said Monday as he ordered the FDA to let 17-year-olds obtain the medication. |
| Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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| | AP - The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts. |
| NJ officials ID woman found wandering mall in 1994 (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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|  AP - A mute elderly woman known only as "Jane Doe" since she was found wandering in a New Jersey mall 15 years ago has finally been identified. Lt. Eduardo Ojeda of the New Jersey Department of Human Services police discovered recently that the woman is Elba Leonor Diaz Soccarras, who turns 75 on March 28. She has Alzheimer's disease and has been bedridden in a New Jersey psychiatric hospital for years.
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| NY state senator indicted, accused of assault (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 6:51 pm
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|  AP - A freshman state senator sworn in to office despite allegations he slashed his girlfriend's face with broken glass in a jealous rage has been indicted on domestic assault charges, prosecutors said Monday.
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| Armstrong breaks collarbone, will have surgery (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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|  AP - With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm alive!" he wrote on his Twitter feed. "Broken clavicle (right). Hurts like hell for now. Surgery in a couple of days. Thanks for all the well wishes."
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| Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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|  AP - Mexico's government on Monday offered $2 million each for information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords in a public challenge to the cartels' violent grip on the country.
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| Alcohol flush signals cancer risk for East Asians (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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| | AP - Turn a bit red when you drink a mere half bottle of beer? If you're of East Asian descent, consider that a warning: You may be at higher risk of alcohol-caused esophageal cancer. Researchers reported the link Monday in hopes of increasing awareness that the inherited flushing trait — found in about a third of people from Japan, China and Korea — offers valuable health information. |
| Fla. student suspended from bus for passing gas (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm
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| | AP - An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day. |
| Japanese astronaut tests stink-free underwear (Reuters)
March 23, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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| | Reuters - Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan's space scientists may have just the answer -- a line of odour-free underwear and casual clothing. |
| Schilling of Red Sox retires with 'zero regrets' (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 1:50 pm
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|  AP - Curt Schilling retired from baseball Monday, ending a career in which he won World Series titles with the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks and was one of the game's most dominant pitchers and grittiest competitors.
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| Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide: report (AFP)
March 23, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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| | AFP - The son of tragedy-scarred poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath has killed himself 46 years after his mother famously gassed herself, his sister said in a statement published in the press Monday. |
| February existing home sales rise by 5.1 percent (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 12:46 pm
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|  AP - Sales of previously occupied homes jumped unexpectedly in February by the largest amount in nearly six years as first-time buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures and other distressed properties.
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| South Africa bars Dalai Lama from peace conference (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 11:45 am
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|  AP - South Africa barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference in Johannesburg this week, hoping to keep good relations with trading partner China but instead generating a storm of criticism.
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| Poet Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide in Alaska (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 10:43 am
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| | AP - Nicholas Hughes, the son of poet Sylvia Plath, has killed himself, 46 years after his mother committed suicide and almost 40 years to the day after his stepmother, Assia Wevill, did the same. He was 47. |
| Cane-Fu teaches seniors self-defense (AP)
March 23, 2009 at 9:08 am
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|  AP - Pay no mind to the groans that come with stretching, to hair that is gray or gone altogether. Ignore the cautiousness of their steps and the canes in their hands.
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| Airline Deals Are Soaring (BusinessWeek Online)
March 23, 2009 at 8:08 am
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| | BusinessWeek Online - With the U.S. recession raging, air fares sit at bargain-basement levels on many routes. Business travelers are being lured with double-mile promotions. And airlines are only deepening the discounts as they near the end of a dreadful winter quarter. In the past week, for example, a bevy of bargains has been unleashed: Qantas Airways is offering one-way fares between Australia and California for $299, and New York for $399. United Airlines (NasdaqGS:UAUA - News) is selling a new Moscow route for as low as $119 one way, before taxes and fees. ... | | |  |
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