'Error-free' hospitals scrutinized
State health officials question whether a lack of reports required by a 2007 law means a lack of incidents.
November 27, 2010|By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
California public health officials are scrutinizing hospitals that claim to be error-free, questioning...
AP – A shopper inspects jewelry at a chain store in Herald Square, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 in New York.
PITTSBURGH – In the unlikely event that your Christmas list this year includes every item mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," be prepared to pay nearly $100,000.
Trying to buy the 364 items repeated in all the song's verses — from 12...
Sunday Rundown: A quick wrap-up of the Sunday talk shows.
CNN: STATE OF THE UNION - McCain compares Sarah Palin to Reagan
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said China is not doing its part to avert a conflict between North Korea and South Korea after the former launched an artillery attack on a border island that killed two marines and two...
By SAPA, 2010/11/29
White South African's refugee bid overturned
Canada's Federal Court overturned a contentious immigration ruling that granted refugee status to a white man from South Africa who claimed persecution from blacks in his home country.
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Brandon Huntley argued that whites are targeted by black criminals in South Africa and...
U.S. Army's 'Revolutionary' Rifle Now in Use in Afghanistan
Billed as a "game-changer," the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly 2,300 feet -- nearly the length of eight football fields and well past the range of most modern rifles. And some U.S. Army units in Afghanistan began using the revolutionary rifle this...
