Monday, November 22, 2010
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A jury Monday found Ingmar Guandique guilty Monday of first-degree murder in the killing of Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001. Deliberations began Wednesday. Guandique, 29, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, has denied he killed Levy, a Federal Bureau of... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Postal Service to get new top man
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service, losing customers and money yearly, is getting a new postmaster general who says the USPS is still a "viable part of America." Patrick Donahoe, the service's deputy postmaster general and chief operating officer, will take over from the retiring... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Panel recommends censure of Rangel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. House ethics panel Thursday recommended censure for Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who was found guilty Tuesday of 11 of 12 ethics violations. Meeting behind closed doors, the panel voted 9-1 to recommended Rangel be formally censured, USA Today reported. Censure is... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Dim lights at night linked to depression
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say animal studies show exposure to even dim light every night may be enough to cause depression. Researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus found female Siberian hamsters exposed to dim light every night for eight weeks showed significant... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Low vitamin D doubles whites' stroke risk
CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Not getting enough vitamin D doubles the risk of stroke in whites, but not in African-Americans, U.S. researchers say. But the researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore say they still don't know why blacks are much more likely to suffer a... Sign in to see full entry.