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County: Politics at play
Published February 9, 2010, 11:32 pm, Northwest Herald
WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County Board committee on Tuesday grilled a proposed ethics ordinance and the advocacy group who wrote it.
Sri Lanka Will Hold Parliamentary Elections in April (Update1)
Published February 9, 2010, 11:06 pm, Bloomberg
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka will hold general elections in April as President Mahinda Rajapaksa dismissed parliament a day after the arrest of Sarath Fonseka , the defeated opposition candidate in January’s presidential ballot.
Rotary chapters unite for fashion fundraiser
Published February 9, 2010, 10:51 pm, Springfield Sun
Philadelphia sees an average of 140 reports of child abuse each month, according to the executive director of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, Chris Kirchner.
Psychiatrists propose changes in how doctors diagnose and name mental disorders
Published February 9, 2010, 10:36 pm, C-Health
WASHINGTON - Don't say "mental retardation" - the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome - call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioural addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
Legalizing online poker debated in California Senate hearing
Published February 9, 2010, 10:33 pm, The Sacramento Bee
The question bitterly divides California casino tribes, fires up video poker players and alarms anti-gambling activists: Should California legalize an online vice – Internet poker – to rescue beleaguered state coffers?
Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
Published February 9, 2010, 10:25 pm, AP via Yahoo! News
Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
Published February 9, 2010, 10:12 pm, Omaha World-Herald
Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead.
Business briefs
Published February 9, 2010, 10:11 pm, Detroit News
Electric customers of Consumers Energy will share in an $86 million rebate over the next 18 months, following a successful legal challenge brought against the utility by the Michigan Environmental Council . The Michigan Public Service Commission agreed with the council that Consumers Energy improperly funneled the surcharge money into general operating revenues and did not use it for the ...
Bayan Muna leads party-list race: Pulse Asia
Published February 9, 2010, 7:25 pm, ABS-CBNNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines (1st Update) - If elections were held today, leftist party-list group Bayan Muna would be assured of three seats in the House of Representatives, according to the results of the latest Pulse Asia survey released Wednesday.
FDA aims to rein in radiation-based medical scans
Published February 9, 2010, 6:04 pm, The Record and Herald News
Federal regulators will require manufacturers of high-grade medical imaging machines to include safety controls that prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation doses.
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