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Naked man dies fleeing from ambulance on CA highway
A naked man began was struck and killed on a California highway Friday as he fled from the back of an ambulance, according to the Assoicated Press. The California Highway patrol says the man became agitated and began acting erratically in the ambulance, which was traveling north on Interstate 5…
California ERs serving African-Americans likelier to close: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitals in California that served a greater proportion of black patients were more likely to shutter their emergency departments in the past decade than hospitals with fewer black patients, according to a new study. Also at a higher risk of closure were EDs serving a…
Blues singer Etta James terminally ill
Grammy-winning blues and soul singer Etta James, most famous for her signature song “At Last,” is terminally ill, her doctor and manager said in comments published Friday. Experts declared two weeks ago that the leukemia from which the 73-year-old was suffering was inoperable, Dr Elaine James told The Press-Enterprise newspaper,…
California unveils cyber crime unit
SAN FRANCISCO — California has a new eCrime Unit devoted to catching and prosecuting Internet Age crooks. State attorney general Kamala Harris created the team, which is comprised of 20 attorneys and investigators specializing in identity theft and cyber crime. “Today’s criminals increasingly use the Internet, smartphones, and other digital…
California’s largest doctor group calls for marijuana legalization
The California Medical Association, the state’s largest doctor group, on Friday adopted a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana for medical uses, according to the Los Angeles Times. The group’s support of medical marijuana comes after U.S. prosecutors in California threatened to seize the properties of licensed California marijuana…
Taser safety studies significantly biased from ties to manufacturer
Taser safety studies may be biased due to researchers’ ties to the electrical stun guns’ manufacturer, Taser International Inc., according to cardiologists at the University of California, San Francisco. The cardiologists examined the the accuracy of 50 published studies on the potential dangers of using Taser stun guns and found…
Q of the day: be the marriage planner — and share your traditions
Kate and I will mark six years of marriage on July 1 — though both of us have to hold off on the real celebration until late July when we both take off for a long-deserved getaway to a place…heh…will share that some time later. We married in Vancouver, BC…
Scientist says BP well could be leaking 100,000 barrels of oil a day
A University of California researcher and member of the Obama Administration’s Flow Rate Technical Group said Monday that BP’s leaking Gulf oil well could be leeching 20 times as much oil as the company originally claimed. In little noticed comments to McClatchy Newspapers, the researcher, Ira Leifer, noted that even…
CA: Out-of-state same-sex marriages prior to enactment of Prop 8 to be recognized as of Jan. 1
While the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed IN California were upheld as legal, there was no clarity for quite some time about whether the Golden State would recognize legal same-sex unions performed outside of its boundaries. Senate Bill 54 was signed by the Governator last month recognizing any same-sex marriages performed…
California moves to become an innovative libertarian paradise
Must-read (and watch) post from Digby on the push to use California as a “shock treatment” state, exploiting the budget shortfalls to create a crisis and hopefully remake it into a libertarian paradise/hellhole for reality-based people. Already the dividends are paying out from this experiment, as the California government is…
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