PITTSBURGH – Charges have been dropped against a doctor accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy by incorrectly administering a controversial chemical treatment. Dr. Roy Kerry was accused of using the wrong drug and administering it incorrectly while trying to use chelation therapy on Abubakar Tariq Nadama. …
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OSAKA, Japan – Japan’s finance minister says US and Japan promised to work closely together to tackle the soaring rise of oil and food prices and other global economic problems. The remarks from Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga came after he met U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday. They were …
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Illinois emergency authorities said a levee along the Mississippi River in far western Illinois burst Saturday and voluntary evacuations were under way in the small community of Keithsburg. Officials with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department said the Pope Creek Levee burst around 8:45 a.m. Keithsburg, a community of 700 residents, …
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CANCUN, Mexico – The dismembered body of a French man was found Monday at a home in Cancun, police said. Police found the body after neighbors complained about a smell coming from the home, said Julio Moreno, who is head of investigations for the attorney general’s office in the state …
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SANTA ANA, Calif – Prosecutors dropped a felony charge Monday against a man they had alleged slipped a date-rape drug in the drink of former Olympic ice dancer Oksana “Pasha” Grishuk. An attorney for James R. Halstead, 61, said the district attorney agreed to dismiss one felony count of administering …
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NEW YORK – Cell phone company T-Mobile USA is set to launch a nationwide service that lets customers place unlimited domestic calls with their landline phones over a broadband connection. The service, called T-Mobile AtHome, will cost $10 per month when it rolls out on July 2. Customers need a …
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A raw ground beef sample linked to an E. coli case in Ohio has tested positive for the bacteria, Ohio Department of Health officials said. The department is testing the sample to see if it matches an E. coli strain that has sickened at least 17 people in Ohio and …
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WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday put off voting on controversial electronic surveillance legislation, in spite of what appeared to be overwhelming support for the bill. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and more than a dozen other senators who oppose telecom immunity threw up procedural delays that threatened to force the …
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LONDON – In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria. Scientists have genetically modified hundreds of them, hoping to stop them from spreading the killer disease. Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring …
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NEW YORK – Tourists gaped at six stunning wedding dresses displayed at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in New York’s Times Square. The fashionable white frocks were fashioned entirely of toilet paper. Six dresses were displayed at the Times Square “odditorium” Thursday and three winning designers squared off for the …
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