California hospital ID’s dead woman as missing patient

foxnews.com - SAN FRANCISCO – A patient who disappeared from her room at San Francisco's main hospital last month was identified Wednesday as the woman found dead in an emergency stairwell, horrified authorities said as they continued to investigate how she got there and died. SUMMARYLynne Spalding was admitted to San Francisco General Hospital for an infection on Sept. 19 and was reported missing from her room there two days later.

Flesh-eating Krokodil drug surfaces in Chicago suburb

foxnews.com - Three patients have been treated this week at a southwest suburban Joliet hospital in Chicago for using a synthetic opiate that doctors say rots the skin from the inside out."If you want to kill yourself, (using) this is the way to do it," said Dr. Abhin Singla, Director of Addiction Services at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.Crocodile, which also is spelled Krokodil, started being manufactured about a decade ago in Russia, where heroin is harder to find, Singla told the Herald-News.

Will Edward Snowden be the latest winner of EU human rights award? - CTV News Buffer Mode 2008

ctvnews.ca - Edward Snowden, considered a whistleblower by supporters or traitor by critics, could soon be the latest recipient of a prestigious human rights prize that includes Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi among its laureates.Snowden is one of three finalists up for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought .The winner will be announced on Oct. 10 and the prize will be awarded in Strasbourg, France on Nov.

Dreamliner flight diverted back to San Diego over maintenance issue

foxnews.com - SAN DIEGO – A Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed to Tokyo was diverted back to San Diego because of a possible problem with the aircraft's deicing system.NBC-7 in San Diego reports the Japan Airlines flight left Lindbergh Field shortly after 1:30 p.m. PDT Wednesday. But the plane turned around and landed back in San Diego by 3:10 p.m. PDT.Airline officials told the television station the pilot received an error message for the deicing system.

North Korea replaces hard-line military chief

bigstory.ap.org - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media has confirmed that the nation's hard-line military chief was replaced only a few months after his appointment.The personnel change was believed to have been made in August and came as North Korea was pushing to ease animosity and resume lucrative cooperation projects with South Korea after threatening nuclear war this past spring.The name of new military chief, Ri Yong Gil, came in a Korean Central News Agency dispatch listing top officials who accompanied leader Kim Jong Un to a Pyongyang mausoleum on Thursday.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan kidnapped: government

sg.news.yahoo.com - Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped at dawn on Thursday by an armed group and taken to an unknown location, the government said."The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons by a group" of men believed to be former rebels, the government said in a brief statement on its website.

Edward Snowden's father flies to Russia, hopes to see son

news.yahoo.com - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden 's father arrived in Moscow on Thursday and said he hopes to see his son, who was granted asylum in Russia after he leaked details of government surveillance programs and fled the United States.Speaking to journalists at a Moscow airport , Lon Snowden said he had not had any direct contact with Edward Snowden but that he felt "extreme gratitude that my son is safe and secure and he's free.

Judge says living Ohio man is legally dead

foxnews.com - On Monday, an Ohio judge told 61-year-old Donald Miller that he was legally dead. An unusual ruling, considering that Miller was very much alive.According to The Courier of Findlay, Ohio , Miller had gone to court Monday to try to reverse a 1994 death ruling by the same judge, Allan Davis. Judge Davis had declared Miller dead eight years after the latter had disappeared from his rental home.Despite Judge Davis' acknowledgement that Miller was indeed in the courtroom, and appeared to be in good health, he did not reverse the ruling on the grounds that Miller's suit came after the three-year legal limit for challenging a death ruling.

Is Wall Street Dems' secret weapon in shutdown stalemate?

foxnews.com - By James Rosen Published October 10, 2013Conversations with a number of Democratic leadership staffers, on both the House and Senate sides, suggest that as the partial shutdown grinds on, Democrats continue to believe that time is on their side -- not least because they believe they maintain in reserve a powerful, and somewhat surprising, ally: Wall Street.“Come October 14, 15, 16 – those days right before the debt ceiling [reaches its expiration, on October 17] – there is going to be intense pressure on Boehner to cut a deal,” said one senior Senate Democratic staffer.

Scientists stop brain cells in mice from dying in potential Alzheimer's treatment breakthrough

foxnews.com - A team of British scientists has released a major study that could represent a breakthrough in the treatment of human neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.In a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the team said that it had halted brain cell death in mice by using a drug-like compound that was injected into the animals' stomachs through a mouth tube.

New California law allows some nurses, midwives perform abortions

foxnews.com - SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants in California will be allowed to perform a type of early abortion under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown, an action that drew condemnation from Catholic bishops and that came as many conservative states are limiting access to abortion services.The bill by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, would let those professionals perform what are known as aspiration abortions during the first trimester.

Shepard Smith responds to Jimmy Kimmel

video.foxnews.com - This transcript is automatically generatedWRAPPING THINGS UP IN WRAPPING THINGS UP IN NEW YORK CITY.DID YOU SEE JIMMY KIMMEL LAST NIGHT? DID YOU SEE THIS? WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF NEW TOOLS.THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK TO ADD.THANKFULLY JIMMY KIMMEL ISEN -- IS ON IT I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE NEW SHEP SMITH LIGHT SAFER.>> ONE NEW ONE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN.THIS IS A PEEVES EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED AND NEVER BEEN USED IN BROADCAST TELEVISION BEFORE.

Armed rebels escort Libyan PM to undisclosed location

cnn.com - (CNN) -- Rebels have kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan and taken him to an undisclosed location, his spokeswoman told CNN early Thursday.Armed rebels escorted the prime minister from the Corinthian Hotel in Tripoli into a convoy of waiting cars, said a hotel clerk who was not authorized to speak to the media.The witness reported no gunfire during the incident, and said the gunmen was respectful and "caused no trouble.

Greta's surprise caller is a true veteran on DC politics ...

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Libyan prime minister kidnapped by armed gunmen, reports say

foxnews.com - Armed gunmen have kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and taken him to an undisclosed location, according to media reports and a statement posted on the Libyan interim government's website.Zeidan was seized from a hotel where he was staying in Tripoli, Reuters reported, citing statements from Libyan security forces aired on Sky News Arabia and Dubai-based al-Arabiya.The reported kidnapping comes after Saturday's U.

Court records: McAuliffe lied to postal inspector investigating RI death benefits scam

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VFW disgusted with elected leadership

foxnews.com - As the national commander of the nation’s oldest and largest war veterans’ organization, I am disgusted with the partisan bickering and government paralysis caused by a White House and Congress who will not budge from their ideological extremes in order to properly take care of America’s true heroes.Tuesday’s news that the government would not transport or make a death assistance payment to grieving military families was the last straw for almost 2 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries.

Mastodon tooth found in donation box at Michigan charity

foxnews.com - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan charity that typically receives donated clothing and other used items for low-income residents recently received something really old — a mastodon tooth.The remains of the extinct relative of the elephant were found in a donation box during a July pickup in Grand Rapids. The tooth fragments and tusk are believed to be anywhere from 12,000 to 15,000 years old and will be given by the Christian charity, In The Image, to the Grand Rapid Public Museum to add to its collection.

Updated: Shots Fired at Federal Building in Wheeling

theintelligencer.net - WHEELING - A man who opened fire on the Wheeling Federal Building this afternoon also may have targeted the nearby YWCA, an eyewitness to the shooting said.Wheeling resident Carla Webb Daniels said she witnessed the shooter, who police have not yet identified, fire from the Chase Bank parking lot across Chapline Street from the Federal Building. Daniels said she was in her attorney's office when she heard loud gun shots.

Does Twitter Have a Terrorism Problem?

foxbusiness.com - Twitter is home to celebrities, major corporations and even world leaders. Unfortunately, it’s also used by bad guys, like terrorists.Last month, al-Shabaab live-tweeting its siege on the Westgate mall in Kenya that left at least 72 people dead. The account was recently shut down by Twitter, but not before gaining more than 5,500 followers.As it races towards its much-hyped initial public offering, the presence of terrorists poses a vexing problem for Twitter, which must balance the interests of users, shareholders, advertisers and even global spy agencies.