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  • DNA testing sought in Vt couple's disappearance Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 6:30AMOfficials in Vermont say they're pursuing DNA testing in a bid to crack the case of an Essex couple whose disappearance has puzzled investigators.
  • Trying a new approach to primary care: prevention Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 6:28AMTOM MURPHY AP Business Writer INDIANAPOLIS A budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing illness as on treating it has shown promising results and saved insurers millions of dollars. Growth in emergency room visits and hospital admissions slowed and prescription drug costs have been tamed with this approach, known in ...
  • Ameritox(SM) Laboratories Earn College of American Pathologists’ Accreditation Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 6:21AMAmeritox (SM) announced today that the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to Ameritox’s laboratories in both Greensboro, N.C., and Midland, Texas. (PRWeb July 20, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Ameritox/CAP/prweb8654444.htm
  • DMX is released from US prison Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:54AMRapper DMX has been released from a US prison after serving an extra week behind bars for failing a drug test while incarcerated. Related Stories Lily Allen's links with festival Ill Williams 'not out of the woods' Bardem promotes actors' rights Bonham Carter on for Lone Ranger? Hugh Grant hacking order by judge
  • Essex sends DNA from Currier case out of state Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:42AMWilliam and Lorraine Currier disappeared from their Essex home June 8. ESSEX — The Essex Selectboard has approved spending up to $15,000 for advanced DNA testing in the case of a missing couple, William and Lorraine Currier, who disappeared last month.
  • Zimbabwe: HIV/Aids Drugs Breakthrough Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:39AMANTI-RETROVIRAL drugs can reduce chances of contracting HIV by up to 73 percent if taken daily by people who are negative, a study has revealed.
  • Amir Khan blasts Mayweather's ' steroid use to boost boxing career' claims Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:29AMLondon, July 20 : British boxing star Amir Khan has hit back at allegations that he used steroids to boost up the ranks in boxing weight divisions.
  • Women Should Get Free Prescription Birth Control, Report To US Govt Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 5:16AMA new report for the US government recommends that women receive free prescription birth control as part of services that new health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report released on Tuesday, recommends the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) include eight additional services as necessary to support women's ...
  • Rapper DMX released from an Arizona prison Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:28PMRap star DMX has been released from an Arizona state prison after serving an extra week behind bars for failing a drug test while incarcerated.
  • Reds pitcher Tuttle suspended Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:22PMDaniel Tuttle reached the Class A Midwest League in his third season. (Dayton Dragons)
  • Monmouth Beach man gets five years for helping drug dealer launder money Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:18PMDennis Krousos worked as a certified public accountant and a mortgage banker. Vicente Esteves, a Manalapan man who admitted running a $1-million-a-week cocaine ring, became one of his clients years ago.
  • Mom sues over poppy seed drug test Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:06PMNEWCASTLE, Pa., July 19 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania woman is suing a county for taking away her newborn son after a test showed opiates in her system, which she blames on poppy seed salad dressing.
  • Martin Sheen, former TV president, lobbies Congress on drug courts Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:50PMActor Martin Sheen, who portrayed a president on television and is the father of admitted drug user Charlie Sheen, testified before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday to ask Congress for continued support of drug courts, an alternative criminal justice program.
  • FDA Clears Luminex's xTag Respiratory Viral Panel Test Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:44PMNEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Luminex said after the close of the market on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration has given 510(k) clearance for its xTag Respiratory Viral Panel Fast.
  • NTSB joins probe of Boston airport collision Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:44PMBOSTON -- A collision between two airliners on a taxiway at Logan International Airport is now considered serious enough for National Transportation Safety Board investigators to get involved.
  • Williams County drug taskforce releases June arrest numbers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:43PMThe Northwest Narcotics Taskforce released the June drug arrests in Williston and the surrounding areas.
  • Rapper DMX released from AZ prison Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:40PMDMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had to serve an extra week after failing a drug test while incarcerated.
  • Man accused of child neglect says police violated his rights Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:20PMSIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man accused of smoking methamphetamine around his girlfriend's children testified Tuesday at a hearing that he made implicating statements because he was intimidated and couldn't leave the interview room.
  • Bath salts — the new drug of choice — are outlawed Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:14AMLegislators have made possessing synthetic bath salts, K2 incense and related substances not only illegal, but people who have the stuff even can go to prison for possession.  
  • Orasi Medical Announces Clinical Results Measuring Alzheimer's Disease Severity Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:00AMMINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwire - 07/18/11) - Orasi Medical, Inc., a leading neurodiagnostic company utilizing magnetoencephalography (MEG) to revolutionize the diagnosis and management of CNS diseases, announced today the publication of clinical results demonstrating the use of MEG to assess and track Alzheimer's disease (AD) severity. The findings will be published in the July issue of the ...
  • NKoreans: Musk deer meds cause failed WCup tests Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:43AMFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — North Korea officials blamed traditional musk deer gland medicine used after a lightning strike for five positive tests for steroids at the Women's World Cup, the biggest soccer doping scandal at a major tournament in 17 years.
  • Analysis: Missouri Gov. Nixon walking political middle Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:34AMPicture a rural dirt road — the kind where grass grows in the middle between to two tracks about the width of a truck tire. Politically, one path is trod by Republicans; the other by Democrats; and Gov. Jay Nixon is walking down that grass in the middle.
  • Botox maker to reduce animal testing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:17AMAllergan wins FDA approval for a new cell method to test Botox's potency, lessening the need for live animals. Allergan wins FDA approval for a new cell method to test Botox's potency, lessening the need for live animals.
  • Hire Image CEO Christine Cunneen Urges Background Screening Of Summer Camp Workers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:09AMChristine Cunneen, CEO of Hire Image LLC and board member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners explains that background checks are a simple and inexpensive way to protect not only children but also co-workers at camps and other organizations. Summer camps are regulated by the states in which they do business and, while nearly all have a licensing requirement, less ...
  • CriminalBackgroundRecords.com Now Offers Drug Testing To Employment Screening Clients in the United States as Part of ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:08AMCriminalBackgroundRecords.com an Information Enterprises Solution, announces today that they are now providing drug testing as part of a pre-employment screening package to all organizations residing in the United States. “Incorporating a drug test into existing employment screening programs further secures workplace safety for new and existing employees, “ says Adam Almeida, President and CEO ...
  • UPDATE: I-81 crash, driver admits to falling asleep - photos added Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:03AMInterstate 81 is back open this morning after a rollover crashed forced a closure overnight. The driver of a jeep admitted to falling asleep in the northbound lanes between the Newville and Allen road exits. Both of his passengers were taken to the hospital. The driver was taken for drug and alcohol testing because after paraphernalia was found in the car.
  • Child bodybuilding: How jacked is your kid? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:33AMUnlike most 7-year-olds, Giuliano Stroe spends much of his playtime in his family's Ciuresti, Romania, gym, lifting weights and toning his muscle-ripped prepubescent body. In one workout video recently posted on his...
  • Juvenile Drug Court honored on 10th anniversary Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:34AMEvery Monday night for the past 10 years, Slidell City Court officials have overseen the progress of hundreds of local teens who have been in trouble with the law because of abuse of or addiction to illegal drugs. It is a challenging program for the teens and their parents to complete. But the results, court officials said, have been well worth the effort for the community.
  • National view: Labels and smokers Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:45AMAna Veciana-SuarezTribune Media Services Eating chips by the bagful isn’t good for us, but we munch on them anyway. We know riding a motorcycle without a helmet tempts fate, but we pass legislation that allows the very same. And when we light up a cigarette, sneaking it in the courtyard on our work break, we understand that we’re risking a catastrophic array of health problems.
  • Bayeh cracks a smile as he leaves jail Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:41AMFormer Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh smiled as he walked free after serving 15 years for drug trafficking.
  • Austin Murphy: Hushovd wins Stage 13 with tactical surprise attack Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:24PMAll hail the God of Thunder.
  • Records: Tressel warned over compliance Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:23PMAssociated Press Columbus Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was told by the school that he did
  • Highlights of Conn. budget-balancing plan (documents) Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:23PMHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Following are highlights of the budget-balancing plans submitted Friday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration to the General Assembly:
  • NTSB will investigate plane crash on taxiway Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:13PMA woman is taken to a Boston hospital for neck pain after a jet's wing clips a smaller aircraft's tail.
  • Woman alleges abduction, assault Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:08PMThe Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate a reported abduction and assault that left a Gladstone, Mo., woman in a cornfield in Buchanan County Wednesday night.
  • NFL and players: We’re making progress Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:51PMNEW YORK — Significant progress on a major sticking point in the NFL labor impasse — soaring rookie salaries — during marathon talks Thursday raised hopes that a tentative agreement in principle could
  • Tressel had same issues in past Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:51PMCOLUMBUS — Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was told by the school that he did a poor job of self-reporting NCAA violations years before he failed to tell his bosses that players were selling championship rings and other OSU memorabilia, a cover-up that cost him his job.
  • Records: Tressel had history of compliance issues at Ohio State Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:36PMCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was told by the school that he did a poor job of self-reporting NCAA violations years before he failed to tell his bosses that players were selling championship rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia, a cover-up that cost him his job.
  • Lockout's end may be near for the NFL Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:27PMNEW YORK -- Significant progress on a major sticking point in the NFL labor impasse -- soaring rookie salaries -- during marathon talks Thursday raised hopes that a tentative agreement in principle could perhaps come within 24 hours, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
  • Roll Out Treatment as Prevention Now to Stop HIV and AIDS Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:11PMLancet column calls for immediate, collaborative expansion of global HIV strategy Vancouver, British Columbia and Rome (July 15, 2011) : The Lancet , a leading global medical journal, published an editorial comment today that emphasizes the critical ...
  • NFL labor talks: Headway made on first-round draft picks Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:12PMNFL labor talks: Headway made on first-round draft picks The Associated Press Published Jul 14, 2011 08:30PM MDT New York • Making significant progress on one of the major sticking points in NFL labor talks, owners and players neared agreement Thursday on how to rein in the soaring salaries of high first-round draft picks, people familiar with the negotiations said. Another person with knowledge ...
  • Sources: Progress made, work to be done Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:04PMMaking significant progress on one of the major sticking points in NFL labor talks, owners and players neared agreement Thursday on how to rein in the soaring salaries of high first-round draft picks, people familiar with the negotiations said.
  • AP sources: NFL players, owners making progress Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:00PMYou may need to be logged in to read stories listed here. NEW YORK — Making significant progress on one of the major sticking points in NFL labor talks, owners and players neared agreement Thursday on how to rein in the soaring salaries of high first-round draft picks, people familiar with the negotiations said.
  • NFL lockout: Owners, players making 'significant' progress Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:58PMTwo sides near agreement on rookie salary structure
  • Sources: NFL players, owners making progress Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:54PMNFL players and owners have made significant progress on rookie contracts, which has been a major stumbling block in the latest round of labor talks.
  • Warren Mural Captures Heart of City Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:26PMA new piece of artwork in Warren was dedicated Thursday. The giant mural appears on the side of a building at 310 Elm Rd. at the corner of Porter St.
  • Christmas Cheer in Austintown Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:11PMIt may be 6 months away but that didn't stop some people from celebrating Christmas in Austintown Thursday evening.
  • Drug Testing in Boardman Schools? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:11PMThe school board is considering drug testing for its high school students, but only parents would know the results.
  • Bond Issue on Ballot for Weathersfield Schools Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:11PMThe Weathersfield School District is hoping the public will help them modify two school buildings.
  • Major progress in NFL talks Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:07PMThere's new optimism about a possible end to the NFL lockout, with progress reported in ongoing negotiations in New York.