The D.C. police department's decision to arm patrol officers with semiautomatic rifles is promoted by commanders as a way to stay ahead of criminals. But it is raising concerns among civil rights groups and others, who question whether the weapons are necessary.
Health Canada has not followed the lead of the U.S. by updating its warnings on certain drugs that increase the risk of contracting C. difficile. This despite the critical connection between C. difficile and antibiotics.
D.C. United welcomed Ben Olsen at practice this week. He still isn't playing because of a career-threatening ankle problem, but having him on the sideline is better than watching his old instructional video, The Art of Flank Play.
After finishing with the best records in MLS last season, things have changed a bit so far in 2008 but there's still plenty to play for Saturday. There are more than a few ways of looking at Saturday night's Chivas USA-D.C. United match in Carson.
Concord, N.C. - Dale Jarrett insists he's not second-guessing his decision to retire. It won't make his last race tonight any easier. ”It's difficult knowing that
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Three men broke into Mexico Transfers Inc. on South Holden Road and didn't get away with anything. Greensboro police said the clerk was working behind the counter when the men entered the business.
The head of S.C. OSHA will ask a special task force to study the state's poultry industry and suggest ways for keeping workers safe. The decision was triggered by the Observer series "The Cruelest Cuts," which reported in February that weak enforcement, minimal fines and declining inspections have allowed companies to ignore hazards that can kill and injure poultry workers. The newspaper also
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- A Canadian judge put off a decision on a plan to convert C$32 billion ($32 billion) of Canadian commercial paper to longer-term notes, saying he's not satisfied demands by banks for immunity from lawsuits are legal or fair.
RALEIGH, N.C. – An ailing 81-year-old North Carolina man who escaped from a Maryland prison 43 years ago was taken into custody yesterday to face extradition, a move his attorneys decried as a waste of time because he's ill and old.
Midway through a description of her great-grandfather David C. Murray's life, Helen White was interrupted Friday by two honking Canada geese. The honking didn't deter White, but Greene County Associate Commissioner Harold Bengsch took note. "This is like a salute of wildlife acknowledging what's going on here," he said as Murray's descendants and members of the Springfield-Greene County Parks
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