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• Economic woes could curtail action on warming
But the focus on stabilizing the economy probably will make it more difficult to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. At the very least, it will push back when the reductions would have to start. As one Republican senator ...
• In-hospital errors kill thousands in U.S., but go unreported in New ...
Concord attorney Charles Douglas said hospitals study medical errors using confidential peer-review committees, but their findings are protected by state law from being entered into evidence if the matter ends up in court. "What (hospitals) may be ...
• Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law
OMAHA, Neb. - A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl's home state, Nebraska health officials said. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human ...
• Bloomberg clears hurdle on term-limit law
NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday secured a fellow billionaire's once-wavering support to change the city's term-limits law, even as other obstacles formed to the politician's attempt to extend his tenure. Bloomberg met for more than an ...
• Biden cancels events after mother-in-law dies
Sen. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. The trips, the speeches, and the moments of Decision ’08. A look at the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain ...