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Noridian lands big Medicare contract
Associated Press WriterFargo-based Noridian Administrative Services LLC will be handling more than 10 percent of the Medicare Part A and Part B claims nationwide after landing another big contract. Noridian, which is affiliated with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota,...Tags: South Dakota, Contracts, Government Contracts, Wyoming, Maine
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Media groups want names of hundreds in unmarked graves at old Nebraska psychiatric hospital
Associated Press WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society's fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The organizations filed a "friend of...Tags: Court Administration, Tourism and Leisure, Nebraska, Death and Dying, Freedom of the Press
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Mexico declares agency the king of red tape
Here was a contest no Mexican bureaucrat wanted to win. A months-long quest to identify the most nightmarish examples of Mexico's famously nightmarish red tape ended today with a verdict: The nation's Social Security agency reigns supreme among...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Wages and Pensions, Social Security, Felipe Calderon
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Colombian drug baron shot dead in Spanish hospital
Associated Press WriterMADRID, Spain (AP) — A convicted Colombian drug baron with links to two major smuggling cartels was shot dead in a Madrid hospital Thursday, officials said. Leonidas Vargas, who was convicted of drug trafficking, was murdered in a hospital bed...Tags: Police, Crimes, Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Punishment
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Doctors use honey to save man's leg
Special to NewsdayA Little Neck man may owe his right leg to an unlikely ancient remedy: honey. Treatment that was until only recently thought by many to be "barbaric," according to one nurse at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, saved Franklin Lloyd from...Tags: Manhasset, Medical Specialization, Long Island, Little Neck, Diseases
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Gaza family's deadly encounter with Israeli troops
The Sammouni family's nightmare began when Israeli forces surrounded their Gaza City neighborhood and shouted Arabic commands over loudspeakers for everyone to leave to avoid being hurt.
It ended in a hospital across town as survivors of the subsequent...Tags: Gaza Crisis, Injuries, Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, Radio Industry
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Red Cross accuses Israel of delaying access to wounded Gazans for days
Associated Press WriterGENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross accused Israel on Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes hit by shelling where they eventually found 15 dead and 18 wounded, including young children too weak...Tags: Gaza Crisis, Armed Forces, Health Organizations, United Nations, Terrorism
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Va.-based appeals court says government can't hold sex offenders beyond end of prison sentence
Associated Press WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Congress overstepped its authority when it enacted a law allowing the federal government to hold sex offenders in custody indefinitely beyond the end of their prison terms, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The law...Tags: Government, America's Most Wanted (tv program), Massachusetts, North Carolina, Charles Miller
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After searching dumps in 3 states, police abandon search for NJ baby's body, lost by hospital
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Police who searched dumps in three states for the remains of a baby thrown out in a Jersey City hospital's trash gave up Thursday, saying they had little chance of success. "We have come to the harsh reality that efforts to...Tags: Pennsylvania, Police, Human Mishaps, New Jersey
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Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial changing its name
Sentinel Staff WriterFlorida Hospital Ormond Memorial will be changing its name this summer. The hospital, which has been operating for 42 years in Volusia County, will be known as Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center when it moves to a new campus in July. "The name...Tags: Florida Hospital, Volusia County, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach
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Algerians donate blood for Palestinians injured in Gaza amid fears of spillover violence
Associated Press WriterALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Hundreds of people lined streets in Algeria's capital Thursday to donate blood for wounded Palestinians in Gaza in a government-sponsored solidarity effort, amid fears Algerian outrage over the violence could spill over at...Tags: Gaza Crisis, Injuries, Terrorism, Charity, Civil Unrest
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Judge: Accused Dillard shooter will stay in jail
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Dillard High School teen accused of fatally shooting a classmate will not be transferred from jail to a psychiatric hospital, a Broward judge decided today. But Judge John Murphy did agree to order a prompt psychiatric evaluation of Teah Wimberly,...Tags: Academic Progress, Pompano Beach, John Murphy, People, Fort Lauderdale
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