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Conrad Speaks About Healthcare Legislation Nov 23 2009 7:22PM
The US Senate voted Saturday night to move its version of health care reform forward to debate.
North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad says there was no credible reason not to vote in favor of debating legislation.
Conrad has been traveling around North Da
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 19 2009 1:45AM
A state official says two people are dead
and 21 injured after a tour bus ran off a southern Minnesota
interstate and rolled over in a ditch.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety spokesman Andy Skoogman
confirms the deaths from the crash that h
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| 5 new swine flu deaths in Minn.; outbreak wanes Nov 18 2009 12:36PM
Minnesota health officials are reporting
five new deaths from swine flu as the pandemic wanes.
The state Department of Health says 26 Minnesotans have died
from confirmed swine flu cases since the virus appeared in the
state, with another two de
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| Wrapping up China visit...Jobless bill...Safe cars list... Nov 18 2009 1:17AM
President Barack Obama says he expects the U.S.
relationship with China to strengthen. Obama made the prediction
while speaking to reporters before a meeting with China's premier.
Obama is sceduled to visit the Great Wall of China before departing
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 18 2009 1:17AM
President Barack Obama says the U.S. relationship
with [[kxtopic:china:t[China]:t]] is deepening beyond trade and economics to cover
climate, security and other matters of international concern.
Obama spoke to reporters before starting meetings W
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| 114yearold woman dies in NY nursing home Nov 17 2009 10:38PM
A 114-year-old woman believed to be
the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the
world has died at a New York nursing home.
Olivia Patricia Thomas died Monday in the St. Francis Home of
Williamsville, near Buffalo. She had
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| Soldier suicides up...Health care proposal...Filibuster crushed... Nov 17 2009 10:03PM
Army officials expect soldier suicides this
year to surpass the total for last year. As of Monday, there were
140 suicides by active duty soldiers. That's the same as were
confirmed for all of 2008. Marine Corps suicides also are higher
again this ye
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| Pentagon probe...Health care overhaul...Trump's deal... Nov 17 2009 4:55PM
The Pentagon is working on a thorough
investigation into the Fort Hood massacre. Officials say it will go
beyond whether the Army missed warning signs before accused
shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, allegedly killed 13 people. The Army's
second-ranking off
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 16 2009 11:12AM
Sign-up sessions are being held for North
Dakota Medicare recipients who have or want prescription drug
coverage.
Insurance Commissioner [[kxtopic:adam-hamm:t[Adam Hamm]:t]] says some of the plans are
changing and recipients will need to know if
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| University student earns degree while trucking Nov 16 2009 10:51AM
A University of North Dakota student is
learning on the road.
Julie Hjelle of Lankin is getting her online degree while
working as a truck driver.
The 39-year-old Hjelle works three nights a week driving a FedEx
route between Grand Forks,
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 15 2009 4:07PM
The U.S. attorney for South Dakota,
Brendan Johnson, will chair an American Indian issues subcommittee
that reports to the nation's attorney general.
The Native American Issues Subcommittee is part of the Attorney
General's Advisory Committee of
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| Regional Health selling 3 nursing homes Nov 15 2009 3:18PM
Regional Health of Rapid City plans
to sell three nursing homes to a Minnesota company.
Regional Health Chief Operating Officer Tim Sughrue says the Fox
Family Trust has agreed to purchase the properties and lease them
to Mission HealthCare, LLC
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 4:13PM
A burned-out car that contained a body in
the trunk has been sent to the state crime lab in Pierre.
The South Dakota Attorney General's Office says the car was
southeast of Mitchell and it might be related to the case of a
missing girl, 16-year-
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| Police looking at nursing home funds Nov 12 2009 1:46PM
Authorities are tracking money belonging
to residents at the Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care center.
Police and social services officials were called by the
Spearfish Regional Health system. Regional Health officials would
say only that they
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| Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 11 2009 9:41AM
The families of three Americans accused of
espionage in Iran are trying to keep a spotlight on the plight of
their loved ones while avoiding the tangled politics of the tense
U.S.-Iran relationship.
The captivity of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and
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| Adeona Launches CopperProof Test Panel Nov 9 2009 6:46AM
ANN ARBOR, MI (Marketwire) 11/09/09
Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: AEN) announced today that it
has
initiated the U.S. launch of its high precision diagnostic test
panel for
the comprehensive evaluation of zinc and copper status in patients
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| Omnicare will settle kickback cases for $98M Nov 3 2009 2:14PM
Omnicare Inc., which dispenses drugs to nursing
homes and long-term care facilities, will pay $98 million to settle
allegations it paid kickbacks to nursing homes to gain business and
also received kickbacks for buying and recommending drugs.
Th
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 24 2009 2:14AM
South Dakota's three largest hospital
systems have released recommendations aimed at protecting people
who are most at risk for the swine flu virus. They're asking
children and anyone who is sick to avoid visiting hospital patients
and nursing homes.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 2:13AM
Utah and South Dakota college students are
the most reliable in the nation when it comes to repaying
government-backed loans.
A new report by the U.S. Department of Education says 2 percent
or about 500 Utah students defaulted on tuition loans i
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 11:12AM
Officials say an Israeli arms company
will open a plant in Rapid City sometime in the next year.
The Rapid City economic development partnership recruited the
TDI Arms company and is offering a $50,000 grant for the move.
The company sells
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| SD hospitals ask kids not to visit to combat H1N1 Oct 23 2009 10:30AM
South Dakota's three largest hospital
systems are asking kids 18 years and younger not to visit hospital
patients and nursing home residents to help reduce the risk of
spreading the H1N1 flu virus.
Avera Health of Sioux Falls, Sanford Health of
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| Tenn. ambulance strikes stopped truck, 2 killed Oct 22 2009 7:50PM
Two people have been killed after an
ambulance ran into the back of a state work truck stopped in the
emergency lane on a Nashville highway.
Police said the ambulance was on a non-emergency trip to return
a woman to her nursing home after a dial
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| Minn. sues nursing home owner for overbilling Oct 21 2009 10:02AM
Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing
the owner of a Plymouth nursing home for fraud for allegedly
overbilling the state.
Swanson filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Hennepin County District
Court charging Barbara Ann Currin, owner of Ometta Vent Care
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Germ Fighting Business Oct 19 2009 1:05PM
In many businesses around town, it's common to see hand sanitizer.
That's just one step many businesses are taking to ensure their employees and customers are stay healthy this flu season.
It's also creating a lot of business for one compan
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| Lawsuit: Wash. nursing home neglects penis ailment Oct 16 2009 12:36PM
A lawsuit has been filed against a
Washington state nursing home accused of neglecting a 97-year-old
man's penile infection.
The lawsuit from the man's son, filed Wednesday in Snohomish
County Superior Court, says the father was taken to an emer
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| Lawsuit: Wash. nursing home neglects penile cancer Oct 16 2009 12:15PM
A lawsuit has been filed against a
Washington state nursing home accused of neglecting a 97-year-old
man's penile cancer.
The lawsuit from the man's son, filed Wednesday in Snohomish
County Superior Court, says the father was taken to an emergen
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| Ground broken for nursing home Oct 16 2009 11:40AM
The Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center
has broken ground for a $5 million nursing home on the campus of
the hospital in Chamberlain.
A ceremony was held Friday morning. Construction is to begin in
two weeks.
The nursing home will have 32 ro
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| Ground being broken for nursing home Oct 16 2009 9:34AM
The Sanford Mid-Dakota Medical Center
is breaking ground for a $5 million nursing home on the campus of
the hospital in Chamberlain.
A ceremony was scheduled Friday.
The nursing home will have 32 rooms to accommodate 44 patients.
Spokesw
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| Foreclosures up...Zazi case...Pakistan attacks Oct 15 2009 1:10AM
The number of households caught up in the
foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall. A
new report shows foreclosure-related filings are on pace to hit
about 3.5 million this year, up from more than 2.3 million last
year. Being o
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Healthcare #3 Oct 14 2009 11:14PM
The healthcare debate is heating up thousands of miles away from North Dakota.
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee voted in favor of it's plan to revamp the countries healthcare system.
But here in North Dakota people watch closely.
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| Futile treatment...Checks for seniors...Navajo Code Talker dies... Oct 14 2009 10:45PM
A pair of federally funded studies are
prompting medical experts to suggest that frail, elderly Americans
nearing the end of their lives should receive hospice-type care,
instead of futile treatment. The studies focusing on nursing home
residents fou
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| Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care Oct 14 2009 10:03PM
Two new federally funded studies reveal a
surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes
receive futile care at the end of their lives.
One found that putting nursing home residents with failing
kidneys on dialysis didn't improve
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| Senior checks...Medicare fees...Futile care Oct 14 2009 9:56PM
President Barack Obama is already drawing
congressional support for making $250 payments to senior citizens
who won't be a getting a Social Security cost-of-living increase
next year. That's because increases are tied to inflation, which
has been neg
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| Pulitzer Prizewinning NY Times writer dies at 83 Oct 14 2009 4:34PM
A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times
reporter who wrote a book about female employees' fight for equal
treatment at the newspaper has died. Nan Robertson was 83.
Robertson's stepdaughter-in-law Jane Freundel Levey says she
died Tuesday of hea
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| Call to action...Mixed reaction in Afghanistan...More favor civil... Oct 9 2009 1:04PM
President Barack Obama says he accepts the
Nobel Peace Prize as a "call to action" to work with other
nations to solve the world's most pressing problems. He told
reporters today that he's not sure he's done enough to earn the
award. He's the third U
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| Son: Slain 100yearold mom, roommate had tension Oct 9 2009 12:22PM
The son of a 100-year-old woman found
strangled in her bed at a Massachusetts nursing home says there was
tension between his mother and her roommate.
Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her bed last month, with a
plastic bag tied around her head
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 9 2009 1:45AM
The federal government has declared 12
counties in northern Minnesota as an agricultural disaster area.
Thursday's designation makes farmers in the 12 counties eligible
for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency.
Gov. Tim
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Oct 8 2009 4:13PM
State investigators say a nursing
assistant at a St. Louis Park nursing home sexually abused a
resident who has dementia. An administrator for Texas Terrace Care
Center says the employee has been fired. A state report says the
employee denied the all
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| Officials question staff, residents of nursing home where... Oct 8 2009 1:53PM
A law enforcement official says
investigators in Massachusetts are questioning the staff and
residents at a Datmouth nursing home after a 100-year-old woman was
found strangled there.
Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her bed last month with a
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| Minn. officials find sexual abuse at nursing home Oct 8 2009 12:36PM
State investigators are reporting that a
nursing assistant at a St. Louis Park nursing home sexually abused
a resident who has dementia.
The report released Thursday says Texas Terrace Care Center has
suspended the employee and police have refer
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| Nobel for literature...Bombing in Kabul...Expect more delays... Oct 8 2009 6:53AM
A Romanian-born German writer has won the 2009
Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy says Herta Mueller
"depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" through her poetry
and prose.
KABUL (AP) A suicide bombing in the center of the Afgha
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| Son of slain centenarian says mom was active Oct 8 2009 5:01AM
The only son of a 100-year-old woman
whose death last month in a Dartmouth nursing home has been ruled a
murder says his mother was still active and loved shopping.
Scott Barrow tells The Standard-Times of New Bedford the family
celebrated Eliza
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| 100yearold woman strangled in Mass. nursing home Oct 7 2009 8:46PM
A 100-year-old woman who was found dead last month
in a Massachusetts nursing home had been strangled.
Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said Wednesday that
Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her bed during a routine check
Sept. 24 by
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Long Recovery from Winter Fall Oct 7 2009 7:16PM
Last year's severe winter weather led to a sudden change in the lives of a Minot couple.
Al and Joanne Larson are dealing with the effects of a terrible accident that happened as they were clearing snow from the roof of their home.
Carla Burbidge ex
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| Letterman apologizes...Group predicts holiday sales...Immigration... Oct 6 2009 1:10AM
David Letterman says he's got his work cut out
for him in repairing his relationship with his wife after revealing
he'd been sexually involved with female staffers. On the "Late
Show," he apologized, saying she'd been "horribly hurt" by his
behavior
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 1:10AM
The usually bullish National Retail Federation
isn't painting a rosy picture about holiday sales.
The NRF predicts a 1 percent decline in total sales for November
and December combined. The NRF is less optimistic this year than
several other gro
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| Hotels, other sites may house detained immigrants Oct 6 2009 12:21AM
Former hotels, [[kxtopic:nursing-home:t[Nursing Home]:t]]s and other sites
could be used to hold immigrants who are not criminals or violent.
According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, it's
part of a larger plan to reform immigratio
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| Update on the latest in business: Oct 5 2009 2:41AM
Asian stock markets fell Monday after a
worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report raised concerns a strong
recovery in the world's largest economy is still far off.
[[kxtopic:japan:t[Japan]:t]]'s Nikkei 225 stock average lost 0.6 percent, and Hong
Ko
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| Obama aide downplays Afghan worries...Socialist victory in... Oct 4 2009 2:00PM
President Barack Obama's national security
adviser is trying to dial back fears that militants are gaining
ground in Afghanistan. Retired Gen. James Jones says the country
isn't in imminent danger of falling to the Taliban and al-Qaida
isn't capable
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| Waves of new fund cuts imperil US nursing homes Oct 4 2009 1:46PM
The nation's nursing homes are perilously
close to laying off workers, cutting services possibly even
closing because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and
deep federal and state government spending cuts.
Industry experts say a new
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Staying Independent Oct 3 2009 7:08PM
A local program is helping the elderly stay in their own homes... rather than going into a nursing home.
Reporter Kate Schell has the story.
It began with a bout of pnemonia...that's when Estella Stavn was hospitalized. At that time, she ha
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 11:12AM
The post office in the northeast North Dakota
town of Crary is closing and its future is uncertain.
U.S. Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says the postmaster
resigned and no one applied to fill the job. Service at the post
office was being
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| Bismarck woman celebrates 105th birthday Sep 29 2009 8:10AM
Amanda Klinger can remember the days when
Bismarck and Mandan were not connected by a bridge, and people had
to use a ferry boat to cross the Missouri River.
Klinger celebrated her 105th birthday Monday in a Bismarck
nursing home.
She has
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| Bismarck woman celebrates 105th birthday Sep 29 2009 8:10AM
Amanda Klinger can remember the days when
Bismarck and Mandan were not connected by a bridge, and people had
to use a ferry boat to cross the Missouri River.
Klinger celebrated her 105th birthday Monday in a Bismarck
nursing home.
She has
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Amber's Dream Sep 22 2009 7:01PM
A local girl loses her life to leukemia, but her vision for transforming the MedCenter One Children's hospital lives on.
Amber Des Roches was just 15 when she lost her battle with cancer.
While a patient at MedCenter One kept a jou
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| Vexing longterm health care absent from US debate Sep 19 2009 10:30AM
Even as the health care debate rages in Washington,
scant attention has been given to providing long-term care for the
elderly and disabled. Meanwhile, the issue is driving millions into
poverty, stressing families, and straining federal and state
bu
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 18 2009 1:45AM
Investigators from the state Health
Department found a teenage aide abused two frail residents at a
west-central Minnesota nursing home.
The aide was fired from Glenwood Village Care Center the day
after the incidents were reported in June. The
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| MN officials find 4th case of nursing home abuse Sep 17 2009 9:00PM
Investigators from the state Health
Department found a teenage aide abused two frail residents at a
west-central Minnesota nursing home.
The aide was fired from Glenwood Village Care Center the day
after the incidents were reported in June. The
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| Mother kills daughter, self at nursing home Sep 14 2009 2:56PM
Police say a woman fatally shot her
disabled daughter before taking her own life at an Oakland nursing
home.
Oakland Police Sgt. Jim Rullamas says 64-year-old Diana Marie
Harden fatally shot her daughter, 43-year-old Yvette Harden, in her
room
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| Judge rules NY violated rights of mentally ill Sep 8 2009 1:25PM
A federal judge says New York state violated
the Americans with Disabilities Act by housing more than 4,300
mentally ill people in nursing homes that are little better than
the mental institutions they replaced.
In a decision released Tuesday in
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| Adeona Forms Initial Sales and Marketing Team for Its Copper/Zinc... Sep 8 2009 8:46AM
eona Forms Initial Sales and Marketing Team for Its Copper/Zinc
Diagnostic
ANN ARBOR, MI (Marketwire) 09/08/09
Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: AEN), a specialty
pharmaceutical
company dedicated to the awareness, diagnosis, prevention and
tr
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| Sick goat found wandering around NYC's Bronx Sep 4 2009 9:13AM
It's another case of the wandering goat in New
York City.
Officials say an emaciated-looking Nubian goat wandered onto the
property of a nursing home in the Bronx, where two other goats were
discovered in July.
Animal shelter officials sai
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 4 2009 1:45AM
Minnesota's top teachers union official
is urging schools to show President Barack Obama's live speech to
students on Tuesday.
It's the first day of school for most Minnesota districts.
Tom Dooher of Education Minnesota says some superinten
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 3 2009 1:45AM
Officers from at least three agencies face
internal reviews for alleged wrongdoing while working on the Metro
Gang Strike Force.
A special panel reported last month it found "appalling and
outrageous" misconduct by some employees of the Gang Str
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| 3 workers fired after abusing elderly in Virginia Sep 2 2009 2:49PM
Three employees have been fired from an
assisted living facility on the Iron Range after allegedly
pinching, slapping and verbally abusing several residents.
Details about the abuse at Edgewood Vista Virginia were released
Tuesday in a report by
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| 3 workers accused of abusing elderly in Virginia Sep 2 2009 9:13AM
Three employees at an assisted living
facility on the Iron Range are accused of pinching, slapping and
verbally abusing several residents.
Details about the alleged abuse at Edgewood Vista Virginia were
released Tuesday in a report by the Minnes
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Sep 1 2009 2:55AM
Pat Robertson's lead surgeon says he
expects the 79-year-old religious broadcaster to make a full
recovery from surgery to correct an irregular heart beat.
The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network returned home
last week after eight day
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| 1940s gospel legend Marie Knight dies in NYC at 84 Aug 31 2009 10:31PM
Gospel legend Marie Knight has died in New York
City at age 84. She came to prominence while touring with Sister
Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s and singing hits such as "Beams of
Heaven."
Her manager, Mark Carpentieri, says she died Sunday at a Harle
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| Wis. veterans home official replaced amid scandal Aug 27 2009 5:44PM
The official who ran Wisconsin's largest
nursing home for veterans has been replaced amid an ongoing
investigation into more than $800,000 in unauthorized spending.
Bill Crowley had been the commandant of the Wisconsin Veterans
Home in King sinc
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| Beauty queens want Ms. Missouri Nursing Home crown Aug 26 2009 3:16AM
There are no extravagant prizes or
evening gown competitions at the Ms. Missouri Nursing Home Pageant.
But some of the participants do prefer to pick a fancy dress or
adorn their wheelchairs with flowers.
The pageant plans to crown its 29th an
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 26 2009 1:45AM
Public safety committees in the House and
Senate are holding a joint hearing to review a report alleging
misconduct by some members of the Metro Gang Strike Force.
The report was done by an independent panel that found some
officers assigned to
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| Workers at home where priest fell said neglectful Aug 25 2009 6:40PM
A Minnesota Department of Health
investigation finds there was neglect by healthcare workers at a
New Hope nursing home on the day that a Minnesota priest who'd been
injured in Iraq fell at the facility. He later died.
The investigative report d
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| NASA scientist William Robbins dies in Ohio at 82 Aug 25 2009 4:55PM
A retired NASA scientist honored
for improving satellite communications technology has died in Ohio
at age 82.
William H. Robbins died at a nursing home in the Cleveland
suburb Olmsted Falls of complications from a stroke suffered in
2005.
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| Colo nursing home aide accused of muffling patient Aug 25 2009 9:41AM
An aide at a Grand Junction nursing
home has been arrested on charges of using a pillow to silence a
screaming patient.
Twenty-three-year-old Errin Hubbard of Grand Junction was
arrested Saturday on suspicion of third-degree assault of an
at-ri
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Long Term Nursing Home Care Aug 20 2009 10:59PM
Funding of long term care is about to become a big issue.
Shelly Peterson is the President of the North Dakota Long Term Care Association.
She says it costs about one hundred eighty dollars a day to provide skilled nursing care.
The issue
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Nursing Home Closing Aug 20 2009 7:33PM
A decision to close Kenmare's Trinity Community Nursing Home came as a shock to many residents and employees today, but administrators say very few changes will result from the closure.
After struggling to maintain funding for the 12-bed facility, lead
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More Reimbursement Cuts Aug 20 2009 7:02PM
Funding of long term care is about to become a big issue.
Shelly Peterson is the President of the North Dakota Long Term Care Association.
She says it costs about one hundred eighty dollars a day to provide skilled nursing care.
The issue
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 19 2009 4:05AM
A woman who hid the body of her
2-year-old autistic son in the trunk of her car for most of last
summer has pleaded not guilty to stealing from the government.
Prosecutors said that even after the toddler's death, Summer
ManyWhiteHorses continued t
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Aug 19 2009 2:41AM
A Montana woman who hid the body of
her 2-year-old autistic son in the trunk of her car for most of
last summer has pleaded not guilty to stealing from the government.
Summer ManyWhiteHorses is accused of collecting Social Security
checks meant for
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| UK train robber Ronnie Biggs goes to nursing home Aug 17 2009 6:39AM
The lawyer for "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs
says the ailing ex-convict is being transferred from a hospital to
a London nursing home.
Earlier this month, 80-year-old Biggs was freed from jail on
compassionate grounds.
Biggs is one of
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