Hospitals face new pain regulation standards in care
Health providers prepare for Joint Commission rules making pain the fifth vital sign. Hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics must assess pain on arrival and monitor it throughout stays. Compliance timelines allow delay until 2002 accreditation visits.
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Page Memorial Hospital
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Summit Talks Cancelled Amid Egypt Israel Meeting
A planned summit in Egypt between Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak was canceled. The note lists several local names and ages, followed by a closing notice from The Daily News Record announcing the newspaper's January 1st closure and advertising deadlines.
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Ehud Baraki
Daily News Record
Judge bars woman from Camelot nursing home after threats
Shenandoah County Judge Perry Sarver ruled Gayle Dovel permanently barred from Camelot Health and Rehabilitation Center in Woodstock amid a series of confrontations about her mother's care. Dovel testified she never threatened staff, while administrators cited safety concerns following a January shooting at the facility where a resident died. The no trespass order followed a confrontation with facility staff.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah County
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Gayle Dovel
Camelot
Gary van Nostrand
Dovel
van Nostrand
Mass slaying suspect held on seven murder counts in Malden
Police say investigators found bomb making materials, blasting caps and explosives at the apartment of Michael M. McDermott, a 42 year old software engineer accused of gunning down seven co workers at an Internet consulting firm. He pleaded innocent and was ordered held without bail. Prosecutors consider a possible tax dispute motive. McDermott allegedly discussed explosive topics online. His lawyer noted psychiatric treatment at the time.
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Augusta County manhunt for double slaying suspect
Authorities seek Mark Zawhorodny, 36, after a Tuesday shooting killed his brother Michael and nephew Joshua at 2774 Mount Torrey Road in Lyndhurst. He faces capital murder and first degree murder charges with firearm use, as deputies continue the manhunt in eastern Augusta County.
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Michael Zawhorodny
Joshua Zawhorodny
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Online inmate databases expand public access nationwide
Eighteen states offer comprehensive online databases for prisoners and parolees while others provide narrower lists covering death row inmates sex offenders or fugitives with varying access.
Sacagawea dollar coin still rare in pockets worldwide
Washington reports the Sacagawea dollar coin remains elusive despite a year of release and a $40 million ad blitz. Mint figures show about 1.2 billion coins produced, with roughly 700 million in circulation and the rest stored or unused, while few Americans have actually held one.
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Online inmate and parolee databases expand across states
Washington reports a rising use of state web sites listing inmates and parolees with names pictures records and sentences. Eighteen states operate full sites with Indiana Kentucky Florida among early adopters, offering public access while purging names after parole. Civil liberties groups warn of potential barriers to reintegration.
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Center For Democracy and Technol
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Kentucky
Sacagawea Dollar Circulation Totals Emerge
The government spent 40 million promoting the $1 Sacagawea coin but adoption remains limited. About 1.2 billion minted, with roughly 700 million in circulation including Fed shipments and collectors. The gold colored coin features Sacagawea carrying her son, with smooth edges and Shoshone heritage.
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U.S
Clinton nominates Black to Fourth Circuit seat
President Clinton used a recess appointment to place Richmond lawyer Roger Gregory on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the first African American judge on the court. He plans to renominate when Congress returns in January.
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