Freshman Spleen Rupture Sparks Hazing Charges
SANDWICH MA Nine high school football players face assault and battery and hazing charges after a 14 year old freshman teammate Garrett Watterson was slammed to the ground during a Sept. 14 practice. A varsity player grabbed his ankles lifting his legs in the air in what authorities called Freshman Beat Down Day. Watterson required a spleen removal.
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Six patients survive after feeding tubes slashed
Police say an intruder slipped into rooms at the Philadelphia Nursing Home and cut feeding tubes for six patients. All six remained alive after the slashed tubes were found on Wednesday morning and reinserted at a hospital. Investigators seek to learn when and who accessed the patients.
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William Colarulo
Suspect released after Illinois Capitol shooting arrest
Petersburg Illinois police arrested Derek W. Potts 40 minutes after a Statehouse guard’s murder but released him soon after. Authorities did not explain why he was freed or whether a bag was searched. Officials said officers did not know Potts was wanted in the Capitol shooting and he did not have the shotgun or a silver two door car linked to the shooter. Reports had described the gunman as blond. Potts has brown hair.
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Derek W. Potts
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50 disease check endorsed for newborns
Washington officials consider a plan to screen all newborns for 30 rare inherited diseases. A government committee backed by advisers to Health Secretary Tommy Thompson urged immediate policy discussion, while current tests cover only two conditions PKU and hypothyroidism.
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Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
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U.S
Iraqi girl granted political asylum after persecution
A 15 year old Iraqi girl who said her family aided the U S military in Baghdad received political asylum in Washington. She and her mother, who asked to remain unidentified, were granted the letter by Citizenship and Immigration Services. Their lawyer, Jeff Sullivan of Foley Lardner, said they are ecstatic and grateful but worried about the rest of their family.
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Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Congress rushes to pass middle class tax cuts
Congress moved quickly to push a 145.9 billion package extending three popular middle class tax cuts. It would retain the child credit at 1000 dollars and the expanded 10 percent bracket, aiming to deliver a Bush victory ahead of the November elections. Opponents warn deficits would rise but the measure gains pace for House passage.
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DNY
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