Doctors seek to bring medicine to politics in U S races
Doctors and health care professionals are mounting campaigns in several states including Oregon, Iowa, Vermont, and North Dakota. Prominent figures like Dr. John Kitzhaber urge voters to value medical insight in health policy while candidates clash over broader reform and fiscal issues.
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Oregon
U.S. House
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Jim McDermott
D-Wash
Roy Rowland
Dga
Vermont
Howard Dean
Greg Ganske
Iowa
Neal Smith
Ganske
McDermott
Canada
North Dakota
Ben Clayburgh
Kent Conrad
Clayburgh
Clinton
Ben
Dr. Clayburgh
Washington
Conrad
North Dakota Medical Association
Senate Finance Committee
Roseburg
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Boy Saves 2-Year-Old From Fire in Baton Rouge
An 11-year-old boy ran into a burning Baton Rouge apartment and rescued a 2-year-old left alone by a mother who attended a birthday party. Six children were in the unit. five escaped unharmed. The mothers Natasha Grimes and Masabella Harvey, both charged with child desertion, left three children, police said.
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Masabella Harvey
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Don Kelly
Justices rule states can't restore felon's gun right
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states cannot restore a felon's right to possess firearms. Only the federal government may restore that right for federal felons, a decision affecting two men from North Carolina and West Virginia. The ruling cites absence of a federal restoration procedure and notes at least 12 states lack such procedures.
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Supreme Court
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West Virginia
Sandra Day O'Connor
O’connor
Lenard Ray Beecham
Raleigh
Tennessee
Beecham
Justices strike down N Y garbage flow control ordinance
The Supreme Court struck down Clarkstown New York's flow control rule requiring all Clarkstown trash to go to the town transfer station. The 6 3 decision held the ordinance unlawfully interferes with interstate commerce and discriminates against out of town processors. Justice Kennedy wrote the majority.
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Harry A. Blackmun
David H. Souter
Souter
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Carbone
New Jersey
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