New home building slows in June signaling cooling economy
Washington AP reports that housing starts dropped to 1.57 million units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in June, a 5.64 percent decline from May. The drop hits the lowest level since May 1998, with the West suffering the largest regional decrease at 14.8 percent to 352,000 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
West
South
Northeast
Midwest
V chip program adopted in television sets and ratings
Washington AP reports manufacturers will fit new TV sets with v chips to block objectionable programs using a government approved ratings system. FCC study shows ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN transmit encoded data. PBS PaxNet Univision Telemundo WB plan to join soon. most top 40 basic cable networks using or planning to use ratings. FCC official calls network compliance in good shape despite exemptions for some news and sports channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
UPN
PBS
PaxNet
Univision
Telemundo
BET
QVC
FCC
Gloria Tristani
V-Hip
CNN
ESPN
Court TV
Clinton backs transplants plan amid IOM report
The Institute of Medicine urges more aid to the sickest on livers amid a push to nationalize oversight and data sharing. The report supports regional allocation by medical urgency, with nine million-plus populations per area, and calls for stronger federal control of the transplant network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Institute of Medicine
Congress
Clinton
United Network For Organ Sharing
Institute
National Academy of Sciences
Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Donna Shalala
Margo Akerman
Knoxville, Tenn
Shalala
Soliah bail posted by 250 supporters in SLA case
Kathleen Ann Soliah, once of the Symbionese Liberation Army, returns to Minnesota after $1 million bail is posted by about 250 friends and neighbors. She will be electronically monitored in St Paul while awaiting trial on charges of placing bombs under police cars in the 1970s. Her arrest followed a tip from America's Most Wanted. Her bail allows her to live with her family pending an Aug 31 court date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symbionese Liberation Army
Soliah
St. Paul
Minn
SLA
Patricia Hearst
Sara Jane Olson
Olson
California
OS Angeles
Kathleen Ann Soliah
Minnesota
Ms. Soliah
Superior Court
Larry P. Fidler
Emma
Susan Jordan
Vietnam
Ms. Jordan
Hearst
Pharmacist rounds cut ICU drug errors by two thirds
In a Massachusetts General Hospital study, harmful drug errors in ICUs dropped 66 percent after pharmacists joined rounds and stayed to catch prescribing mistakes. The effort, costing no extra money, could save about 270,000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Lucian Leape
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kansas
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Reymond
Greene, Kooser, Coon & Wall
Topeka
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Stormont
The
Ine Sla
Tne Amoun
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sonan
FBI
May
Friends
Michael Latin
S. Salemy
Viata’ Cellularone
Aitome