Surgery leaves man with wrong foot gone
A man in his 50s awakened from surgery to learn his right foot had been amputated. The limb was severed midway between ankle and knee at University Community Hospital. The hospital is investigating the blunder while preserving patient confidentiality.
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Federal cargo program may have become drug smuggler's freeway
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Civility frays as House GOP agenda clashes in committee
In Washington the House Judiciary Committee labored late over major bills under a 100 day GOP deadline. Democrats and Republicans sparred on legal reform welfare cuts and low income programs, sparking invective and brief calls for walkouts. Rep Bono bought pizza to soothe tensions.
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White House defends Foster against critics over Tuskegee links
The White House dismissed new questions about Dr. Henry Foster as distortions while pushing his surgeon general nomination. Critics from the Family Research Council cite a 1969 local medical board briefing on the Tuskegee Study, though Foster asserts he learned of the project in 1972 and was outraged. Public Health Service records and officials reaffirm it was a federal study with no local doctor input.
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