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Report: Problems at personal care homes piling up
State officials rarely issue heavy fines or shut down personal care homes, despite poor conditions in some facilities such as one in which live cockroaches were found in the kitchen, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Deficiencies in care have piled up in many such homes, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/a1eK) found. Georgia's ...
Reds fan catches 2 HR baseballs
What's more unusual than a team hitting back-to-back homers? How about one fan catching both of them. That's what Caleb Lloyd did on Monday night at Great American Ball Park. The 20-year-old junior from Thomas More College was in left field when Reds pitcher Mike Leake hit his first career ...
Head of US nuclear safety agency to step down
The embattled chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying. Gregory Jaczko stepped down ahead of a potentially blistering ...
Woman with flesh-eating disease takes own breaths
A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating disease is now able to breathe on her own, a milestone that sent the family's spirits soaring, her father said Monday. Aimee Copeland is now focused on taking each breath without the aid of a ventilator, which will help her lungs recover, her ...
Cable cos to share access on 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots
Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots. Five major operators with nearly 40 million broadband subscribers said Monday that they would let each other's customers access more than 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide for no extra charge ...
Weekend 'Today' anchor Robach jumps to ABC
Weekend "Today" show anchor Amy Robach is jumping from NBC News to ABC. ABC said Monday that Robach will be a news correspondent based in New York. She has been the co-anchor of the weekend "Today" edition since 2007. Robach worked in local news in Washington, D.C., Charleston, S.C., and ...
Md. military medical museum marks 150th year
A military medical museum in Silver Spring is celebrating 150 years of collecting body parts. The National Museum of Health and Medicine marks the anniversary Monday with a speech by the armed forces' chief medical examiner, Navy Capt. Craig Mallak. The event also marks the museum's re-opening to the public. ...
Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC coast
Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner. The first storm of the season that officially begins June 1 was not expected to approach ...
CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. And an even larger proportion of obese adolescents have such a risk, according to the alarming new numbers. "What ...
Jekyll Island reaches milestone in $50M makeover
After six years of planning and 18 months of construction, Georgia officials on Sunday celebrated the opening of Jekyll Island's new beachfront convention center — the centerpiece of a multimillion-dollar makeover aimed at winning back tourist groups and business groups that had given up on the state park's dated amenities. ...
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