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Nurses' union: Care does not include sex
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
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Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul
(AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.
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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
(AP)
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AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.
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Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69
(AP)
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AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.
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Obama presses China on currency in trade speech
(Reuters)
- Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years.
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Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested
(AP)
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AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.
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Conan O'Brien will take his show to theaters
(AP)
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AP - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.
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Why China drags its feet on UN sanctions against Iran
(The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - For months, the United States and other countries have spent an enormous amount of diplomatic capital pressuring China to impose a new round of sanctions on Iran.
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Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom
(AP)
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AP - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled.
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Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live'
(AP)
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AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."
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Why Rush Limbaugh would go to Costa Rica if Obama's healthcare plan passes
(The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.
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Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
(AP)
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AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
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PETA offers anti-meat trash cans for Colo. parks
(AP)
- AP - The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks — on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini.
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Obama gives away $1.4M Nobel prize
(AP)
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AP - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."
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More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Man convicted in slaying of Broncos cornerback
(AP)
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AP - The group of Denver Broncos players arrived at the Safari nightclub to celebrate New Year's Eve and was whisked inside by bouncers. One of the dozens of people waiting in line to get in — an alleged Tre-Tre Crips gang member — took exception.
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Federal court approves 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
(The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - An atheist activist from Sacramento failed to convince a federal court in California that references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on US currency are unconstitutional endorsements of religion.
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China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches
(AFP)
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AFP - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.
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Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth
(AP)
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AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight. And it was less than in the previous two quarters.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs: For Obama, they lie in more exports
(The Christian Science Monitor)
- The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama plans to create 2 million new jobs within five years by doubling – yes, doubling – US exports. To achieve that stunning goal will require him to bang forcefully on the doors of many countries that now block American goods and services.