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Natalie Cole has kidney transplant
Singer Natalie Cole underwent kidney transplant surgery at a Los Angeles, California, hospital Tuesday, according to a statement from her publicist. Cole, daughter of legendary singer-actor Nat King Cole, has been receiving kidney dialysis three times a week since September, the statement said. Cole was “resting comfortably” at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, it said
New Hampshire House opposes governor on same-sex marriage
New Hampshire’s move to become the most recent state to legalize same-sex marriage hit a bump Wednesday, after the state House of Representatives failed to agree to changes made by the governor. The House and Senate have approved allowing gay couples to marry. But Gov.
Terminator Salvation Review: Sensory Overload
From the beginning, when cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger first arrived in our present — nude, greasy and heralded by what now seems like a very quaint series of lightning strikes — it was a bad idea to dwell on the time-traveling twist that has him pursuing a target, John Connor, who is still unconceived yet also alive in the future.
Obama says U.S. must get in front on green energy
President Obama said Wednesday the United States must take the lead on energy, citing the "enormous job creation potential that exists." Obama’s remarks came at the end of his first quarterly meeting with the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which was created in February to provide the administration with independent, nonpartisan advice on how to promote economic growth and stability. The focus of Wednesday’s meeting, which was streamed live on the White House Web site, was job creation and green energy. Obama told the board members he’s seen “some return to normalcy” in parts of the financial markets.
Obama to Tighten National Fuel-Economy Standards
In a landmark decision on climate change and energy, President Barack Obama will announce tough new vehicle gas-mileage standards on Tuesday, the first ever national limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. The new policy, which was worked out between Washington, state governments and the auto industry, will require automakers to meet a minimum fuel-efficiency standard of 35.5 miles a gallon by model year 2016 — four years earlier than Congress currently requires. Not only could the move potentially kick-start the sputtering U.S
Supreme Court issues setback for female workers
Decades-old time off given women for pregnancy leave cannot be counted when deciding pension eligibility, the Supreme Court decided Monday. The ruling is a setback for a relatively small class of women, many in or approaching retirement, who took maternity leave before a federal law went into effect prohibiting workplace discrimination. That 1979 statute, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, said companies had to treat such time off just like any disability, and it would be credited toward retirement.
Airport security bares all, or does it?
Privacy advocates plan to call on the U.S.
The Art and Heart of Blind Photographers
Blind photography: the very concept sounds like an oxymoron. But an intriguing and often striking exhibition of photographs in Riverside, California, argues that it emanates from the core of contemporary art. The show “Sight Unseen,” at the California Museum of Photography until Aug.
Abducted California boy, 3, found in Mexico
A 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his California home nearly two weeks ago has been found, authorities said Saturday. Briant Rodriguez was found Saturday in Mexicali, Mexico, according to the FBI and San Bernardino (California) Sheriff’s office. He has since been reunited with his mother, the agencies said