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Do-It-Yourself Anti-Overdose Kits: Do They Help?
If there’s anything more empowering than bringing someone back to life, Dan Bigg wouldn’t know. He has personally resuscitated five people who were unconscious from drug overdoses, and the organization he co-founded in 1991, Chicago Recovery Alliance, has helped save hundreds of others from accidental drug-related death. The organization’s strategy is a simple one: Help people help themselves
China Gropes for a Response to North Korea’s Nuke Moves
In the summer of 2006, in the immediate aftermath of North Korea’s unexpected long-range missile launch, the Chinese government quietly sent a senior envoy, former foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan, to Pyongyang to express Beijing’s displeasure. Tang cooled his heels for a couple of days, before finally meeting — briefly, diplomatic sources have said — with leader Kim Jong Il. Just three months later, in October 2006, North Korea again defied the world and tested a nuclear bomb for the first time
Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court nominee
President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S.
Impressive Rangers secure Scottish title
Rangers ended Celtic’s three-year reign as Scottish champions on Sunday with an impressive 3-0 victory at Dundee United. Going into the final matches of the season, Walter Smith’s side led their Glasgow rivals by two points and needed a victory to guarantee the title coming back to Ibrox for the first time since 2005
How the Economy Could Crush Iraq’s Hopes
Ahmed Basim Mohammed al-Abaje is understanding about slow salary payments from the Iraqi government. He and other citizens of Baghdad are beginning to realize that the Iraqi government is running low on cash owing to the global financial crisis.
U.S., Russian officials to discuss new nuclear treaty
Russian and U.S officials are meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Moscow to discuss a replacement pact for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I, which is expiring in December. “The key thing is that our two countries seem to have decided that we do want to pursue very intensive negotiations between now and December 2009 to try to achieve a new treaty to replace START when it goes out of force December 5,” said Rose Gottemoeller, the U.S. assistant secretary of state
GM and Chrysler: The Revenge of the Car Dealers
Chrysler and GM will force 2,000 car dealerships to close. This event has elicited a great many opinions from industry experts. The consensus is that the most damage to the car companies will come from the anxiety facing potential customers who may buy automobiles at these dealers and expect to have them serviced there.
UK Speaker to address calls for his head
The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons plans to make a statement Tuesday afternoon amid calls for him to resign, a spokesman for the House of Commons told CNN. The subject of Speaker Michael Martin’s speech wasn’t clear. But he has come under increasing pressure from MPs to step down in connection with a widening scandal surrounding lawmakers’ expenses
‘Angels & Demons’ summons a $48 million bow
Ron Howard’s "Angels & Demons" soared to a $48 million opening this weekend, narrowly edging out a stellar $43 million second-week performance by "Star Trek," according to estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office. While hardly miraculous, Angels’ solid bow is the second-best opening of Tom Hanks’ career, behind “The Da Vinci Code’s” $77.1 million debut in 2006. Despite receiving better reviews than its predecessor, ‘Angels’ was widely expected to fly lower than ‘Da Vinci’ on account of the cooled-off controversy over the religious subject matter in Dan Brown’s novels