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• Cruise ship runs aground off Italy; deaths reported

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Just finished a transatlantic Costa Cruise. Worst experience ever. VERY disorganized and VERY unsafe. I'm not surprised at this tragedy. I'm also not surprised the Captain lied to the passengers. The best possible outcome for this would be for Costa to go broke and never sail again.

• Premature labor drug spikes from $10 to $1,500

  Wed Mar 9, 2011
  • Sorry, "Nurse".  Pharmaceutical companies aren't even allowed to give PENS to docs anymore, let alone "expensive trips to doc and wife".  I've been a doc for over 20 years and have yet to see more than a pen or a notepad from a drug company.  The pens and note pads went away about a …

• Store clerk wins $258.5 million Powerball

  Thu Apr 22, 2010
  • Unfortunately I agree with most of the negative posters. His best bet is to: 1. Don't take the lump sum. It WILL be eaten by vultures.

• States eye changes to teacher pay

  Thu Apr 8, 2010
  • Re: the 'corporal punishment' comment above. I'm not sure whether corporal punishment is the answer, but I do know that from kindergaten on up, kids today are taught over and over again that they are not responsible for their actions and that bad behavior can not be punished.

• States eye changes to teacher pay

  Thu Apr 8, 2010
  • "Merit Pay" for teachers is long overdue. The arguement that 'some teachers get better students than others' is irrelevent. You measure what the kids know coming in and what they know going out.

• Niche matchmaking sites attract date ‘crashers’

  Mon Mar 29, 2010
  • Yes, there are liars out there (approximately 12 in every dozen).  You need to do your homework - your 'due diligence'.  Hiring a private investigator isn't that expensive (compared to a divorce).  I did the 'online dating' thing and, over the course of three years, met three …

• Woman keeps world’s largest rodent as a pet

  Fri Feb 12, 2010
  • Maybe not, but anacondas love em.

• C-section rates around globe at ‘epidemic’ levels

  Tue Jan 12, 2010
  • Its not true everywhere. My hospital does around 2,000 deliveries/year with a 15% overall C-section rate. I personally just came off four weeks of night call, almost a hundred deliveries, and 3 c-sections. The only real reason for a high C-section rate is fear of malpractice liability.

• Second woman says ER ignored her, baby died

  Thu Dec 31, 2009
  • I'm an OB doc and I can surmise what happened. Seems this lady DID, in fact, get to the OB dept. Placed on monitor, which will rarely pick up contractions on a 22 weeker.