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Flames and smoke rise from the Monte Carlo late Friday morning. The blaze sent burning debris raining onto the ground below and forced the evacuation of guests and staff.
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Charles Anderson, right, rubs his face as he waits with his mother-in-law, Ethel Daniels, second from left, and her sister, Naomi Williams, at the MGM Grand Garden on Friday.
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A Clark County firefighter sprays a hot spot on the southern side of the Monte Carlo.
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Emergency vehicles from multiple departments line the Strip outside the Monte Carlo on Friday. Las Vegas Boulevard was closed to traffic between Tropicana and Harmon avenues.
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Stories from Haryana towns falling in the National Capital Region are ...
They do not know how much they would get for their produce, despite the state government having notified the cane price for this year. Sirsa, Mahendragarh chosen for perspective plan
Chandigarh, December 17
The union ministry of panchayati raj has identified two districts of Haryana, namely Mahendragarh and Sirsa, for facilitating the preparation of perspective plan for the 11th Five Year Plan period and annual plan for 2008-09 under the backward region grant fund (BRGF). Names of dead included in list
Rewari, December 17
In the BPL list of Bitodi village of Khol block, the names of two dead persons, Kamlesh, who died three years ago, and Prabhati Lal, who passed away a year ago, have been included. A large number of rich and educated families have also found a place in the list.
Revising late-term abortions proposed
TOPEKA | Abortion opponents announced planned legislation Thursday that they say would enhance enforcement of late-term abortion laws and prevent women from getting coerced abortions.</p><p>The measure would give district and county attorneys the ability to see abortion records and pursue a case if they think a crime was committed.</p><p>The announcement came a day after a judge allowed a grand jury to examine the medical records of 2,000 women who sought late-term abortions at Wichita physician George Tiller's clinic.</p><p>Women who sought abortions and their families also would be allowed to file civil suits against those they think violated the state's abortion law, said Rep. Lance Kinzer, a Republican from Olathe.</p><p>“A very good and limited late-term abortion law in the state of Kansas is not being followed and enforced,” Kinzer said.</p><p>But the proposed measure “trivializes the real pain and heartache that women and their families go through when they have to make a decision” to have an abortion, said Julie Burkhardt, chief operating officer for ProKanDo, which supports abortion rights.</p><p>She highlighted a part of the proposal that would allow citizens to take the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to court if it did not issue the public abortion data it is required to disclose.</p><p>Burkhardt said the measure was an effort to restrict legal access to abortion and intimidate abortion providers.</p><p>Kansans for Life said the proposed new measure would help prevent coerced abortions.</p><p>One of the provisions would require women to have at least 30 minutes of reflection time beforehand and be given a copy of the doctor's determination about the baby's viability.</p><p>Other provisions include:</p><p>- Allowing women the chance to see any ultrasound images of their fetus or hear a fetal heartbeat.</p><p>- Requiring the Kansas Board of Healing Arts to revoke the medical license of a doctor who breaks the state's late-term abortion law.</p><p>- Requiring doctors to retain abortion records for 10 years instead of the current five.</p><p>- Allowing the attorney general or district or county attorney to prosecute a reported violation in the county where the abortion was performed or where the woman lives.
FDA: Contaminated Pet Food Caused Illnesses, Deaths
FDA intents to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.Colchicine is a highly toxic drug that can easily be administered in excessive doses, especially when given intravenously. There is a narrow margin between an effective dose of the drug and a toxic dose that can result in serious health risks, including death. The FDA is aware of 50 reports of adverse events associated with the use of intravenous colchicine, including 23 deaths. Potentially fatal effects include low blood cell counts, cardiac events, and organ failure."Today's action supports our ongoing efforts to end the marketing of unapproved drugs with serious health risks," said Janet Woodcock, M.D., FDA's deputy commissioner for scientific and medical programs, chief medical officer, and acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).
This isn't the '70s: Today's tech centers draw college-bound
Career technical centers in the region are finding more students are interested in the "learning by doing" programs, which educators say are better preparing those students for life after high school. Approximately 90 percent of the students at Portsmouth High School, which includes the SAU 50 towns of Newington, New Castle, Rye and Greenland, as well as Portsmouth and tuitioned students from Kittery, Maine, will participate in the school's Career Center at some point during their high school career. The Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter has 630 high school students from Epping, Exeter, Great Bay eLearning Charter School, Newmarket, Raymond, Sanborn Regional and Winnacunnet enrolled in the current semester. "Six or seven years ago, we had 250 students," Seacoast School Principal Margaret Callahan said.
Musharraf's Days Could Be Numbered
Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice. A sweeping opposition win in elections has diminished the U.S.-backed leader's political standing as never before and many predict his days in power are numbered. Musharraf has already given up his command of the army, and his rock-bottom popularity at home has diminished his effectiveness to his Western allies in the fight against Islamic extremism. "I don't see him surviving. It is just a question of time," said Shafqat Mahmood, a political analyst who is a prominent commentator in Pakistani newspapers and television. Monday's elections, in which the ruling party mustered just 15 percent of the vote, exposed how little support Musharraf has among Pakistan's 160 million people.
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