Monday, 22 August 2011, 11:21 WIB | Hot News | 99 views
As a gay man who has been open about his homosexuality for 29 years, I feel compelled to praise PBS for telling Americans that Bert and Ernie are puppets and have no plans to legally wed.
A recent online petition circling the Internet was asking people to join the fight in getting Sesame Street to make Bert and Ernie get married. This attempt to make Sesame Street get PC with its TV show is a perfect example of how everything is getting too...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 10:22 WIB | Hot News | 29 views
Study Suggests That Pulse Oximetry Test May Help Screen for Heart Malformations
By Brenda GoodmanWebMD Health News
Aug. 22, 2011 -- All newborns should get a simple oxygen test to check for serious heart defects before they come home from the hospital, a federal advisory panel says.
Heart malformations are the most common kind of birth defect. They affect an estimated one out of 100 births worldwide.
In 25% of cases, the defects are...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 9:22 WIB | Hot News | 38 views
Luke Harding in Tripoli, Lizzy Davies and agencies
Tripoli on the brink of rebel takeover. Link to this video
Heavy fighting broke out near Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli on Monday as the rebels battling for his overthrow met with opposition from forces still loyal to the Libyan dictator.
Following a euphoric night, during which the rebels swept into the capital and appeared to be edging their six-month struggle towards triumph, clashes...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 8:22 WIB | Hot News | 38 views
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Libyan rebels swarmed into the highly symbolic Green Square at the heart of Tripoli early Monday, merely two days after they launched an offensive against the capital in the final push against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government.
The obviously minuscule resistance put on by pro-Gaddafi forces marked a sharp contrast with the muscular defiance put up by their embattled leader, who had repeatedly and passionately...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 7:22 WIB | Hot News | 45 views
The revolt against Moammar Kadafi was born in the eastern city of Benghazi, long a caldron of discontent with the autocratic ruler.The uprising gained traction during bloody spring battles in coastal Misurata, Libya's third-largest city, where residents barricaded streets with shipping containers in ferocious urban warfare.But it is a rebel thrust from the west that may prove decisive in bringing an end to Kadafi's more than four-decade...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 6:22 WIB | Hot News | 66 views
DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
Netherlands criminal court awaits transfer of Gadhafi sons
After Libyan rebels announced the capture Sunday of two of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said his office would talk to the rebels today about transfer for trial. "It is time for justice, not revenge," Moreno-Ocampo said.
Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi, his father and...
Monday, 22 August 2011, 5:21 WIB | Hot News | 431 views
Before newborns leave the hospital, they should receive a simple, pain-free test to check for signs of congenital heart disease, one of the most common types of birth defects, according to a recommendation by a federal advisory panel.In a report published online Sunday in the journal Pediatrics, the doctors propose nationwide screening for critical congenital heart disease using pulse oximetry, a probe placed on a hand and a foot that uses a...
