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House To Consider Back Pay For FAA Workers

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Thousands of Federal Aviation Administration workers idled by a two-week shutdown would get back pay under a bill introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House. The measure authorizing the payment of wages and benefits to about 4,000 FAA employees for the time they were off during the agency’s partial shutdown was […]

Spice Used In Curry May Help Tendinitis

NOTTINGHAM, England, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A common spice used in Indian curries shows promise for those suffering from tendinitis, a team of British and German researchers say. Dr. Ali Mobasheri of the University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and colleagues at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, say curcumin, which […]

Economics Behind Britain's Riots?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Large portions of London and other British cities are continuing scenes of raging, mindless violence amid the worst wave of rioting in recent European history. Gone for good is the image of Britain as a particularly civil society where cups of tea and polite discourse solved all. Debris from looted […]

Economics Behind Britain’s Riots?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Large portions of London and other British cities are continuing scenes of raging, mindless violence amid the worst wave of rioting in recent European history. Gone for good is the image of Britain as a particularly civil society where cups of tea and polite discourse solved all. Debris from looted […]

Clerk Killed, 2 Wounded In Fla. Robbery

FORT LAUDERDLE, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A holdup at a check-cashing store in South Florida ended badly Tuesday with a clerk shot to death and two other people, wounded, authorities said. WTVJ-TV, Miami, reported the shootings occurred after Broward County sheriff’s deputies responded to a robbery report about 9:30 a.m. Officials said the deputies […]

HHS Grants To Expand Healthcare Access

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Sixty-seven community centers will share $28.8 million to help build health service delivery sites, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday. The health service delivery sites are expected to serve an additional 286,000 patients, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a release. The funds were made available through […]

Four Fla. Men Charged In Home Loan Scam

BOSTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Four Florida residents were arrested Tuesday on charges they defrauded homeowners nationwide in a home loan modification scam, the U.S. Justice Department said. An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Boston, where some of the alleged victims lived, charged Christopher S. Godfrey of Delray Beach, Dennis Fischer of Highland […]

Police Retrieve Ring From Stomach

CICERO, Ill., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A home repairman working in Cicero, Ill., stole a diamond ring, then swallowed it to keep its owner from getting it back, law enforcement officials said. Wilfredo Gonzalez, 30, of Chicago has been charged with felony theft. The Chicago Tribune reported Gonzalez was doing remodeling work in the alleged […]

632,000 Pot Plants Seized In California

UKIAH, Calif., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Law enforcement officers who spent three weeks combing California’s Mendocino National Forest collected a pile of 632,000 marijuana plants, officials say. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and state Department of Justice said officers also seized about 2,000 pounds of processed marijuana, $38,000 in cash and 20 vehicles. A total […]

Witness At Alleged Gangster's Trial Killed

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Florida police are investigating the shooting death of a man scheduled to testify in a case against an alleged gang leader, The Palm Beach Post reported. The Post, citing unidentified sources, reported the body of Eguel Geffrard, 25, was discovered about 7 a.m. the parking lot of […]