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Democrats Risk Losing Obama's Old Senate Seat

Jan 26th, 2010 · Illinois voters head to the polls Feb. 2 to elect Senate nominees in the Republican and Democratic primaries. But his party missteps, a weak and untested Democratic field, and a strong moderate running away with the nomination on the GOP side could all add up to trouble for the Democrats in Illinois.

Keywords: Republicans · Democrats · Senate · GOP · voters · Nominee · Illinois · Obama · missteps · primaries · nomination · untested

Democrats Risk Losing Obama's Old Senate Seat

Jan 26th, 2010 · Illinois voters head to the polls Feb. 2 to elect Senate nominees in the Republican and Democratic primaries. But his party missteps, a weak and untested Democratic field, and a strong moderate running away with the nomination on the GOP side could all add up to trouble for the Democrats in Illinois.

Keywords: Republicans · Democrats · Senate · GOP · voters · Nominee · Illinois · Obama · missteps · primaries · nomination · untested

Increase In Pyschiatric Drug Combos Prompts Safety Concerns

Jan 4th, 2010 · While the safety of antipsychotic and antidepressants drugs has been debated in children, this is one of the first studies to look at trends over time of prescribing multiple psychiatric drugs to adults. The authors found that patients are commonly prescribed untested combinations of drugs, where the efficacy and possible side effects of the combos are unknown.

Keywords: Drugs · children · Safety · Patient · adult · Antidepressants · prescribing · combo · psychiatric · untested · Antipsychotic · Pyschiatric

Audit Prods L.A. To Tackle Backlog In DNA Evidence

Dec 12th, 2008 · In Los Angeles, more than 12,000 DNA evidence kits taken from sexual assault victims wait untested in police crime labs and storage facilities. Police say they haven't had the money or the technology to deal with the backlog. But a scathing city audit has officials pledging to test every rape kit — and to help victims bring criminals to justice.

Keywords: crime · city · L.A · Los Angeles · evidence · money · victims · Justice · criminal · technology · assaulting · DNA

Crime Labs Struggle with Flood of DNA Samples *

Dec 12th, 2007 · Crime labs are expanding DNA databases to include misdemeanants and arrestees as well as convicts. The effort may lead to more DNA matches from crime scenes. But now, a big backlog of evidence remains untested -- while offenders may be committing more crimes.

Keywords: crime · convicted · evidence · DNA · lab · database · Struggle · backlog · untested · misdemeanants · arrestees

Civilian Judge Stalls Court-Martial of War Resister

Nov 15th, 2007 · A civilian court has stepped in on the case of war resister Ehren Watada, an Army first lieutenant who faced court-martial for refusing to deploy to Iraq. The federal court's involvement gives Watada a much stronger chance of winning, but it means his central argument would go untested in court.

Keywords: Iraq · federal · civil · army · martial · Lieutenant · untested · Watada · Ehren Watada

China Executes Ex-Food and Drug Chief **

Jul 10th, 2007 · China executed Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of its food and drug watchdog, for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis. The execution was confirmed by state television and the official Xinhua News Agency.

Keywords: Drugs · Food · products · China · executives · Safety · crisis · television · Beijing · watchdog · medicinal · untested

Unorthodox Therapy in New Orleans Raises Concern

Mar 29th, 2006 · Some mental health workers are using untested therapies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina -- and that is prompting concern. One such treatment is thought field therapy, in which tapping on a series of acupuncture-type points in the body is thought to free the sufferer from emotional pain.

Keywords: Hurricane Katrina · Orleans · Health · therapy · workers · Mental · emotional · therapies · unorthodox · acupuncture · untested

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