Critics assail crime laws aimed at people with HIV NEW YORK-A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer -- because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. Charges for the same acts would have been far less severe if the defendants had been virus-free. Now, a coalition of advocacy groups -- backed by an outspoken champion in Congress -- is ratcheting up a...
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(Reuters) - Frigid air blasting over the Great Lakes blew in the season's first major lake effect snowstorm on Monday, blocking visibility and causing massive pileups on icy roads from Michigan to Kentucky. As much as 2 feet of snow was expected to fall on upstate New York by Tuesday as the storm...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A murder case against two doctors who allegedly completed late-term abortions in Maryland after starting them in New Jersey could be the first to test a state law tied to the "viability" of an unborn fetus. Steven Chase Brigham, 55, the owner of American Women's Services...
Memento Mori "Remember, you die" is the translation, but the sentiment is effect to be eye-opening, not morbid, according to . When you remember you die and life is fleeting, you might take the time to appreciate the little things and to seize the day. With New Year's only a few days...
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day Cats get their own special holiday, following our traditional New Year. "Felines, ever above mere humans in the great chain of being, have a day unto themselves to celebrate the 'mewness' of a new time," according to , the originators of the first wacky...
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore says its economy contracted in the fourth quarter as manufacturing plunged amid a slowdown in global trade. The Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that gross domestic product shrank 4.9 percent in the October to December period from the previous...
CARROLL, Iowa—On his first campaign stop of the day on Monday, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas was introduced by a supporter as “the next governor of the United States.” The flub was perhaps fitting: In his final day of campaigning before the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Perry emphasized his experience as Texas’s...
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