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Driver who uses medical marijuana wins appeal
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that medical marijuana users aren't automatically breaking the law if they're caught driving after using the drug. The court unanimously overturned an appeals court decision in the case of a Grand Traverse County man, Rodney Koon. He was stopped in 2010 for speeding — ...
Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar
A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care. Ronald Poppo doesn't like to leave his hospital ...
Maine gov. signs suicide prevention education bill
Gov. Paul R. LePage has signed a bill into law that will make sure staff at Maine schools are trained in suicide education and awareness. In a ceremonial signing ceremony on Tuesday, LePage also pledged $44,000 from his contingency fund to the effort. More than a dozen suicide survivors, staff ...
Henry Ford trustees to end Beaumont merger talks
An expansive plan to merge two southeastern Michigan health systems into a single, $6.4 billion nonprofit organization with 10 hospitals has fizzled out. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System trustees voted to end discussions with Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Henry Ford chief executive Nancy Schlichting told staff Tuesday in ...
Norovirus blamed for sickening Sioux City students
Officials are blaming an outbreak of norovirus for an illness that sickened dozens of students at a Sioux City elementary school. The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/180AbW0 ) that Siouxland District Health Department announced Tuesday that lab results show the virus caused more than 40 students and three staff members ...
Ill. House committee approves Medicaid expansion
A plan to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults without children squeaked through an Illinois House committee Tuesday despite scrutiny over a last-minute amendment that would give more flexibility to mental health institutions. The Human Services Committee voted 8-6 in favor of the expansion, which is part of President Barack ...
APNewsBreak: Feds to run high-risk plan in Ohio
Federal and Ohio officials couldn't agree on spending for a state-run stopgap health insurance plan that covers Ohioans who can't get coverage elsewhere, so the U.S. government will take it over, state officials said Tuesday. A similar scenario is playing out in 17 other states, creating uncertainty for tens of ...
Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama
A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday. Seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre said in a statement. ...
Chronic pain affects growing number of MN veterans
Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade. For example, according to an analysis by Minnesota Public Radio of Department of Veterans Affairs ...
More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters as global ...
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