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Toyota to announce March incentives in U.S. (Reuters)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:48:35 +0000

Reuters – Toyota Motor Corp will roll out an aggressive incentive program for U.S. consumers in March, including zero-percent financing for five years and two-year free maintenance, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.

NY prosecutor clears U.S. liberal group ACORN workers (Reuters)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:46:33 +0000

Reuters – Employees at the U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN who were caught on video giving tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, New York prosecutors said on Monday.

Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids (AP)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:12:10 +0000

AP – It’s a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents’ request.

Some House foes eye switch to ‘yes’ on health care (AP)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:11:53 +0000

AP – Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their “no” votes to “yes” on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, brightening the party’s hopes in the face of unyielding Republican opposition.

Cops: Man shoots up room, puts clock in microwave (AP)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:07:47 +0000

AP – Authorities said an overnight hotel guest who claimed a divine calling has been jailed after shooting up his room and placing an alarm clock in the microwave. Police say the 53-year-old Dearborn Heights man surrendered about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the Albion Inn, about 85 miles west of Detroit. He was being held in the Calhoun County Jail pending arraignment and mental evaluation.

Chile troops sent to quell post-quake unrest (AFP)

medi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:01:51 +0000

AFP – Angry and hungry Chileans set fire to shops in the quake-hit city of Concepcion Monday as President Michelle Bachelet rushed 5,000 extra troops to the disaster zone to maintain order.