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Guatemala’s Highest Court Throws Out Genocide Conviction
The top court in Guatemala overturned the genocide conviction of Efrain Rios Montt the former dictator of Guatemala. The court ordered the trial to begin again in the middle of its proceedings. The ruling on Monday threw the process into disarray just 10 days after the trial was hailed as historic for the first guilty [...]
Union For Immigration Officers Speaks out against Immigration Legislation
The head of one immigration union that represents over 12,000 federal immigration workers said on Monday that his group would join a growing list of organizations that are similar and are opposed to the immigration legislation that was drafted by eight bipartisan lawmakers and is currently being considered by Congress. The organization the National Citizenship [...]
European Medicine Regulator Says Benefits outweigh Risks in Diane-35
The medicine watchdog in Europe announced on Friday that the benefits of Diane-35, the acne drug, also used commonly as a contraceptive, outweigh the possibility of blood clots developing in veins, when the medicine is correctly prescribed. The risk of developing a clot is low, said the European Medicines Agency in a ruling that had [...]
Financial Advisor Disagrees with Governor Brown’s Budget Outlook
According to a top budget advisor for the California legislature, the financial picture in California is much better that what Governor Jerry Brown has suggested. The advisor says the state would have more than $3.2 billion to spend than what Governor Brown had estimated. Wall Street improvements and the increase in the housing market in [...]
Google Focuses On Innovations As Search Business Comes Under Fire (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Google’s executives told shareholders that while its core search business is under threat from competitors, there is no reason to worry because the company has its eye on a future where Google’s innovative new products change the way that people interact with the world. Google is attempting to develop computers that talk to users, drive [...]
FDA Approves New Prostate Cancer Drug from Bayer
This week regulators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Bayer AG new drug to treat certain forms of prostate cancer that are advanced. The drug will be sold under the name Xofigo and is meant to be used for prostate cancer that has already spread into the patient’s bones, but not into [...]
Apple App Store Reaches 50 Billion Downloads
On July 11, 2008, Apple announced the opening of its online app store appropriately named the Apple App Store. It is uncertain by anyone outside Apple what app was the first to be downloaded, but Apple announced on Wednesday its App Store had surpassed the 50 billion downloads threshold in less than five years. The [...]
Federal Charges Brought Against 89 for Medicare Fraud
Federal officials announced on Tuesday that 89 people had been charged in a major crackdown in healthcare fraud across the U.S. Included in those charged are 14 nurses and doctors for their roles in a number of scams relating to Medicare that bilked more than $223 million from taxpayers through fake charges. Some participants allegedly [...]
Over 50% of Immigrants Still Cross Border Undetected
According to a new independent study the yardstick that is used in the new immigration reform bill to determine how good Border Control is, might produce a picture that is too rosy of how well the U.S. Border Patrol is performing their task of cutting down on the number of illegal crossings. In the report, [...]
Question for Obama on IRS and Benghazi
On Monday, President Barrack Obama will hold a press conference with David Cameron the Prime Minister of Britain. Nevertheless, Obama will most likely be asked question about two controversial domestic issues about the IRS and the Benghazi attack. Republicans are calling for a committee to look into the September 11 attack that took place at [...]