Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has died, Dartmouth College said Monday. He was 96. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement: I am deeply saddened by the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop was a fearless public servant and a pioneering pediatric surgeon. I was honored to have…
(CNN) — February 26, 2012. That was the day two strangers — Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager walking back with Skittles and an iced tea he’d picked up at 7-Eleven, and George Zimmerman, a white Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida — met for the first and only time. It’s been nearly a…
Phoenix, AZ (KPHO) (CBS5) (CNN) – Security at a Phoenix gay bar now carry stun guns after an angry man tried to beat down the door with an ax. Last Saturday night the staff at Oz Bar told CBS 5 News they had a run in with Lawrence Aguirre. “He wasn’t wearing a tin suit,…
(CNN) — Ben Affleck may not have earned recognition from the Academy in the directing category, but his movie “Argo” walked away on Sunday with the best picture Oscar. “Life of Pi” was another big winner during the 85th Oscars ceremony as it claimed four awards, including the best director statue for Ang Lee. Here’s…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — While same-sex couples are excluded from many tax benefits, there is one tax break they qualify for that opposite-sex married couples don’t — if they adopt a partner’s child. A tax credit for what is known as a “second parent adoption” grants qualifying taxpayers up to $12,650 per child for certain…
ROME, Italy (CNN) — Scotland’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has resigned amid allegations that he abused four men studying to be priests in the 1980s. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation last week, the Vatican said in a statement released Monday. O’Brien said he submitted his resignation to the pope months ago, citing…
