www.delawareonline.com WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 2006 THE NEWS JOURNAL A3 1 Justice Kennedy given new coronary artery stent WASHINGTON -Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 70, was hospitalized over the weekend to have a new stent put in a coronary artery, court spokeswoman Kathleen Arberg said Tuesday. "There was no evidence of heart damage," she said, describing the procedure as "routine." Last fall, during a regular check-up, doctors found evidence of a clogged artery, and Kennedy had a stent implanted to keep the blood flowing normally, Arberg said. Harris easily wins GOP Senate nomination in Fla.
MIAMI U.S. Rep. Kather-ine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to easily claim the Many ground zero workers will have lifelong lung ills Study proves respiratory problems By AMY WESTFELDT Associated Press NEW YORK Nearly 70 percent of the rescue and cleanup workers who toiled in the dust and fumes at ground zero have had trouble breathing, and many will probably be sick for the rest of their lives, doctors said Tuesday in releasing results of the biggest Sept. 11 health study yet. The Mount Sinai Medical Center study is conclusive proof of a link between recovery work at the World Trade Center ruins and long-term respiratory problems, doctors said.
"There should no longer CAUSES 7 i GOP nomina- 7 tion for the Senate on Tuesday, and 1 I 1 De any ooudi aooui tne health effects of the World Trade Center. Our patients are sick," said Dr. Robin Herbert, co-director of the group that has monitored the health of nearly 16,000 ground zero workers. Herbert said that most of the patients in the study Getty ImagesLUISACOSTA Supporters of leftist PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador protest in front of the Federal Election Tribunal. Court names Calderon victor Lopez Obrador vows to run parallel government, block power transfer Most of the patients in the study were at ground zero between Sept 11 and Sept.
2001, which exposed them to asbestos, pulverized concrete, mercury and toxins that will leave them chronically sick. Lavis iieiu a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush. Harris next faces an uphill U.S. Rep.
Katherine Harris w- -1 1 uslL. LI i first came to ground zero between Sept. 11 and Sept. 13, 2001, which exposed them to asbestos, pulverized concrete, mercury and toxins that will leave them chronically sick. "Our patients were very, very highly exposed, and are likely to suffer health consequences as a result of that for the rest of their lives," she said.
Herbert was joined by lawmakers who accused the federal government of not doing enough to protect the workers' health and not spending enough to treat them. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cast doubt on the study's claims, saying, "I don't believe that you can say specifically a particular problem came from this particular event." Dr. John Howard, who was appointed by the Bush administration in February to coordinate the various ground zero health programs, called the findings "extremely important" and said they support other researchers' work, including a study of city firefighters. The study, to be published Thursday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, focused mostly on what has come to be called "World Trade Center cough" in 9,442 ground zero workers examined between July 2002 and April 2004. They included construction workers, police and firefighters and other volunteers who worked at the site, in the city morgue or at a landfill where more than 1 million tons of trade center debris were carted.
PROLONGED FIGHT Tuesday's ruling in Mexico came two months, three days, and tens of thousands of pages of legal challenges after voters cast their ballots. In comparison, the U.S. presidential elections of 2000 remained in dispute for 35 days. against Lopez Obrador, who promised to govern on behalf of the poor. But the problems weren't enough to annul the results, they said.
"There are no perfect elections," Judge Alfonsina Berta Navarro Hidalgo said. The court rejected most of Lopez Obrador's allegations, including his claim that an ad campaign comparing him to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unfairly swayed voters. The court also dismissed Lopez Obrador's claim of subliminal messages in ads by pro-Calderon businesses. The court's president, Leonel Castillo, called on Mexicans to unite and mend the deep divisions the election revealed. "I hope we conclude this electoral process leaving confrontation behind," he said.
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MEXICO CITY Felipe Calderon was declared presidentelect Tuesday after two months of uncertainty, but his ability to rule effectively remained in doubt with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowing to lead a parallel leftist government from the streets. The unanimous decision by the Federal Electoral Tribunal rejected allegations of systematic fraud and awarded Calderon the presidency by 233,831 votes out of 41.6 million cast in the July 2 elections a margin of 0.56 percent. The ruling cannot be appealed. Calderon now must win over millions of Mexicans angry that President Vicente Fox, who is from Calderon's party, didn't make good on promises of sweeping change and fend off thousands of radicalized leftists who say they will stop at nothing to undermine his presidency Lopez Obrador, whose support is dwindling but becoming more radical, has said he won't recognize the new government and vows to block Felipe Calderon (left) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador were the candidates in the disputed election. Calderon from taking power Dec.
1. "I do not recognize someone who tries to act as the chief federal executive without having legitimate and democratic representation," Lopez Obrador told followers at Mexico's main central plaza, the Zocalo. "We aren't going to let him govern!" Thomas Jimenez, a 30-year-old law student, screamed as hundreds of protesters threw eggs and trash at the courthouse. The decision by the seven judges -who have split their votes in disputes about other elections also found that Fox endangered the election by making statements that favored Calderon, and that business leaders broke the law by paying for ads Official: Calif, coach involved in youth football brawl won't coach in league again battle against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson.
Harris had 50 percent of the vote against three relative unknowns. More bad weather could prevent shuttle launch CAPE CANAVERAL Space shuttle Atlantis will try to dodge more bad weather to get off the launch pad today after being delayed more than a week by a lightning strike and a tropical storm. Shuttle forecast officer Kathy Winters said Tuesday that there is a 30 percent chance that heavy clouds and showers could prevent the launch, scheduled for 12:29 p.m. Charges dropped for men once accused in terror plot DETROIT A federal judge threw out conspiracy and money laundering charges Tuesday against three Texas men once accused of plotting a terror attack on Michigan's iconic Mackinac Bridge. U.S.
District Court Magistrate Charles Binder in Bay City ruled that federal prosecutors failed to present enough evidence to justify bringing them to trial on charges involving the buying and resale of prepaid cell phones. Tony Blair to step down as prime minister in 2007 LONDON Britain's Tony Blair will step down as Prime Minister in July 2007 after more than 10 years leading his country, a newspaper reported today after two ministers acknowledged he was likely to leave office next year. Blair intends to resign as leader of the governing Labour party on May 31, 2007, The Sun tabloid reported. Extremist group praises tourist shootings in Jordan AMMAN, Jordan A Web statement purportedly from an Iraq-based extremist group praised a Jordanian gunman Tuesday for shooting foreign tourists Monday at a popular Roman ruin in Amman and urged young Muslims to follow in the attacker's steps. The Mujahedeen Shura Council in Iraq, an umbrella organization for several Islamic militant groups including al-Qaida in Iraq, said the attack was staged on an "unblessed gathering of Jews and Christians for roaming freely in the countries of Islam." From Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and USA Today reports At the time of the clash, the Redskins were ahead, 16-6.
Wood told The Record newspaper in Stockton that he disagreed with the rival team's suggestion that the Stockton Bears had a pattern of making late hits. "They're trying to blame it on us," Wood said about the melee. Some Riveroak coaches and parents apologized to the other team. Petero's family said he had no Petero was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after the incident, but has not been charged. "Petero will never coach in the DYFL again," Evans said.
Witnesses said Petero rushed onto the field after Stockton Bears player Brian Wood, 13, made the late hit on Petero's son. Referee Tim Winek said he had just called a penalty on Wood when the fighting started. Evans and other league officials met Monday to decide what to do after Saturday's incident and the ensuing brawl between parents and children from both Petero's Riveroak Redskins and the Stockton Bears. The league governs about 12,000 players ages 7 to 14 in the northern San Joaquin Valley. Petero, assistant coach of the Riveroak Redskins, turned himself in to Stockton police Saturday night.
He was released from county jail on Sunday Associated Press STOCKTON, Calif. An official with the youth football league that oversees the teams involved in a stands-clearing brawl said the assistant coach who started the melee by charging a player on the opposing team should be banned from coaching. Reg Evans, vice president of the Delta Youth Football League, said Cory Petero, 36, was out of line when he attacked the boy for making a late hit on Petero's son. First in Quality PREMIER BUILDERS is. Just the right fit for your commercial project.
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