Washington was waking up Wednesday to a new Senate make-up, one featuring Republican Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown, who defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a victory few thought possible just a month ago.
The race for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy
In his victory speech, Brown declared that he had "defied the odds and the pundits," and said he would try to be a "worthy successor" to Kennedy.
The man accused of stabbing to death an 88-year-old woman in front of her Linwood townhouse pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
Anthony Milano, 65, is accused of killing Catherine McGowan in a late-morning attack in the Village at Linwood on Oct. 8. McGowan’s daughter, Dianne Nehmad, 61, and an 84-year-old neighbor who came to the women’s rescue were wounded.
Milano did not speak during the brief hearing before Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury.
An earthquake killing up to 200,000 people would have been bad enough anywhere, but in Haiti, where AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are rampant, children are malnourished and hygiene is already a challenge, it may create one of the worst medical disasters ever.
Medical teams pouring in to set up mobile hospitals say they are already overwhelmed by the casualties and fear the worst is yet to come as infection and disease take hold.
"The number one risk is always bacterial infections where they have open wounds," from a UN Health director
As humanitarian agencies ship food, water and medicine to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, one U.S. company is sending aid of another type: solar-powered audio Bibles.
Officials at Faith Comes by Hearing says 600 "Proclaimer" devices have been shipped to Haiti, where they'll be able to broadcast holy scriptures in native Haitian Creole to up to 300 people at a time.
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