Granite counter - Situation Room gets a high-tech makeover
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Situation Room at the White House isn't one room at all but a sprawling 5,000-square-foot complex. And it's nothing like the state-of-the-art Counter-Terrorist Unit on TV's "24."
Letting video game players compete against others online has distinguished Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 console from Nintendo and Sony Corp.(6758.T) rivals, but casual gamers have yet to embrace the service in droves.
Agustin Gurza, a Los Angeles Times staff writer who covers Latino music and culture, was in the papers ground-floor cafeteria last July when he heard the young, mostly Mexican and Central American workers behind a lunch counter chatting away about an item in that days edition.
Drug use among teens continued its decade-long drop, but some drugs, including cough syrup, prescription painkillers and inhalants, remain popular, a new national survey says.
Popular over-the-counter pain pills such as aspirin, ibuprofen and acetominophen would have to carry labels with sterner warnings under a government proposal to better emphasize the drugs' risks.
Many Democrats talked openly during the fall campaign about their faith and how it influenced their policy positions in an overt attempt to counter the power of the religious right. Now that they have won control of Congress, people can expect next year to see a new set of issues being presented with a religious spin.
With patient access to physicians getting costlier and more scarce, pharmacists are stepping into the role of caregiver. They spend less time filling prescriptions (now largely delegated to assistants) and more time on the front lines: teaching diabetic patients how to inject insulin, helping hypertension patients manage their blood pressure, dispensing advice on which over-the-counter medication ...
Highland Capital to pitch $4.7 billion program as opposed to the $3.4 billion plan outlined Monday - paper.
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is starting a magazine about aboriginal issues, saying it wants to counter the often negative stories in the mainstream press.
Slightly fewer adolescents abused illegal drugs and alcohol in 2006, but fairly high numbers of them continued to abuse prescription narcotics, according to a new study.
Letting video game players compete against others online has distinguished Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 console from Nintendo and Sony Corp.(6758.T) rivals, but casual gamers have yet to embrace the service in droves.
Agustin Gurza, a Los Angeles Times staff writer who covers Latino music and culture, was in the papers ground-floor cafeteria last July when he heard the young, mostly Mexican and Central American workers behind a lunch counter chatting away about an item in that days edition.
Drug use among teens continued its decade-long drop, but some drugs, including cough syrup, prescription painkillers and inhalants, remain popular, a new national survey says.
Popular over-the-counter pain pills such as aspirin, ibuprofen and acetominophen would have to carry labels with sterner warnings under a government proposal to better emphasize the drugs' risks.
Many Democrats talked openly during the fall campaign about their faith and how it influenced their policy positions in an overt attempt to counter the power of the religious right. Now that they have won control of Congress, people can expect next year to see a new set of issues being presented with a religious spin.
With patient access to physicians getting costlier and more scarce, pharmacists are stepping into the role of caregiver. They spend less time filling prescriptions (now largely delegated to assistants) and more time on the front lines: teaching diabetic patients how to inject insulin, helping hypertension patients manage their blood pressure, dispensing advice on which over-the-counter medication ...
Highland Capital to pitch $4.7 billion program as opposed to the $3.4 billion plan outlined Monday - paper.
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is starting a magazine about aboriginal issues, saying it wants to counter the often negative stories in the mainstream press.
Slightly fewer adolescents abused illegal drugs and alcohol in 2006, but fairly high numbers of them continued to abuse prescription narcotics, according to a new study.
