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13-year-old teen left at Omaha hospital (North Platte Telegraph) Midlands News Service LINCOLN - The latest family to use Nebraska's unique safe haven law came all the way from Michigan to leave a 13-year-old boy at Creighton University Medical Center early this morning. us.rd.yahoo.com
COLUMN: Workplace Law: Nondiscrimination Act now law (The Salinas Californian) President Bush has signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008. us.rd.yahoo.com
Family split apart to care for autistic son (Bracebridge Examiner & Gravenhurst Banner) PLAY TIME. Andrea Nicholson watches her son Alec, 3, play with an organ. Alec was diagnosed with a severe type of autism in April 2008. us.rd.yahoo.com
For The Beneficiaries: Licenses, Taxes & The Ancillary Considerations To Holding Immigration Status In The U.S. (Immigration Portal) Every year, scores of immigration attorneys flock to the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to discuss new developments and to learn best practices in family- and employment-based immigration and refugee law. us.rd.yahoo.com
'Robberies' fail to pass sniff test (The Oregonian) Two reported thefts leave Portland police detectives scratching their heads when alleged victims act suspiciously us.rd.yahoo.com
Backstreet Boys hardly boys coming into Coliseum show (The Pantagraph) Now 15 years into their history, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Backstreet Boys are rapidly maturing beyond their eager-beaver early 20s. Take for example, the BSB known to his fans as Howie D, and to his family as Howie Dorough. Howie hits (zowie!) the big 3-5 this summer. us.rd.yahoo.com
Palin: A Woman’s Woman? (Jackson Free Press) The lights were low in Hal & Mal’s Red Room the night of the vice-presidential debate on Oct. 2. A high-pitched hum of excited chatter filled the room, with a big screen set up at the far end. us.rd.yahoo.com
Working Mother's '100 Best' shows family-friendly has come a long way, baby (The Palm Beach Post) Twenty-three years ago, when Working Mother magazine started evaluating companies for their family-friendly practices, the list was slim. There were probably about 10 firms on it, said Jennifer Owens, special projects director for the magazine. us.rd.yahoo.com
ON THE ISSUES: What’s In A Health-Care Plan? (Jackson Free Press) The American health-care system is the most expensive in the world, but the care patients need is not necessarily reflected on the sticker price, according to The Commonwealth Fund’s analysis “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care. us.rd.yahoo.com
Washington's Initiative 1000 is modeled on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (Seattle Times) In November, Washington will vote on an initiative to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill people with less than six months to live. In Oregon, the only state in the nation with such a law, relatively few patients have chosen that option, but the 10-year-old measure still generates emotional controversy. us.rd.yahoo.com
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