Adams Needle

Maine needle exchange funding drying up

The syringes are collected to prevent the spread of AIDS, hepatitis and other diseases.

Funding for needle exchange programs drying up

Advocates say the public should consider the cost-effectiveness of the programs, which help to prevent the spread of diseases.

Vermilion Parish Drug Arrests

The Vermilion/Municipal Narcotics Task Force recently conducted two undercover operations that netted the arrests of three people.

Indian River jury awards woman $257,000 in medical malpractice case

VERO BEACH — A jury deliberated 1 1/2 hours Wednesday before awarding a 73-year-old woman $257,000 because a broken suturing needle was left in her during a 2006 operation by a surgeon at Indian River Medical Center.

Evening Times

THE starting gun for the Sport Relief mile will be fired next month and the organisers are hoping tens of thousands will be there at the starting line.

Few banks to follow UniCredit share sale example

LONDON (Reuters) - Markets will breathe a sigh of relief as beleaguered Italian bank UniCredit completes its 7.5 billion euro $9.7 billion (6.1 billion pounds) rights issue on Friday, but few expect it ...

Local teen's fight with cancer can't stop for holidays

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Opening arguments begin in civil medical negligence trial against Indian River Medical Center, doctor

On Friday the trial began in the civil medical negligence lawsuit a patient filed against her doctor and Indian River Medical Center in Indian River Circuit Court. The jury trial is expected to take two weeks.

Starker Lectures to explore forest, water interactions

CORVALLIS — The 2012 Starker Lectures at Oregon State University will begin Tuesday, Feb. 28, with the theme “Watershed Moments: People, Forests & Water,” focusing on new concerns about forest and water interactions.

Merrily Thornton: Mothers and daughters shared the sewing circle of life

There's a thread that runs through Merrily Thornton's life. It's the thread her adoptive mother used to teach her how to sew clothing. And it's the thread with which her birth mother taught her how to hand-stitch quilts.