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Jail Sometimes Means Better Healthcare

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June 21, 2011

It’s tough for people who don’t have any income these days. It makes people desperate, especially when they need medical attention.

Here’s one such story from the UK Guardian website:

>>US man stages $1 robbery to get state healthcare

Unemployed and without health insurance, man in North Carolina has himself arrested in order to receive treatment

It was not perhaps the most obvious way of getting a bad back, arthritis and a dodgy foot seen to. But if you’re unemployed in North Carolina with no health insurance, there is no obvious way.

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Watch Out For The Measles

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March 2, 2011

Here in the Washington, DC, area, health officials are on the alert about a possible Measles victim who traveled to the area. Check out the story below from breitbart.com:

>>US health officials are warning air travelers about possible exposure to measles, after a woman infected with the highly communicable disease traveled in Britain and several US states.

The 27-year-old first traveled from Britain to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside the US capital, visiting Washington and the neighboring state of Maryland before flying to Albuquerque, New Mexico after a transfer in Denver, Colorado.

Local and state health officials are now searching for people who may have been exposed to measles during the unidentified woman’s extensive travels.

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UK Teacher Banned From Teaching Forever

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October 25, 2010

Some of us have been unhappy with what passes for education these days, but banning a teacher forever? For “being useless?”

That’s what happened recently in Great Britain, and not everyone is happy about it, of course. Here’s the story from The Daily Mail‘s website:

>>The first teacher banned for life for being useless

By Sarah Harris and Arthur Martin

A teacher who is judged to be incapable of ever improving his work has become the first to be banned for life from the classroom due to incompetence.

Nisar Ahmed will never reach ‘requisite standards’ of teaching and cannot work in state schools again, a panel ruled.

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Will 2010 Be A Festive Holiday Season?

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October 13, 2010

Now that the holiday shopping season is nearly upon us, what will this year be like?

Well, if what’s happening with the Royal Family in the UK is any example, it could be quite a dismal one.

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