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Judge slams state over inmate care
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge scolded California officials yesterday for failing to provide the billions of dollars that a court-appointed receiver claimed is needed to upgrade the state's prison health care system.
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Pair share Nobel for AIDS virus discovery
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine.
 2008 VOTE: PRESIDENT
Debate set amid changing tenor of campaign
WASHINGTON – Running short on time, John McCain has the most riding on the second presidential debate tonight, though Barack Obama could be out of his scripted comfort zone in the town-hall-style confrontation.
- Award seen as postscript to scientific dispute of '80s
The awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday writes a postscript to a bitter scientific dispute in the 1980s.
- Driver arrested, suspected of DUI in fatal bus crash
WILLIAMS – A bus driver with a string of motor vehicle offenses and a history of substance abuse was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence yesterday, hours after his casino-bound charter bus ran into a ditch, killing eight people.
- 'Bride' and 'groom' to reappear on marriage license forms
SAN FRANCISCO – State health officials say the words “bride” and “groom” will reappear on all marriage license applications issued in California starting next month.
- Mother who drove her son to fatal fight is convicted
LONG BEACH – A mother who drove her teenage son and his friends to a fatal fight with a rival gang was convicted of second-degree murder yesterday.
- REGION UPDATE
Unemployed father kills family, himself
LOS ANGELES – An unemployed accounting industry worker despondent over extreme financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said yesterday.
- Stevens defiant in secret recordings
WASHINGTON – In October 2006, a longtime loyalist of Sen. Ted Stevens called him up with a big problem: The FBI was breathing down his neck about a makeover of the senator's mountain cabin, he said.
- Cooking in microwave may be recipe for illness
OMAHA, Neb. – Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it's not done properly.
- NATION UPDATE
Deceased POWs can get Purple Hearts
WASHINGTON – An estimated 17,000 deceased U.S. prisoners of war could be awarded Purple Hearts under a new Pentagon policy announced yesterday.
- Supreme Court opens term with tobacco marketing case
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court picked up yesterday where it left off last term, signaling support for efforts to block lawsuits against tobacco companies over deceptive marketing of “light” cigarettes.
- Ruling lets Bush aides put off testifying
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court yesterday rejected House Democrats' demands to force two of President Bush's top aides to cooperate with an investigation about the firings of nine federal prosecutors in 2006.
- At least 15 killed by bomb targeting Pakistan opposition lawmaker
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber attacked a lawmaker's house in eastern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 50, officials and a witness said.
- WORLD UPDATE
At least 72 killed in Kyrgyzstan quake
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – A powerful earthquake rocked Kyrgyzstan on Sunday evening, killing at least 72 people and leveling a remote mountain village, officials said yesterday.
- Pemex begins evacuation of oil platforms as storm nears
VERACRUZ, Mexico – Mexico's state-owned oil company said yesterday that it had begun evacuating workers from offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Marco roared closer and forecasters warned it could approach hurricane strength.
- Many species imperiled, group warns
BARCELONA, Spain – An “extinction crisis” is under way, with one in four mammals in danger of disappearing because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change, a leading global conservation body warned yesterday.
- Sri Lanka suicide bomber kills 27 at opposition party event
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A suicide bomber who hugged a former army general before detonating his explosive-laden vest killed 27 people gathered in a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka yesterday.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
Arab League resumes diplomatic mission in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Arab League dispatched an ambassador to Baghdad yesterday, the latest sign of progress in the Iraqi and U.S. effort to ease this country's diplomatic isolation.
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