Open letter to American Medical Association

Dear American Medical Association:As somebody whose family includes a doctor, a nurse, and a dental assistant, I have had the predisposition to  have respect for medical practicioners. I have heard the horror stories, and I have read what people have had to...

Two of five feet found at shore are from same man, DNA shows

"(CNN) -- Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities said Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from. ...

B.C. police find fifth human foot

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhen the third human foot was found washed up, officials thought perhaps from a boating or air crash accident, when the fourth foot washed up months later Police were...

Update: Vancouver's Fortune Happiness Massacre

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor  Now Public Readers should know there are Canadian Laws on the books for this type of crime, but lienient and (proven media stories in the past) incompetent...

Deaths Of Illegal Immigrants Also Takes Toll On Border Coroners

Morgue expanded. Deaths of illegal migrants. Died from heat exposure. Migrants' dead bodies. 1,400 autopsies. Arizona-Mexico border. Pima County.

Calif. coroners overwhelmed by heat deaths (AP)

" SAN FRANCISCO - There have been so many deaths from California's lingering heat wave that authorities in one county began stacking bodies two to a gurney. Twenty people have died in Fresno County alone, about a quarter of the statewide toll of 81 deaths attributed to the...

Migrant bodies crowd border morgues

Identifying desert's victims proves difficult.  Costs grow.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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