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CLINTON'S VITAL STATISTICS The Clinton campaign released a letter from her doctor, Lisa Bardack, which set out key medical details about the Democratic candidate. Medical conditions: Hypothyroidism and seasonal allergies Blood pressure: 100/70 Pulse: 70 Cholesterol: 189 (LDL 103, HDL 56, tryglycerides 1f59) Respiratory rate: 18 Temperature: 97.8 Pulse-oximetry: 99% Height: not disclosed Weight: not disclosed Mental condition: 'excellent' Medications: Prescribed Levaquin for bacterial pneumonia. Previously received anti-pneumonia vaccines Prevnar and Pneumovax, on undisclosed dates. Takes Coumadin, a blood thinner, also Armor thyroid and B12 'as needed'.

How important is bedside manner? Jul 30th, 2009 She is very cold and impersonal. She totally lacks compassion and when she is wrong about something, will never admit it. I referred people to her beause she is a decent diagnostician but no one would go back. She is called the ice queen and with good reason. she doesn't take time with her patients. There is NO warmth. ____________________ Unfriendly Jun 18th, 2010 Dr. Bardack always appears to be impatient, cold, even sarcastic. I have never seen her smile or express any interest in anything other than basic diagnostic questions. If...

[Main part of article about ongoing count delete] In another development, state Sen. Kevin Witkos - who works as a police supervisor in Canton - is calling for an investigation into the Election Day use of the Reverse 9-1-1 system in Bridgeport.The system was used to call voters in order to tell them that the voting hours had been extended by two hours to 10 p.m., based on an order by a Superior Court judge after some polling places ran out of ballots. ... "State law is very clear that reverse 9-1-1 is an emergency notification system only,'' Witkos said....

Amid beer and champagne flowing in the clubhouse of the San Francisco Giants late Monday, one thing was missing. The President. Not the President of the ball club. The President of the United States.

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Sexually transmitted diseases is a topic that many people don't like to talk about, especially with teenagers. But, the director of the regional health department in New London is calling for the mandatory testing of teenagers from eighth-grade through 12th-grade students in New London and Groton. The hope is that other shoreline communities will follow suit and begin testing their teenagers as well. Vanessa Reed works for the school-based health clinic that operates inside New London High School. She said there's an epidemic of STDs infecting Connecticut teenagers, particularly teenage girls, and it's no surprise that...

A Cornell alumnus has recently reappeared on the national stage in a controversy whose repercussions could potentially affect both issues of national security and the upcoming presidential elections. The Associated Press reported on July 19 that Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger '67, former national security adviser to President Bill Clinton and an unofficial advisor to Sen. John F. Kerry's (D-Mass.) campaign, was the focus of a criminal investigation after "removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings." According to the report, Berger's office and home were searched by...

For quite a while Amazon had merely been showing a placeholder American-flag-themed image in place of a cover image for Clintoon's still being written Memoir. Here's my quick, dirty, and slightly more truthful take on the cover of the book. Click on my version to see the real cover

Continuing a discussion about John Kerry's taxes, "texcritic" writes:I would guess that the property taxes on Kerry's homes are paid by his wife. As someone said, you can't really tell much when one spouce's returns are not disclosed.Kerry claimed to have a 1/2 interest in his 6-million dollar Mass home (which he mortgaged for $6 Million. His income tax forms don't show any deduction for local property taxes, so I guess he didn't pay his share of the property taxes. Here comes my question that it will likely take a tax & a campaign finance lawywer to answer: If Theresa...

<p>Fifteen months ago, the struggling Boeing Co.'s ambitious plan for a $17billion revenue boost was stuck deep in a Washington quagmire.</p> <p>The aerospace giant wanted to lease to the Pentagon 100 of its 767 airliners modified as aerial refueling tankers, and it had won over the Air Force and key members of Congress.</p>

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There has been a lot of attention on race and politics since Trent Lott praised Sen. Strom Thurmond's unsuccessful 1948 bid to the presidency as a pro-segregation Dixiecrat candidate at Thurmond's 100th birthday. Lott, a Republican senator from Mississippi, stepped down as Senate majority leader after the ensuing media attention to his track record of opposing civil rights laws and amidst pressure from the party to distance itself from the comments. More attention may be drawn to the issue with the release of ``Unfounded Loyalty: Questioning the blind love affair between blacks and Democrats'' next month by the Hara Publishing...

Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt says the Department of Defense has approved the deal to lease and purchase new tankers for the United States Air Force. Tiahrt says acceptance of the deal brings to an end two years of negotiations and wrangling over the agreement. "Over the next year we should see more aerospace jobs come back into play in our community," Tiahrt said. "The upside is 4,000 when you suppliers into consideration." Here are the basic terms of the deal: Each aircraft will cost $131 million. The lease is a firm, fixed-price contract with Boeing's profit margin not to exceed...

Within a day of the news that Delta Air Lines boosted executive compensation in 2002 -- a year of huge losses and job cuts at the airline -- upper management was taking a public thrashing. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called such raises "insulting" at a time airlines were seeking more federal aid. Letter writers teed off in newspapers. Internet bulletin boards sizzled. The backlash was swift, intense -- and completely predictable, experts say. Company documents show higher-ups were warned that at least parts of the compensation changes could irk many people. They made them anyway. Now Delta is stuck with...

STAMFORD -- The local woman who became known as the Central Park jogger after being raped, beaten and left for dead 14 years ago is ready to share her story. She also is ready to tell the world her name. The woman, now in her early 40s, will make her first public speaking appearance April 10 at the Holiday Inn Select in Stamford at an event promoting Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Her appearance, hosted by the Stamford-based Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Center, will come two days after her book about the ordeal is published. ... Doctors didn't expect her...

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STAMFORD -- U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., is expected to return Monday to Stamford High School, where he campaigned for class president more than 40 years ago, to announce he is running for president in 2004. While supporters expect the Stamford native and the 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate to announce his presidential bid Monday, a source even closer to the senator -- his mother, Stamford resident Marcia Lieberman -- hinted yesterday that he is already in the race. "He's going to make a great president," she said. ... Marcia Lieberman said she has expected her son to run for...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A federal jury has begun deliberations in a civil rights case involving a West Haven pastor arrested for loud preaching. The jury began deliberations Tuesday on whether a West Haven police officer violated the Rev. Richard Mooore's constitutional rights when he arrested him in front of his congregation. Moore and the Living Word Redemption Center, Inc. of West Haven filed the federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Detective Paul Raucci after the Aug. 16, 2000, incident.