November 20, 2009
National & World News
Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 cluster reported
Four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu and may show signs the virus may be mutating.
Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case
A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
Teen murder suspect said hobby was 'killing people'
On an Internet site, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante listed her hobbies as "killing people" and "cutting." It may have sounded like a teenage exaggeration, but authorities say she fulfilled her words.
Republicans blast 'bait and switch' health bill
Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.
Probe centers on alleged secret CIA prison
The two-story structure - a former riding school for the rich - is allegedly where the CIA held suspected Al-Qaida prisoners five years ago.
Cop suspended after using Taser on girl, 10
A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended - not for using the Taser but for not having a video camera attached when he used it.
Hearing begins for man accused of selling military secrets
A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense testified in federal court Thursday.
N.C. man faces murder charge in girl's disappearance
A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.
Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat
A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist.
The Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care plan
The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.