Terminally ill inmate freed to die at home – Herald Tribune
TALLAHASSEE – A terminally ill Florida inmate born with HIV will be released from prison where she was serving a five-year sentence for biting a sheriff’s deputy, the Florida Parole Commission voted Wednesday. By a 2-1 vote, the commission voted to grant a …

Business Highlights – San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK (AP) Companies added nearly 300,000 jobs in December, according to an unofficial count by a private payroll firm more than in any month in the past decade. The news raised hopes that the government’s official report Friday on last month’s job …

RadNet Acquires Two Imaging Centers in New York From Presgar Imaging – msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RadNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 200 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging …

Kentucky Senate committee OKs abortion-related bill – Evansville Courier-Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. A Kentucky Senate committee has approved a bill that would require doctors to perform ultrasounds showing pregnant women the images of their fetuses before having abortions. The measure also would require doctors or someone designated by …

Latest Connecticut News, Sports, Business And Entertainment: – WNCT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Education officials from throughout Connecticut are visiting the State Capitol to urge lawmakers to keep school funding level this year. They are worried about a $270 million shortfall in Education Cost Sharing money. The ECS formula …

Ohio bedbug report: Pests taking over – msnbc.com
An Ohio bedbug workgroup says the state should continue to pursue federal approval to use an industrial pesticide in homes infected with the bloodsucking insects. The Ohio Department of Health on Wednesday released the final report of the group created …

Safeway Canada Renews Reward Program – Supermarket News
PLEASANTON, Calif. Canada Safeway, a subsidiary of Safeway here, has entered into a long-term contract renewal in support of the Air Miles Reward program with LoyaltyOne, a division of Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems. LONDON Safeway’s Blackhawk …