Obituary Jack Dreyfus and Irving R. Levine

Jack Dreyfus dies at 95; 'lion of Wall Street' founded the Dreyfus Fund
Irving R. Levine dies at 86; covered economic news for NBC

Mary Tyler Moore: Living with Diabetes March-24 2009

Mary Tyler Moore is probably best known for playing a thirty-something, career-minded and endlessly stylish TV news producer on the classic ‘70s sitcom the “Mary Tyler Moore Show.” What you probably didn’t know about the star is that while she was inspiring a generation of young working women, she was having her own behind-the-scenes struggle with type 1 diabetes after being diagnosed at the age of 33. In her new memoir, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes,” Moore, who is 72 and nearly blind because of her diabetes, reflects on a life with the illness and gives tips, advice and inspiration to millions of others sufferers.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, meaning the body's immune system turns inexplicably against its own insulin-producing cells, destroying them as if they were foreign invaders. Since people with type 1 diabetes can't produce their own insulin, they must put insulin into the blood stream through injections or an insulin pump. This type of diabetes is associated with a number of complications, including heart disease, kidney disease and blindness. Because type 1 diabetes usually develops in children, it’s often called juvenile diabetes, but adults, like Moore, can develop the condition as well.

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Octuplet Mom Nadya Suleman February-09 2009

Octuplet Mom Nadya Suleman On Food Stamps, Three Kids Receive Disability
Over the past two weeks, the identity of Suleman's fertility doctor has been a source of great mystery because of questions over the ethics of implanting numerous embryos in a woman who already had six children.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/10/octuplet-mom-nadya-sulema_n_165508.html

The Terrorism Against Muslims in Australia by Radio Talk Show Hatred Flame Thrower Michael Smith

Australian radio personality says Muslim women 'should be fined for wearing hijab'
by: Salaam
Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 10:46:37 AM EST
A BRISBANE radio station may have to explain why it should keep its licence after an announcer was accused of making anti-Islamic comments on air.

Former Victorian police officer, now 4BC drive-time announcer, Michael Smith called for Muslim women who wear an Islamic hijab in public to be fined for offensive behaviour.

He made the remarks on-air and on the 4BC website, saying: "Any reasonable person would find this offensive."

Islamic Council of Queensland president Suliman Sabdia said Mr Smith's remarks amounted to "a clear case of intolerance".

Under the Commercial Radio Code of Practice, a licensee must not broadcast a program likely to incite hatred against or vilify any person or group on the basis of age, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual preference, religion, or disability.

Christine Donnelly from the Australian Communications and Media Authority said Mr Smith's comments could be a breach of the Code of Practice.

Helicopter headed to offshore oil rig crashes

January 5, 2009 - 9:51 AM
HOUMA, La. - Federal officials were expected to arrive Monday to find out why a helicopter bound for an offshore oil platform crashed in Louisiana's marshlands, killing eight and critically injuring another.
http://www.startribune.com/nation/37072369.html