Fake surgeon jailed in Germany (AFP via Yahoo! News) A bored German banker who faked university diplomas to realise his dream of becoming a surgeon has been jailed for three years, officials said on Wednesday. |
Acting U.S. Surgeon General: Childhood Obesity Is 'Epidemic' (The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record) HARRISONBURG - The acting surgeon general of the United States and Virginia's state health commissioner visited James Madison University on Wednesday, encouraging students, officials and the community to help stop the spread of childhood obesity. |
Surgeon general returns to GW (The GW Hatchet) Kenneth P. Moritsugu, former acting surgeon general of the United States, credited the GW Department of Preventive Medicine and the diverse D.C. community for his rise to the top public health job in America at a talk on campus Thursday. |
Fake doctor uses forged Oxford degree to operate in Germany (Times Online) A bored German banker who faked a university diploma to realise his dream of becoming a surgeon was jailed yesterday for three years. |
Exclusive: Eliot Spitzer's Escort Speaks Out (ABC News) Ashley Dupré tells Diane Sawyer, "I was doing my job" and shocked by scandal. |
Casting agents abound in call to assist Obama (Chicago Tribune) The other day, I asked readers to help President-elect Barack Obama pick his Washington brain trust—to help bring all that change we can believe in—and an amazing thing happened. |
No belly button (BBC News) This model has no navel. Why the lack of tummy button? |
Walcott Out for Three Months, Daily Mail Says: Soccer Roundup (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a roundup of soccer stories from U.K. newspapers. Arsenal forward Theo Walcott will miss three months after dislocating his shoulder in a training session with the England national team, the Daily Mail reported. |
Minnesota task force aimed at student-athletes (USA Today) C.P. Schlatter, a former All-America wrestler at the University of Minnesota, says he majored in nursing even though some of his coaches suggested that he take an "easier" major so he could "breeze through" to an undergraduate degree. |
Woman describes bagging body parts at Hilton funeral home (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) The daughter of a tissue-recovery worker charged with stealing body parts testifies that she helped remove bone and tissue from bodies in funeral homes. |