News Archive for February 20 2008

'Hero' girl recovering after shooting

Alexis Goggins climbed aboard a special bicycle and maneuvered through hospital hallways, beginning the months of physical therapy she needs to recover from six gunshot wounds. To many people, the soft-spoken 7-year-old is a hero after she threw herself across her mother just as a gunman was about to shoot the woman in an SUV.

Supreme Court Says 401(k) Participants Can Sue

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that individual participants in the most common type of retirement plan can sue under a pension protection law to recover their losses.

Facebook's Mike Murphy Adds Global Sales Duties

Promotion comes as Facebook announces departure of Chief Revenue Officer Owen Van Natta.

Wal-Mart Apologizes to Muslim Woman Over Veil Incident

Employees at Riverdale, Utah, Wal-Mart will undergo sensitivity training after a Muslim woman says a cashier told her, 'Please, don't stick me up.'

Europeans Less Genetically Diverse Than Africans

European-Americans are less genetically diverse and have more potentially harmful genetic variations than African-American populations, according to a new study.

Miss. Bite-Mark Testimony Disputed

At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi's poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.

Millie Elder 'not facing more charges'

Broadcaster Paul Holmes' adopted daughter Millie Elder is not to face new drugs charges and has had her curfew lifted.