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Toledo medical clinic on wheels breaks down, needs helpTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:47PMThe LifeLine bus is a medical clinic on wheels. Nurses and volunteers staff the bus each week to offer basic health screenings to Toledo's most needy. But now, their mission could be threatened.

Soquel woman struck by car endures long recovery, gratefullyTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:42PMSOQUEL - Sarah Dorfmeister describes her last 14 months as a roller coaster, the haze of hospitals and surgeries and procedures since she was struck by a car as she walked with her 4-year-old son in front of Green Acres Elementary School.

Parents join first-graders on first day of schoolTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:39PMCentral principal and ASD superintendent call on parents to help teachers. Erin Vavra sat her first-graders on the mat in front of the chalkboard and turned her back. Then her principal slid into the doorway of Room 3 and she greeted him quickly before looking back her students to make sure they were all right and her other special guests were comfortable too.

FHN patients get 24/7 care from doctors in MadisonTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:37PMSome of the sickest patients at Freeport Memorial Hospital get an extra dose of care.

Tiny heart repaired in historic surgeryTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:27PMJACKSON — Zavin Arellano was two weeks old when a surgeon had to open his tiny chest and work on his even tinier heart. The results saved Zavin and made Mississippi medical history.

PETA slams U-M's use of cats, pigs in medical training programTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:24PMAn animal rights group today called for a federal investigation into a University of Michigan course that teaches students to save human lives but uses cats and pigs to train them.

Job market growth slows in AugustTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:14PMJob appointments grew at their slowest rate in 10 months in August, raising questions about the strength of the UK job market, a survey suggests.

Medicare, Medicaid services cut off at Cumberland Medical CenterTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:05PMAccording to a CEO at the hospital, a radiology technician was fired after allegations of sexual assault surfaced. A legal notice published in Tuesday's Knoxville News Sentinel said the government will end Medicaid and Medicare payments for inpatient services after September 16th.

Advisers criticise lending criteriaTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:02PMBANKS DO not want to lend money “for the next five years”, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday. The Future Group, set up by four financial advisers from Cork, told the Joint Committee on Economic and Regulatory Affairs that lenders amended their criteria to suit their own agenda and “are only interested in deposits”.