Archive for November 07, 2008

Arkansas Voters Pass Ban on Unmarried Couples Adopting or Fostering Unwanted Children

On Tuesday, nearly 57 percent of Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure barring adoptive and foster care children from placement in the homes of couples who are not married.

Bridge Construction Accident Sends Workers Tumbling Into Louisiana Lake, Kills 1

One man is dead after a girder gave way and fell from a 30-foot piling into Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain from a new bridge under construction on Interstate 10.

French Researchers Claim Experimental Diet Drug Tricks Body Into Losing Weight

A team of scientists at the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg say that experimental drug SRT1720 encourages the body to burn fat reserves even on a fatty diet.