If your normal state seems to be crushing exhaustion, the problem may be more than just the job plus the kids. Today, concerned that chronic fatigue syndrome is an underappreciated public-health problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a $4.5 million campaign to educate physicians and the public about the illness.
The Harvard Crimson has, sort of, retracted its decision to fire two columnists, the Yale Daily News reports . The cartoonist and the opinion writer will remain suspended this semester--but then they can reapply in the spring. The decision follows an internal investigation that concluded the artist plagiarized only one cartoon. Kathleen Breeden, who offered to take a polygraph test to prove her innocence, told the Crimson the cartoon copying was "unintentional".
AP - U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte met Friday with Iraq's prime minister in the second visit this week by a top U.S. official. The unannounced meeting comes amid spiraling violence that included seven American deaths and the discovery of 56 bodies in the Iraqi capital bearing signs of torture.
AP - Evangelist Ted Haggard admitted Friday that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts by the outspoken gay marriage opponent.
A top evangelical leader who is accused of paying a male prostitute for sex admitted today he contacted his accuser "for a massage" and purchased methamphetamine from him. But the Rev. Ted Haggard said he never had sex with Mike Jones and threw away the drugs.
The U.S. Army dog handler who was convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad will not be redeployed to Iraq, an Army spokesman said Friday.