Reuters U.S. News: 18 November 2008
November 18th, 2008 • Reuters, U.S.
- U.S. sets manifest rule for private planes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Operators of international private-plane flights to and from the United States will be required to electronically provide full advance manifests of their passengers and crew an hour before departure, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. - Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. government’s largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it can improve their health. - Health groups lash U.S. states over tobacco efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. states have not lived up to their commitment to devote a major portion of their huge legal settlement with the tobacco industry a decade ago on anti-smoking efforts, health advocacy groups said on Tuesday. - Gulf War illness is real, report finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report released on Monday concluded that Gulf War syndrome is a legitimate illness suffered by more than 175,000 U.S. war veterans who were exposed to chemical toxins in the 1991 Gulf War. - California court urged to review gay marriage ban
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California’s Attorney General on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to consider whether a gay marriage ban passed by voters this month was legal. - New Yorkers dream of “Subway Super Bowl” faces acid test
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers have started dreaming of a first “Subway Super Bowl” following strong starts to the season by the Giants and the Jets, although both sets of fans will see their teams tested in the next round of games. - Californians return to homes destroyed by fire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stunned, bedraggled evacuees began returning home on Monday to three areas of southern California ravaged by wildfires, some finding their homes and cars reduced to piles of smoldering, melted rubble. - Will Detroit’s cash crisis kill the electric car?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Call it an economic and environmental murder mystery in the making: Will a cash-strapped Detroit kill the electric car — again? - Gift card sales seen down 6 percent this holiday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of once-hot gift cards are expected to fall nearly 6 percent this holiday season as shoppers try to stretch their dollars by buying discounted merchandise, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Tuesday. - Many doctors plan to quit or cut back: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
