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THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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Unarmed man shot 10 times by police
By Joshua Freed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Investigators say an unarmed man was shot 10 times by a Charlotte police officer. Police said Monday that officer Randall Kerrick fired 12 times at 24-year-old Jonathan A. Ferrell early Saturday while responding to a breaking and entering call. Ten of the bullets hit the former Florida A&M University football player. Officers say Ferrell had been in a car wreck and sought help at a nearby house. Kerrick has been charged with voluntary manslaughter. He is out on bond and expected in court Tuesday.
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Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near Giglio Island, Italy, in January 2012 and were poised to set it upright. After 15 hours of slower-than-expected progress in pulling the heavily listing luxury liner to an upright position, engineers said they finally hit the tipping point they eagerly were awaiting. Shortly before midnight, the Concordia was raised by 25 degrees — after that, engineers said, the effect of gravity started giving the rotation a boost. Thirty-two people died on Jan. 13, 2012, when the Concordia slammed into a reef and toppled half-submerged on its side after coming too close to the island. ANDREA SINIBALDI, LAPRESSE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Report shows drug-resistant bacteria are common killers By Lindsey Tanner and Mike Stobbe
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or the first time, the government is estimating how many people die from drug-resistant bacteria each year — more than 23,000, or about as many as those killed annually by flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the number Monday to spotlight the growing threat of germs that are hard to treat because they’ve become resistant to drugs. Finally estimating the problem sends “a very powerful message,” said Dr. Helen Boucher, a Tufts University expert and spokeswoman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “We’re facing a catastrophe.” Antibiotics like penicillin and streptomycin first became widely available in the 1940s, and today dozens are used to kill or suppress the bacteria behind illnesses ranging from strep throat to the plague. The drugs are considered one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine, and have saved countless lives. But as decades passed, some antibiotics stopped working against the bugs they previously vanquished. Experts say their overuse and misuse have helped make them less effective. In a new report, the CDC tallied
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Stocks rally after Summers exits Fed race Wall Street was happy to see Larry Summers go. Stocks rose on Monday after Summers, who had been the leading candidate to replace Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, withdrew his name from consideration. Summers, a former Treasury secretary, was viewed as being more likely to rein in the government’s massive stimulus program. The president is expected to nominate Ben Bernanke’s successor as early as this month. Stocks were also helped by news that U.S. factory output rose 0.7 percent in August, the most in eight months. Nine of 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 rose. Only technology stocks declined. The biggest gains were for materials stocks — metal miners, fertilizer makers, and industrial gas companies. Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial, there are risks that investors don’t seem to be accounting for in the prices they’re paying, including another debate upcoming in Washington about the U.S. debt ceiling. “The last time we had a real problem with it, it did result in a significant market correction,” McMillan said. Bond prices rose, pushing yields lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.87 percent from 2.88 percent late Friday. The dollar fell against the yen and the euro.
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the toll of the 17 most worrisome drug-resistant bacteria. The result: Each year, more than 2 million people develop serious infections and at least 23,000 die. Of those, the staph infection MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, kills about 11,000, and a new superbug kills about 600. That bacteria withstand treatment with antibiotics called carbapenems — considered one of the last lines of defense against hard-to-treat bugs. Germs like those have prompted health officials to warn that if the situation gets much worse, it could make doctors reluctant to do surgery or treat cancer patients if antibiotics won’t protect their patients from getting infections. “If we’re not careful, the medicine chest will be empty” when doctors need infection-fighting drugs, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden. It’s not clear that the problem is uniformly growing worse for all bugs. Some research suggests, for example, that MRSA rates may have plateaued and a separate CDC report released Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine found that serious MRSA infections declined 30 percent between 2005 and 2011. MRSA bacteria have been the target of many hospital infection control efforts. These germs often
live without symptoms on the skin, but also can cause skin or tissue infections, and become more dangerous when they enter the bloodstream. A 2005-2010 study in the same journal suggests that pig manure might be a cause of some mostly less serious MRSA infections in people living near fertilized farm fields. The study is based on patients from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System. It offers only circumstantial evidence, but the authors said the MRSA link is plausible because antibiotics are widely used on pig farms. The study involved nearly 3,000 MRSA cases, about half of them not linked with health-care. The authors estimated that living near pig manure-fertilized fields may have accounted for about 11 percent of MRSA not linked with health care. Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious disease specialist, called the report “very provocative” but inconclusive. Asked generally about antibiotic use in farm animals, the CDC’s Frieden said it’s an important problem, but he added, “Right now the most acute problem is in hospitals and the most resistant organisms are in hospitals.”
BOSTON — A homeless Boston man who police said turned in a backpack containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash and traveler’s checks said even if he were desperate he wouldn’t have kept “even a penny.” Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis honored Glen James on Monday, giving him a special citation and thanking him for an “extraordinary show of character and honesty.”
Methane leaks from gas drilling not huge WASHINGTON — A new study finds that the process of drilling and fracking for natural gas doesn’t seem to spew immense amounts of the greenhouse gas methane into the air, as has been feared. This bolsters a big selling point for natural gas, that it’s not as bad for global warming as coal. The study doesn’t address other fracking pollution concerns. The results, which generally agree with earlier EPA estimates, were published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Mom charged with slaying her 2 kids SANTA ANA, Calif. — Southern California authorities have charged a woman with killing her two children, who were supposed to have been returned to their father in Georgia during the weekend. Orange County prosecutors say 42-year-old Marilyn Edge was charged Monday with two counts of murder with special circumstances. She is eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Edge is accused of murdering her 9-year-old daughter Faith and 13-year-old son Jaelen on Saturday. Their bodies were found in a Santa Ana hotel room. The cause of death has not been released. An attorney representing Edge’s ex-husband says the suspect lost custody of her children last week and was expected to return them to Georgia on Sunday. The Associated Press
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Due to an editing error, a story on Page C-1 of the Sunday, Sept. 15, edition about flood damage appeared under the byline of staff reporter Staci Matlock. The byline should have reflected that the story was from a combination of reports by the Associated Press and The New Mexican staff.
Tuesday, Sept. 17 FREE DREAM WORKSHOP: Understanding the language of dreams is offered by Jungian scholar Fabio Macchioni. Reservations are required. Call 982-3214. 145 Washington Ave. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM READERS’ CLUB: The discussion series continues with A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating Imagination for a World of Constant Change, by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown, 6-7:30 p.m., 946-1007, no charge. 123 Grant Ave. HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN WALKING TOURS: Led by New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors guides. Call 476-1141. 113 Lincoln Ave.
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Tuesday, Sept. 17 ¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30-close, call for cover. 213 Washington Ave. COWGIRL BBQ: Jon Hogan & Maria Moss, scorch folk, 8 p.m., no cover. 319 S. Guadalupe St. EL FAROL: Canyon Road Blues Jam 8:30 p.m.-midnight, no cover. 808 Canyon Road. LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Buffalo Nickel, country, 7:30-11 p.m., no cover. 100 E. San Francisco St. SECOND STREET BREWERY AT THE RAILYARD: Acoustic open-mic night with Case Tanner, 7:30-10:30 p.m., no cover. 1607 Paseo de Peralta. THE UNDERGROUND AT EVANGELO’S: Karaoke and dance party with DJ Optamystik. 200 W. San Francisco St., downstairs.
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