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PRODUCER KOURTNEY CHRISTOPHER PAIGE
ANCHOR DR. SUNNY FRIDGE
1. A LAWSUIT IS FILED IN JACKSON AGAINST UNIVERSITY MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER.
2. PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESS THE NATION.
3. MICHAEL DOUGLAS LOOKS FORWARD TO A FULL RECOVERY.
Good Afternoon Everyone I’m Student News Anchor Kourtney Christopher Paige…And this is W-J-S-U News Now. Right Now Its ____ degrees outside with Sunny Skies.
Three major hospitals in Jackson, Baptist, Saint Dominic, and Central Mississippi Medical Center, filed an injunction against the state's largest medical research institution, the University of Mississippi Medical Center. It’s our Top Story Today on the News Now Update at Noon.
The debate goes back to Certificate of Need Laws and whether UMMC should receive another major piece of medical equipment called a "linear accelerator" for radiation treatment in cancer patients.
UMMC currently has two housed in their cancer center at the Jackson Medical Mall, but want to add one to their main campus. Vice President of Business Development for Saint Dominic-Jackson Paul Arrington says Saint Dominic has two linear accelerators, but in order to obtain these, first they had to apply for a CON through the state health department.
UMC's Vice Chancellor of University Relations, Doctor James Keeton, said in a statement that UMC should be exempt from the same abiding rules as other hospitals. Chief Legal Counsel Bob Fagan, from the State Health Department, released this statement about UMMC in regards to CON laws:
"The enabling legislation establishing UMMC provides it is to be a teaching hospital. As such, the State Health Plan includes specific exceptions from the CON requirements for equipment purchases by UMMC which are for the teaching purposes of the hospital. The exceptions in the State Health Plan to the CON requirements are in line with the Attorney General's Official opinion issued on June 9th, 2010."
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A fire that damaged an Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem, burning food or arson. It’s News Across America at this hour. Instead, an insurance investigator concluded, the dead plants did it.
A report summary given to homeowner Brian Duncan stated that the fire was "caused by self-heating through decomposition of organic materials" in a flowerpot. Or, in layman's terms, the flowers spontaneously combusted.
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Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man on charges that he kept the body of his 94-year-old mother in a house for nearly six months.
Police in Burlington said Tuesday that local housing authority inspectors found the body of Lucy Mae Hutchins Wade on August 25th. An autopsy by the State Medical Examiner's office determined that Wade died of natural causes six months ago.
Detectives determined that 50-year-old Don Lee Wade was aware of his mother's death last March and did nothing about it.
They said he gathered her mail, began cashing her Social Security checks and used her bank card. Wade is charged with concealment of death.
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Last Night the Commander and Chief of the United States of American, President Barack Obama address the nation in a Live television message from the newly made over Oval Office. The President outlined his support for our troops abroad and my telephone call to former President George Bush.
(Obama SOT 40 Seconds) I am mindful that the Iraq War has been a contentious issue at home. Here, too, it is time to turn the page. This afternoon, I spoke to former President George W. Bush. It's well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset. Yet no one could doubt President Bush's support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security. As I have said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hope for Iraq's future.
Federal agents have descended for a second time on Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the two Iowa farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall.
Its Medical News Right Now.
Spokeswomen for the farms said the agents who arrived Tuesday worked for the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA and Justice Department confirmed that agents visited the farms but would not elaborate.
It is unclear whether this new investigation is the first step in a criminal probe. The FDA has jurisdiction to investigate crimes involving adulterated food, coordinating with the Justice Department. The FDA concluded its investigation into the conditions of the farms Monday. Eggs from the two farms have been linked to as many as 1,500 cases of salmonella poisoning.
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In News Around The State…Services for former U.S. attorney Thomas Ramage Ethridge was this morning in Oxford. He died yesterday at his home at the age of 92. The services were held an hour ago at First Presbyterian Church.
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Our last stop Around The State is in Jackson, as Governor Haley Barbour and a bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers are considering saving, rather than spending, one of the two pots of federal stimulus money Congress recently approved. Lawmakers say the state still plans to spend $97.8 million of education stimulus money this fiscal year.
And Finally This Afternoon…Michael Douglas says he's begun treatment for throat cancer and that his odds of recovery are high. In an appearance Tuesday on David Letterman's "Late Show," the actor said he faces an "eight-week struggle" that includes radiation and chemotherapy. Douglas said he has at least an 80 percent chance of recovery.
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Letterman told Douglas he looked good and was a "tough guy," and the men ended the interview with a hug, according to a CBS statement. Douglas stars in the upcoming film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," a sequel to "Wall Street" (1987), for which he won a best-actor Oscar. Douglas is also the voice of NBC’S Nightly News with Brian Williams.
And Now Your First Look at Weather This Afternoon, The clouds are no match for the beautiful day filled with Sunshine and moderated warm temperatures. Our Wednesday Forecast for Jackson, Clinton, Magee and the rest of Central Mississippi calls for a High of 92 but the tradeoff is a comfortable Low of 68 degrees.
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I’m Student News Anchor Kourtney Christopher Paige and this is W-J-S-U News Now, Coming Up Later Today it’s the News Now Update at Five P-M with L-A Warren and the Newsteam…From all of us at WJSU, Have a terrific afternoon and stay with us for the best in Jazz…On Cool and Current W-J-S-U.
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