DALLAS (AP) -- Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them. Nearly 250 cases have been reported this year to poison control centers. Though they remain a tiny fraction of the thousands of poisoning calls received every year, doctors are concerned. The symptoms they see in connection with ingesting the packets - such as nausea and breathing problems - are more severe than typical detergent poisoning. No deaths have been reported. "We're not quite sure why it's happening," said Dr. Kurt Kleinschmidt, a Dallas toxicologist and professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical ... Continue reading →
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DALLAS (AP) — The judge who presided over the trial of a Texas woman convicted in an infant's death believes the guilty verdict should be vacated, noting that a key trial expert now says his information about the child's injuries was inaccurate.Cathy Lynn Henderson was convicted of capital murder in 1995 for the death of 3-month-old Brandon Baugh, whose skull was shattered. The 55-year-old Henderson, who had babysat the boy, is among nine women on Texas' death row.According to trial witnesses, the baby's body was stuffed in a wine cooler box and buried in a rural field before Henderson fled to her native Missouri. She was found living under an assumed name and arrested.Henderson maintained that she accidentally dropped the boy onto a concrete floor ... Continue reading →
Jim Wilson/The New York Times Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault in remote Alaskan villages like Emmonak, women’s advocates say. More Photos » EMMONAK, Alaska — She was 19, a young Alaska Native woman in this icebound fishing village of 800 in the Yukon River delta, when an intruder broke into her home and raped her. The man left. Shaking, the woman called the tribal police, a force of three. It was late at night. No one answered. She left a message on the department’s voice mail system. Her call was never returned. She was left to recover on her own. “I drank a lot,” she said this spring, three years later. “You get to a certain point, it hits a wall.” One ... Continue reading →
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