BRIEFLY LABOR DAY TOLL WORST SINCE '93.Sixteen people died in traffic crashes in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County during the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. holiday weekend, compared with eight during the comparable period last year, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported Tuesday. It was the bloodiest Labor Day period in eight years, according to the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan . Statewide, 54 people died in traffic crashes during the period that began at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday. That compared with 39 traffic deaths for the period last year. - City News Service Physician delays Hope's release A slight rise in temperature scuttled plans to release comedian Bob Hope from the hospital, his physician said Tuesday. The 98-year-old entertainer remained at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. while doctors monitored his recovery from pneumonia. ``On Sunday there was a slight rise in his temperature even though he otherwise looked fine,'' said Dr. Lee Kagan, Hope's personal physician. The change in temperature was less than a degree. ``It was our best judgment that it would be safer to keep him in the hospital a few more days to make sure that this was no more than a hiccup hiccup or hiccough, involuntary spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm followed by a sharp intake of air, which is abruptly stopped by a sudden, involuntary closing of the glottis (opening between the vocal cords); the consequent blocking of air in his recovery,'' Kagan added. ``He is better now than he was before the weekend.'' - Associated Press Lottery jackpot nation's highest Legions of lottery lovers are expected to buy SuperLotto Plus tickets today for a chance at $85 million, the eighth-highest jackpot in state history and currently the nation's largest payout. The jackpot has rolled over nine times since Aug. 1. A single jackpot winner choosing the cash option would receive about half the jackpot - estimated around $42.5 million before taxes. That's the amount the lottery would invest to pay out the jackpot prize over 26 years. A winner choosing the 26 graduated annual payments would receive about $2.1 million the first year and more than $4.3 million, before taxes, by the final year. The SuperLotto Plus draws take place Wednesday and Saturday nights at 7:58 p.m. Players may purchase tickets until 7:45 p.m. on the night of the draw. - Daily News More tests set in coaster death BUENA PARK - A woman who died after riding a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. suffered a brain aneurysm brain aneurysm Cerebral aneurysm Neurology A dilated and weak segment of a cerebral artery, often located in the circle of Willis at the base of the brain, which is susceptible to rupture; BAs may be caused by birth defects or follow poorly controlled HTN Clinical that burst, but more tests are needed to determine if the ride triggered the bleeding, authorities said Tuesday. Gafudji Mekanisi, 25, of Corona, died early Saturday at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, several hours after riding Montezooma's Revenge. - City News Service |
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