NEWS LITE : COSBY PATERNITY ROW DRAWS BLOOD.Bill Cosby William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. offered Monday to take a paternity test paternity test n. A test using blood group identification of a mother, child, and putative father to establish the probability of paternity. paternity test, n to settle the question of whether he is the father of the woman convicted last week of trying to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of $40 million from him. The entertainer's attorney, Jack Schmitt, told The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. that Cosby was responding to a lingering belief that the woman, Autumn Jackson, 22, may be his illegitimate daughter and to reports she was considering filing a paternity suit A civil action brought against an unwed father by an unmarried mother to obtain support for an illegitimate child and for payment of bills incident to the pregnancy and the birth. against him to prove it. ``The trial ended, but the court of public opinion did not,'' Schmitt said. ``He felt it was time to settle this once and for all. . . . It's time to end the nonsense.'' Schmitt announced Cosby's offer to take a paternity test on CNBC's ``Rivera Live.'' Jackson's attorney, Robert Baum, said on Rivera's show that he would contact his client to see if she will accept. Cartoon doctor in trouble; Prescribe 2 aspirin, they'll call in morning Dr. Rex Morgan usually appears in black and white. These days, he's a chagrined red. When the cartoon physician prescribed aspirin for an infant's cold Saturday, he outraged doctors and nurses from coast to coast for possibly exposing the baby to the rare and sometimes fatal Reyes Syndrome. A malpractice suit against Morgan might not be worth the paper it's written on, but King Features Syndicate King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers around the world. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc. isn't taking any chances. ``I apologize to our loyal readers and family of newspaper clients for any errors in Rex's medical judgment,'' Woody Wilson, who writes the comic strip, said in a statement Monday. ``We try to make `Rex Morgan, MD' the best and most accurate comic strip of its kind in syndication today.'' The strip sparked dozens of letters from concerned physicians, nurses and parents who questioned Morgan's treatment plan. Aspirin has been linked to Reyes Syndrome, a rare disease that attacks mostly children and young people who have suffered viral illnesses such as influenza and chicken pox chicken pox or varicella (vâr'əsĕl`ə), infectious disease usually occurring in childhood. It is believed to be caused by the same herpesvirus that produces shingles. . King, which owns the right to Rex Morgan, urged readers of the nationally published strip to take the doctor's remedies in the context of the cartoon - but not to follow his prescriptions. ``I want to make clear that our readers should never use the medical opinions or treatments in `Rex Morgan, MD' as a substitute for a visit to a qualified medical professional,'' Wilson said. Goldman vents anger in Texas radio tryout Fred Goldman began a weeklong audition Monday in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , as a radio talk-show host, and almost immediately began berating the criminal justice system for not punishing the man he maintains killed his son. ``Ron was murdered in excess of three years ago by a man that walks the streets today a free man,'' Goldman said seconds into his two-hour tryout. ``That criminal trial and the civil trial that followed it frightened me, disturbed me, frustrated me, and my family for that matter, deeply. The criminal justice system didn't seem to be working,'' he said. Ronald Goldman was killed in 1994 with Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal . O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder in their deaths but was ordered to pay the families $33.5 million in a civil judgment. Goldman, who has been a spokesman for the crime-fighting group Safe Streets since last year, is one of several people trying out for the talk-show spot on WOAI. He will be the host through Friday. Tourists see birth of giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. The National Zoo has a new 127-pound baby. The zoo's 15-year-old Masai giraffe, Griff n. 1. Grasp; reach. A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. - Holland. 2. (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. , gave birth Sunday afternoon to a boy calf. The birth, which occurred with Griff standing and the baby dropping 6 feet to the ground, was witnessed by dozens of tourists and sightseers. A few minutes later the baby was on his feet walking. ``The giraffe is just a miniature adult,'' said zoo spokesman Mike Morgan. Morgan said the calf is ``very active'' and is already nursing and following his mother around. Veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
The baby will live with his mother; father, Lionel; and 2-year-old sister Amber. He is the fifth calf born at the National Zoo to Griff. The other three are now at other locations. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Fred Goldman interviews San Antonio District Attorney Steve Hilbig. Associated Press (2) Griff, a 15-year-old Masai giraffe, nuzzles her day-old offspring. Associated Press |
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