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Stockton nursing home fined $90K in man's death

Nov. 14, 2009
A Stockton nursing home is facing California's stiffest penalty after state investigators found the facility did not adequately protect a 92-year-old resident from a fatal fall. The 120-bed Valley Gardens Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received a "AA"...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler