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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A spokesman for U.S. Rep. John Murtha said the Pennsylvania Democrat is in stable condition after enduring gallbladder surgery complications.
Murtha spokesman Matt Mazonkey confirmed Murtha, 77, is still being held in intensive care at a hospital in Arlington, Va., as he recovers from complications from having his gallbladder removed last week, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Thursday.
An unidentified source close to the U.S. representative said during Murtha's laparoscopic surgery last Thursday, a portion of the politician's intestine was cut.
The source said the inadvertent injury caused an infection that resulted in Murtha being hospitalized at the Virginia Hospital Center Sunday.
The source told the Post-Gazette if Murtha continues to recover from the infection, the official could return to the U.S. House of Representatives in a number of weeks.
Meanwhile, Murtha's fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, appeared optimistic regarding his ailing friend.
"I hear he is over the hump and it is going good," Kanjorski said.
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BOSTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Boston Police Department is working to restore its Web site after it was attacked by the cyber hacking group Anonymous, a spokeswoman said.
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MIAMI, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Ronnie Smith, former trumpet player for the disco/funk group K.C. and the Sunshine Band, has died in a Florida hospital, his family said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A Nigerian militant group said a claim that it wasn't responsible for an attack on an oil pipeline is propaganda from state authorities.
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