Thursday, March 15, 2012

Nixon blocks release of some papers

WASHINGTON (UPI) Former President Richard M. Nixon hastemporarily blocked the scheduled May 4 public release of about 5percent of the 1.5 million pages of his private presidential papers,the National Archives said yesterday.

Spokeswoman Jill Brett said Archives personnel have received "alarge list of objections . . . to specific documents" from lawyersfor Nixon. "Under the regulations, these documents must be withdrawnand reviewed according to their claim," she said.

Brett said Nixon …

Lab Tech Bites Boy, 3, During Blood Test

INDIANAPOLIS - A laboratory technician was fired after the parents of a 3-year-old boy claimed she bit his shoulder during a blood test, a hospital spokesman said.

Faith Buntin took her son Victor to St. Vincent Hospital on Friday to have blood drawn because of recent recalls of toys involving lead. She said she saw the worker put her mouth on Victor's shoulder as she restrained him so another lab worker could draw the blood.

"I looked at her like that was the craziest thing that I'd ever seen," Faith Buntin said Tuesday. "She looked …