Monthly Archives: January 2008

A Question Of Care: Military Malpractice? – CBS Evening News – CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/31/eveningnews/main3776580.shtml

When Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez was in Iraq, military doctors, he says, misdiagnosed his skin cancer.

They called it “a wart.”

Sgt. Rodriguez III was a father, a soldier, an artist and an actor. He loved life and the Marines. But skin cancer ravaged his body, whittling it down to 80 lbs in 18 months.

Between the Lines | ZDNet

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL?p=7818

Amazon.com’s march into digital distribution of content continues-this time with plans to acquire Audible for $300 million.

In a statement on Thursday, Amazon said it will acquire Audible, which provides digital spoken word content-audio versions of books, newspapers and other programming. Audible offers more than 80,000 programs.