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Hospital: Dozens Of Patients May Have Been Exposed To HIV

More than two dozen patients of a Washington State medical center have been notified that they may have been infected with HIV after being treated with improperly sterilized ultrasound equipment. KING’s Alison Morrow reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Voluntarily Recalled Due To Glass Shards In Some Vials

Search: Michelle Castillo / CBS News Merck announced a voluntary recall of one lot its vaccine Gardasil, one of two vaccines approved to protect against cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the company has asked offices and clinics that received lot number J007354 to return the vaccines [...]

Teen’s Glasses Deflect Bullet In Drive-By Shooting

A 16-year-old girl was spared possibly fatal injuries after the glasses she was wearing deflected a bullet that struck her in the face in a drive-by shooting. KING’s Zahid Arab reports. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Beyonce Surprises Wal-Mart Customers By Paying For Holiday Gifts

Source: Randee Dawn / Today / NBC News Saving your holiday shopping until the last minute can have benefits, particularly if Beyoncé is in the store. The singer visited a Wal-Mart in Tewksbury, Mass., on Friday and made 750 shoppers very happy while wishing them a “Merry, merry Christmas.” As reported in the Lowell Sun, Bey [...]

NewsOne Now 12.09.13 Photo Gallery

NewsOne Now News Anchor Shannon Cross; Journalist Angela Rae; Roland Martin, Host of NewsOne Now; Former RNC chair Michael Steele; Kristal High, Editor-in-Chief of Politic365 and George Curry, Editor-in-Chief of NNPA

Complaint Against Funeral Home In Kendrick Johnson Case

Source: Stephanie Slifer / CBS News The parents of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teen found dead inside a rolled-up wrestling mat in his high school gym in January, filed a complaint Tuesday against the funeral home that handled their son’s remains. The complaint was filed with the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service against Antonio Harrington, [...]

Desmond Tutu’s Home Robbed During Mandela Memorial

Source: AP / New York Post JOHANNESBURG — Police in South Africa say retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s home was robbed while he was away to attend a memorial honoring Nelson Mandela. A statement Wednesday from the South African Police Service said the robbery of Tutu’s home in Cape Town happened between 7 p.m. and 9 [...]

George Zimmerman Won’t Be Prosecuted For Domestic Abuse

Source: Michael Winter / USA Today Florida prosecutors said Wednesday that they would not file domestic violence charges against George Zimmerman after his girlfriend told police he had pointed a shotgun at her three weeks ago. The move comes two days after Zimmerman submitted an affidavit from Samantha Scheibe stating she did not want “my boyfriend” charged with [...]

SAG Award Nominations: ’12 Years A Slave,’ ‘Butler’ Lead The Way

Source: Susan King and Rene Lynch / Los Angeles Times “12 Years a Slave” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” earned a total of seven nominations Wednesday for the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, solidifying their status as front-runners as the road to Oscar gold begins in earnest. The films are hallmarks of an extraordinary year for [...]

Black Executive Says BP Fired Her For Wearing ‘Ethnic Clothing And Ethnic Hairstyles’

Source: Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress A black woman says she was fired from British Petroleum (BP) for wearing a dashiki and for wearing her hair in braids. Melphine Evans was a vice president and CFO for two BP ofshoots. Now, she is suing those companies and nine individuals, saying she was told that how she dressed [...]