Analysis: Cheney waited longer than average for heart transplant

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• Analysis: Cheney waited longer than average for heart transplant
• Friends fear for safety of man who shot Florida teen
• Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion
• U.S. gasoline hits $3.93 a gallon: survey
• Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court
• Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn, accuser to spar in court
• Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen
• Student shot dead at Mississippi State University
• Court clears way for rescue pact for Detroit
• Iraqi woman attacked in California home dies
• Police arrest 14 in two New York Occupy protests
• "Cash Mobs" gather to splurge in locally owned stores
• Spending cuts bite in Paul Ryan's home town
• Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion
• Analysis: Cheney waited longer than average for heart transplant
• Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen
• Friends fear for safety of man who shot Florida teen
• U.S. gasoline hits $3.93 a gallon: survey
• Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court
• Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn, accuser to spar in court
• Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen

Analysis: Cheney waited longer than average for heart transplant Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a heart transplant and had to wait longer than the typical patient as well -- 20 months compared with a year or less. The fact that he was still able to receive a donor heart after surviving five heart attacks shows he must have been in excellent health, doctors said on Sunday. They also pointed to advances in care that have made it possible for older patients to still be good transplant candidates. Cheney is recovering at a Washington-area hospital after undergoing the surgery on Saturday. ...

Friends fear for safety of man who shot Florida teen Posted: SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Friends and supporters spoke out on Sunday on behalf of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in Florida, saying he fears for his safety after receiving death threats. George Zimmerman, who has claimed he shot Trayvon Martin on February 26 in self-defense, is staying at an undisclosed location after widely circulated death threats and word of a $10,000 bounty to find him, said legal adviser Craig Sonner, who said he would represent Zimmerman if charges are filed. ...

Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion Posted: (Reuters) - One in five soldiers who return from Iraq or Afghanistan having suffered a concussion develop chronic headaches that occur at least half the days of the month, with many suffering even more, according to a U.S. survey. Army researchers, whose findings were published in the journal Headache, examined nearly 1,000 soldiers with a history of deployment-related concussion and found 20 percent had suffered frequent headaches diagnosed as "chronic daily headache" for three months or more. Of those, a quarter had the headaches every day. ...

U.S. gasoline hits $3.93 a gallon: survey Posted: The price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose 11.49 cents over the past two weeks as profit margins for refiners and gasoline retailers increased, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.9297 on March 23, the survey of about 2,500 gasoline retailers in the continental United States found. That was a smaller increase than the 12.31-cent rise in the previous survey, which covered the two weeks that ended March 9. ...

Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court Posted: AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Representatives of Johnson & Johnson and the state of Texas will head back to court on Tuesday over a $158 million settlement agreement announced in January involving the drug Risperdal, a spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Sunday. "As far as we knew, we had a solid settlement," said Tom Kelley, Abbott's spokesman. "We'll have more information on Tuesday about what has caused (Johnson & Johnson) some concerns." A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson declined to comment about the hearing before state District Judge John Dietz in Austin. ...

Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn, accuser to spar in court Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven months after New York prosecutors dropped criminal charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his lawyers will fight a civil lawsuit brought against him in a Bronx courtroom this week. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and his accuser, hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, will wrangle on Wednesday over whether Strauss-Kahn's former IMF position grants him diplomatic immunity from the suit. ...

Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen Posted: SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman is not a racist and cried for days after shooting dead a black Florida teenager, a black, longtime friend of Zimmerman said on Sunday in a sympathetic portrayal of a man maligned by critics as a trigger-happy bigot. Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic, shot Trayvon Martin, 17, in what he said was self defense during an altercation in the gated community Zimmerman was watching on February 26 in Sanford, Florida. After attracting little notice initially, the case gained widespread attention, sparking protests and renewing a national debate about race. ...

Student shot dead at Mississippi State University Posted: STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late on Saturday night, authorities said, adding that three suspects remained at large. The unidentified student was reported shot at Evans Hall shortly after 11 p.m. local time, university officials said. Authorities described the suspects as three black males who fled the hall in a late model blue Crown Victoria car. There were no immediate reports of further injuries and the university is operating on "emergency" status, officials said. ...

Court clears way for rescue pact for Detroit Posted: DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan's Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a team appointed by the governor to come up with a consent deal to keep afloat Detroit, America's historic "Motor City," which could run out of money in months. The pressure on Detroit is intense. Monday is the deadline for Governor Rick Snyder's team to recommend what to do to fix the dire financial situation for Michigan's largest city, long synonymous with the U.S.-based auto industry. ...

Iraqi woman attacked in California home dies Posted: EL CAJON, California (Reuters) - A mother from Iraq who was severely beaten in her southern California home and left with a threatening note nearby died on Saturday, and police are considering a hate crime as a possible motive in the murder investigation. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was found unconscious in the dining room of her home in El Cajon, near San Diego, on Wednesday morning by her 17-year-old daughter, said El Cajon police spokesman Lieutenant Mark Coit. She was taken to a local trauma center with grave injuries. Doctors took her off life support and she died on Saturday afternoon, Coit ...

Police arrest 14 in two New York Occupy protests Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourteen protesters were arrested on Saturday in separate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, one that involved an hours-long march through Manhattan streets and a second at the United Nations, authorities said. Several hundred protesters zig-zagged from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan where the anti-Wall Street Occupy movement was born last year to Union Square Park in what was billed as a demonstration against police brutality. ...

"Cash Mobs" gather to splurge in locally owned stores Posted: CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now a group of online activists is harnessing social media like Twitter and Facebook to get consumers to spend at locally owned stores in cities around the world in so-called Cash Mobs. At the first International Cash Mob day on Saturday, wallet- toting activists gathered in as many as 200 mobs in the United States and Europe, with the aim of spending at least $20 a piece in locally owned businesses, according to the concept's founder, Cleveland lawyer Andrew Samtoy. ...

Spending cuts bite in Paul Ryan's home town Posted: JANESVILLE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Paul Ryan's budget-cutting vision has made him a hero to conservatives across the country. It's less popular in his hometown. As Ryan's proposal to slash taxes and spending started to move through Congress last week, local officials in this humble Rust Belt city scrambled to recover from last year's cutbacks. The U.S. ...

Daily headaches common in soldiers after concussion Posted: (Reuters) - One in five soldiers who return from Iraq or Afghanistan having suffered a concussion develop chronic headaches that occur at least half the days of the month, with many suffering even more, according to a U.S. survey. Army researchers, whose findings were published in the journal Headache, examined nearly 1,000 soldiers with a history of deployment-related concussion and found 20 percent had suffered frequent headaches diagnosed as "chronic daily headache" for three months or more. Of those, a quarter had the headaches every day. ...

Analysis: Cheney waited longer than average for heart transplant Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a heart transplant and had to wait longer than the typical patient as well -- 20 months compared with a year or less. The fact that he was still able to receive a donor heart after surviving five heart attacks shows he must have been in excellent health, doctors said on Sunday. They also pointed to advances in care that have made it possible for older patients to still be good transplant candidates. Cheney is recovering at a Washington-area hospital after undergoing the surgery on Saturday. ...

Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen Posted: SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman is not a racist and cried for days after shooting dead a black Florida teenager, a black, longtime friend of Zimmerman said on Sunday in a sympathetic portrayal of a man maligned by critics as a trigger-happy bigot. Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic, shot Trayvon Martin, 17, in what he said was self defense during an altercation in the gated community Zimmerman was watching on February 26 in Sanford, Florida. After attracting little notice initially, the case gained widespread attention, sparking protests and renewing a national debate about race. ...

Friends fear for safety of man who shot Florida teen Posted: SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Friends and supporters spoke out on Sunday on behalf of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager in Florida, saying he fears for his safety after receiving death threats. George Zimmerman, who has claimed he shot Trayvon Martin on February 26 in self-defense, is staying at an undisclosed location after widely circulated death threats and word of a $10,000 bounty to find him, said legal adviser Craig Sonner, who said he would represent Zimmerman if charges are filed. ...

U.S. gasoline hits $3.93 a gallon: survey Posted: The price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose 11.49 cents over the past two weeks as profit margins for refiners and gasoline retailers increased, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $3.9297 on March 23, the survey of about 2,500 gasoline retailers in the continental United States found. That was a smaller increase than the 12.31-cent rise in the previous survey, which covered the two weeks that ended March 9. ...

Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court Posted: AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Representatives of Johnson & Johnson and the state of Texas will head back to court on Tuesday over a $158 million settlement agreement announced in January involving the drug Risperdal, a spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Sunday. "As far as we knew, we had a solid settlement," said Tom Kelley, Abbott's spokesman. "We'll have more information on Tuesday about what has caused (Johnson & Johnson) some concerns." A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson declined to comment about the hearing before state District Judge John Dietz in Austin. ...

Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn, accuser to spar in court Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven months after New York prosecutors dropped criminal charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his lawyers will fight a civil lawsuit brought against him in a Bronx courtroom this week. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and his accuser, hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, will wrangle on Wednesday over whether Strauss-Kahn's former IMF position grants him diplomatic immunity from the suit. ...

Black friend defends shooter of Florida teen Posted: SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman cried for days in remorse after shooting dead a black Florida teenager, a family friend of Zimmerman said on Sunday, offering a sympathetic portrayal of the man at the focal point of a national uproar. Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic, shot Trayvon Martin, 17, in what he said was self defense during an altercation in the gated community Zimmerman was watching on February 26 in Sanford, Florida. After barely going noticed for weeks, the case has triggered protests and renewed a national discussion about race. "He couldn't stop crying. ...

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