Blood clot risk low on flights, specialists say
Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists. The real risk is not getting up and moving during long flights, whether flying coach or first-class.
Still, the risk for most people is extremely low and not something to be alarmed about, said Gordon Guyatt, chairman of an American College of Chest Physicians' committee that wrote the guidelines. The guidelines were released online today in the group's journal, Chest.
Tucson suspect will stay at federal facility
A federal judge ruled Monday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will spend four more months at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him.
U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns noted that Jared Lee Loughner has made marked improvement at the facility in Springfield, Mo. Mental health experts have determined that Loughner, 23, suffers from schizophrenia and are trying to make him fit to stand trial.
Protests bring down Romanian government
Romania's government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of public anger over biting cuts.
Emil Boc, who had been prime minister since 2008, said he was resigning "to defuse political and social tension" and to make way for a new government. President Traian Basescu nominated Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, the head of Romania's foreign intelligence service, as the new prime minister.
Queen Elizabeth marks 60-year reign
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II marked her 60 years on the throne with a "thank you" to the nation Monday and a pledge that she would serve for the rest of her life.
Dressed in a Tiffany-blue hat and colorful overcoat against the winter cold, she was greeted by well-wishers in the snow-covered town of King's Lynn at an event planned to mark Accession Day, the anniversary of the day she became queen in 1952.
13 killed after quake strikes Philippines
Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.
At least 13 people were killed and 40 are thought missing, most of them along the shore near the epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake that struck just off Negros Island.
Occupy Maine taking down encampment
A tent city that's among the longest-lived Occupy protest encampments is coming down as part of a new wave of eviction orders against demonstrators aligned with the movement in cities including Miami, Washington and Pittsburgh.
Occupy Maine demonstrators removed several large tents over the weekend, and the city on Monday gave them additional time to remove the rest.
From wire reports
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