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He was receiving follow-up treatment in a hospital emergency department, was in stable condition and could be released Wednesday night or Thursday. Also injured were a 17-year-old male, Darnell Rodgers, who was treated and released after being shot in the elbow; a 15-year-old male shot in the left side, who may be released from a hospital Wednesday night; and a 15-year-old female who suffered a knee injury, and likely will be released Wednesday night, Eckart said. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said earlier the teenage female hurt her knee in the chaos following the shootings. (Posted 9:02 p.m.) Former mayor who dropped out of sight was in rehab, lawyer says (CNN) -- Former Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy, who resigned Wednesday after mysteriously dropping out of sight for two weeks, had checked into an inpatient rehabilitation facility to receive treatment for a dependence on prescription drugs, his attorney said.
Pledge to scrap Scottish prescription charges
SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon repeated party pledges today that scrapping prescription charges will signal a return to the core values of the NHS as it approaches its 60th anniversary. Speaking at the start of the SNP's annual conference, Ms Sturgeon said that the charges amounted to "a tax on ill health", and confirmed that the Scottish Government will scrap them within the next four years. The health secretary told delegates in Aviemore: "I am announcing today and confirming today that prescription charges will be abolished completely for all, and will be abolished within the lifetime of this parliament. .
Virtualization: Hot technology for 2008
VMware's final numbers for 2007 aren't out yet, but the company is on pace to hit US$1.5 billion. In August, EMC engineered an IPO for 10% of VMware. It turned out to be the most successful high-tech IPO since Google, with EMC raising nearly US$1 billion when 33 million shares were snapped up at an opening price of US$29. The stock continued to soar, exceeding US$50 a share on opening day, and soon thereafter cresting at more than US$125 a share. Today, VMware is selling at close to about US$80 a share, which gives the company a market capitalization of around US$30 billion. That's hot. And the virtualization market is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, IDC is predicting that worldwide spending on virtualization software and services is expected to jump from US$6.5 billion in 2006 to more than US$15 billion in 2011.
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