NM bankruptcies increase by more than 1/3 in 2007
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Bankruptcies in New Mexico increased by more than a third in 2007, but those who work with bankruptcies downplayed the jump. "There's no drama in the increase," said Norman H. Meyer Jr., clerk of U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the district of New Mexico. "We're still looking for the 'new' normal."
Airline says it tried to help dying passenger on plane
NEW YORK (AP) - American Airlines on Monday insisted it tried to help a passenger who died after complaining she couldn't breathe, and disputed the account of a relative who said that she was denied oxygen and that medical devices failed. The airline said the oxygen tanks and a defibrillator were working and noted that several medical professionals on the flight, including a doctor, tried to save passenger Carine Desir, 44, who had heart disease.
Increase in elephants leads South Africa to allow for killing
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - South Africa said it will allow elephants to be killed to control their population, reversing a 1994 ban and immediately drawing criticism from animal rights activists. The government in 1994 banned culling the elephant population, but since then, the number of elephants in the country has ballooned from 8,000 to more than 20,000. The new policy becomes official Friday.
