Cheney suffers clot in left leg
Doctors discovered a blood clot in Vice President Dick Cheney’s left leg Monday, a condition that could be fatal if untreated.
The 66-year-old Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, will be treated with blood-thinning medication for several months, spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said.
She said Cheney visited his doctor’s office in Washington after feeling discomfort in his calf. An ultrasound showed the blood clot – called a deep venous thrombosis – in his left lower leg.
Many people suffer DVT after spending long periods without moving, such as passengers on long-haul airline flights. Cheney spent about 65 hours on a plane on a nine-day, round-the-world trip that ended last week.
INDIANAPOLIS
Pilot crashes into ex-inlaw’s house
A pilot and his 8-year-old daughter were killed Monday when their small plane crashed into his former mother-in-law’s house near a southern Indiana airport, authorities said.
A preliminary crash investigation leads “us to believe that this was an intentional act,” Indiana State Police spokesman 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said.
The crash in Bedford, about 20 miles south of Bloomington, killed Eric Johnson, 47, of Bedford, and his daughter Emily, Bursten said.
Investigators were treating the deaths as homicides. The National Transportation Safety Board investigation could take up to a year, Bursten said.
SAN FRANCISCO
State can help schools on bonds
The state can help religious schools obtain bonds to pay for improvements, even if the school’s mission is overwhelmingly religious, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Monday.
Rejecting arguments by civil libertarians, the court majority said the state can issue tax-exempt government bonds – which would save private schools millions on new construction – if the bonds will be used for facilities where secular subjects are taught with an academic content similar to that provided in nonreligious schools.
WASHINGTON
Senate confirms BIA leader
The Senate has confirmed Carl J. Artman as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, filling a post that has been vacant for two years.
President Bush nominated Artman to oversee the agency last August and again this year as the new Congress convened.
Artman would replace Dave Anderson, who resigned in February 2005.