A nurse's aide in Oregon has been convicted of taking photos of hospital patients, and their bedpans, and posting them to Facebook. Her sentence includes an order from the judge to write a thousand-word "insightful" apology to a patient.
Nurse's Aide in Oregon convicted of Facebooking photos of patients and their bedpans
Some people initiate sex in their sleep and remember none of it
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Brain implant lets a paralyzed man feed himself and pet his dog
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A tick bite can make you allergic to meat, and cases are climbing
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This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
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Free up computer space with 2TB of cloud storage for $59 — for life
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All Babbel language courses just dropped in this exclusive offer
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