Jackson doctor bought propofol in Nevada and had it shipped to California, papers say

LAS VEGAS — Michael Jackson’s doctor bought a powerful anesthetic in Nevada and shipped it to California, where it was found at the pop singer’s bedside after he died, court documents released Friday say. Search warrant records revealed that investigators found receipts in Dr. Conrad Murray’s Las Vegas medical office showing that he bought the sedative propofol from Applied Pharmacy Services on May 12. The Los Angeles County coroner blamed propofol in ruling that the 50-year-old pop music icon’s June 25 death was a homicide. Murray, 56, a cardiologist licensed in Nevada, California and Texas, told police that he used propofol along with other sedatives to help Jackson sleep. Murray is the focus of a Los Angeles police homicide investigation but has not been charged with a crime. — The Associated PressRead more

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Marines in therapy near blasts

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist. The eight trailers were used for nearly two years, until a permanent clinic was completed in September in another location on the base, said a Camp Lejeune medical spokesman, Navy Lt. j.g. Mark Jean-Pierre.Read more

The crucial first test vote on whether to continue debate on the bill is scheduled for 7 CST tonight.Read more

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Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate healthcare bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession: Iowa.Read more

One Catholic official says Reid's bill is the worst he's seen so far.Read more

Hispanics in the House of Representatives are furious about the proposal.Read more

Texas' senators, Republicans John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, are standing fast against Senate Democrats' $849 billion healthcare plan and, along with all the other GOP senators, say they will vote "no" on a crucial procedural vote tonight.Read more

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A spokesman for the Houston-based company says the lawsuit is without merit.Read more

A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.Read more