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An autopsy on the body of Rodney King will be conducted Monday morning, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner.
Coroner’s spokeswoman Jody Miller said toxicology tests will be performed, which is routine for an accidental death. Results will not be available for six to eight weeks.
Early Sunday morning, King was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in Rialto. Authorities say there was no evidence of foul play and are investigating the 47-year-old's death as an accidental drowning.
An autopsy on the body of Rodney King will be conducted Monday morning, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner.
Coroner’s spokeswoman Jody Miller said toxicology tests will be performed, which is routine for an accidental death. Results will not be available for six to eight weeks.
Early Sunday morning, King was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in Rialto. Authorities say there was no evidence of foul play and are investigating the 47-year-old's death as an accidental drowning.
Questions remain about how Rodney King died
An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of Rodney King's death.
Authorities said King appeared to drown early Sunday at his Rialto home, but they said questions remain about exactly what happened.
King’s fiancee called 911 about 5:25 a.m. and said she had found King at the bottom of his pool, Rialto police Sgt. Paul Stella said.
A short time earlier, Cynthia Kelley had talked to King, who was outside, through a sliding-glass door, said Rialto police Capt. Randy DeAnda. Kelley then heard a splash and ran out, DeAnda said. She saw King at the bottom of the deep end of the pool, he said.
Kelley is “not a great swimmer,” DeAnda said, explaining why she did not jump in. Police arrived moments later and an officer jumped in the pool and pulled King’s body onto the deck.
“There were no signs of life,” DeAnda said.
The officers attempted CPR, which was continued when paramedics arrived, he said. King was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton where he was pronounced dead at 6:11 a.m., he said.
Next-door neighbor Sandra Gardea, 31, said she heard commotion in King's backyard early Sunday.
Gardea said she heard someone sobbing about 3 or 3:30 a.m.
“It just sounded like someone was really sad,” she said. “There was a lot of moaning and crying. Another person was trying to console that person.”
U.S. kids getting more ADHD drugs, fewer antibiotics
The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking the rise in prescriptions to adults, according to a government report out Monday.
Antibiotics use fell by 14 percent, suggesting efforts to curb rampant overuse of the drugs "may be working," researchers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) write in the journal Pediatrics.
Experts say antibiotics are commonly used to treat infections caused by viruses, although they only work against bacteria. That has fueled the growth of drug-resistant superbugs.
"You have to look at how our society handles school children's problems. It's clear that we rely much, much more on a pharmacological answer than other societies do," Diller said. "The medicine is overprescribed primarily, but under-prescribed for certain inner-city groups of children."
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Facebook Must Pay $10M for "Sponsored Stories" Lawsuit Settlement
The suit was actually settled last month, but wasn't made public until now
Facebook landed itself in yet another privacy lawsuit over the use of "Sponsored Stories," and will now have to pay $10 million to settle it.
Facebook's Sponsored Stories are advertisements that contain a friend's name, profile picture and text indicating that that particular friend "likes" the product, service, or person being advertised. These ads act as a recommendation from that friend, but there's one problem -- that Facebook friend knows nothing about it, and they're not being compensated for acting as a referral. They also can't opt out.
Five Facebook members sued the social network for these Sponsored Stories, saying that this practice violates California law. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, California.
The suit was actually settled last month, but wasn't made public until now. According to the lawsuit, this could have included one of every three Americans, meaning Facebook could have been in some serious hot water and paid billions if word got out.
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Google sees 'alarming' uptick in government censorship
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| But Google says it increasingly fields requests from government agencies trying to use their power to suppress political opinions and other material they don't like. (AP) |
U.S. authorities are leading the charge as governments around the world pepper Google with more demands to remove online content and turn over information about people using its Internet search engine, YouTube video site and other services.
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