A torn artery and a pulsating fountain of blood usually meant one thing to Army surgeons in World War I—amputation. In World War II, it may not mean any such thing. In the American Journal of Surgery last week, Surgeon Gerald Hillary Pratt published instructions on the “neglected” art of sewing arteries: First step is to stop the spurting blood, by tourniquet or by a surgical clamp applied directly to the bleeding vessel. Read More...
Michael Egan — who last year accused Bryan Singer and other industry figures of sexual assault, only to withdraw the claims — was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday in connection with a fraudulent investment scheme.
Egan, 33, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad in Charlotte also sentenced Egan to two years supervised release and ordered him to pay more than $300,000 in restitution to his victims. Read More...
BORN. To TAI BABILONIA, 35, ice skater, and her husband CARY BUTLER, 29, a musical engineer/producer; a son, SCOUT GABRIEL BUTLER; in Los Angeles. He is their first child.
ADOPTED. By EARVIN (“MAGIC”) JOHNSON, 35, retired basketball star, and his wife COOKIE; a girl, ELISA, born last month; in Michigan. She is the third child for Johnson, the second for the couple, who have a 2-1/2-year-old son Earvin III.
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