Doctors catch errors in own medical records; experts say patients should check theirs, too

The recent chatter on a popular social networking site dealt with a problem often overlooked in medicine: mistakes in patients' medical charts.

The twist was the patients were doctors irked to discover gaffes in their own records and sloppy note-taking among their fellow physicians.

The frank dialogue on a doctors-only Web forum opened a window into a little discussed topic among physicians who find themselves on the other end of the stethoscope.

Take Dr. Richard Botney who swapped experiences with fellow doctors. Several years ago, Botney visited a specialist to check out a bothersome lump in his cheek. He took some medicine and the problem went …

Sports, politics mix? Yep

Maybe you don't think the worlds of politics and sports intersect. They do. Oh, man, do they.

And the reason is that both are ruled by ambition, power and money.

This Gov. Rod Blagojevich everything's-for-sale mess has directly to do with the Chicago Cubs and the 2016 Olympics.

Blago, a huge Cubs fan, was caught on the feds' wiretap saying that a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois, the one recently vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, is ''a [bleep]ing valuable thing,'' and ''You just don't give it away for nothing.''

No, sir, you sure don't. And in those federal tapings, Blagojevich also allegedly said the Chicago Tribune needed to fire certain …

Happy Birthday

The Burning Hell, Happy Birthday

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Listening to The Burning Hell's Happy Birthday, I keep wondering what front man Mathias Kom sounds like when he talks. His voice is deep. Really deep. As deep as the guy from the Crash Test Dummies. I prefer the slow, seemingly dark minimal folk music as background music, but I can't help but listen closely because of the witty words. Best lyrics: "Dinosaurs were invented by God as a test/Hippies are all working for …

Champion Madrid bids to crown perfect week with victory at Zaragoza

Newly proclaimed champion Real Madrid can complete a perfect week when it visits lowly Zaragoza in the Spanish league's penultimate round on Sunday.

After beating Osasuna 2-1 last Sunday to lift the title for a record 31st time, Madrid kept its momentum and produced its best soccer of the season to rout its archrival FC Barcelona 4-1 on Wednesday.

Madrid has mounted a run of six wins and one draw in its past seven games to take a 10-point lead and bring Bernd Schuster his first major trophy in an 11-year coaching career.

"I didn't expect this before the season started. I thought we would be a title candidate but not that we would be so far …

Walter Reed won't be fined for radiation slip-up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are not going to fine the Army's flagship hospital for mishandling two packages of radioactive material earlier this year.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Walter Reed Army Medical Center committed a Level III safety violation. The NRC says it decided against a fine because Walter Reed staff made reasonable attempts to find the missing …

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If you get Saturday's Daily Mail, you won't need a program for theWest Virginia-Ohio State football game.

We will devote a special section exclusively to in-depth coverageof the nationally televised clash in Morgantown. We will publishstarting lineups and complete rosters for both teams, in addition todetailed predictions on the game's outcome. Plus, we will have ourusual daily dose of feature stories and photos.

All in Saturday's Daily Mail.

Blazers Rebound After 13-Game Run Ended

The Portland Trail Blazers found a cure to what ails them on the road _ a trip to Minnesota. After their 13-game winning streak was snapped at Utah, Brandon Roy scored 24 points to help the young Blazers rebound with a 90-79 victory over the woeful Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Portland restored its dominance in Rip City in December, going 10-0 at the Rose Garden to improve to 15-3 at home this season.

But coach Nate McMillan said he was curious to see how his group would handle going on the road. The Blazers entered the night just 3-10 away from home, including a 111-101 loss to the Jazz that broke the league's longest winning streak of the season.

A game in frigid Minneapolis is a nice way to ease into a month in which nine of their first 11 games are on the road.

Al Jefferson had 29 points and 16 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who are a league-worst 4-27 and off to the worst start in a franchise history that has known plenty of losing.