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(824 diggs) Canadian health care - it's their right In Canada, health care is viewed as a human right, not a commodity, as it is viewed in the U.S. Though there is increasing pressure in Canada to enlarge the private sector's role in medical services, Canada maintains its publicly-funded Medicare system.

(1231 diggs) Digg Responds to User Outrage: Upcoming Stories Will Return Digg has had one heck of a week. On Wednesday the social news aggregator decided it was a good time to make the switch to version 4 of it's platform, which sent servers crashing and drove users bonkers. That was followed with overwhelming outrage over the buggy and feature-stripped new site, and today loyal Digg users spammed the site pleading for founder Kevin Rose to "do the right thing." This afternoon, Rose responded to the Digg community on his personal blog, announcing the return of...

(94 diggs) Autistic Man Was Illegally Detained in Care Unit, UK Court Rules The local council of the London borough of Hillingdon acted illegally in detaining 21-year-old Steven Neary for a year in a care unit, rather than allowing him to live with his father, Mark Neary. As the Guardian reports, Steven Neary's human rights were breached after authorities at Hillingdon refused to let him return home after what his father had thought was a temporary stay at the care unit in December of 2009.

(162 diggs) Steve Jobs is still alive It’s embarrassing that the AP got caught writing an obituary of Steve Jobs, though hardly surprising, given the state of his health and the speed of news. But more embarrassing is that Apple is reportedly pressuring potential sources not to talk. Gawker writes:

Some poor AP reporter has been calling around to collect quotes from business associates for Jobs’ pre-written obituary, according to the New York Post’s Page Six. The reporting effort is said to include outreach to record label...

(1 diggs) Rule will strengthen right to refuse care -- baltimoresun.co WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers to refuse to participate in any way in morally "objectionable procedures" such as abortion and possibly including birth control and artificial insemination.