Heathrow Airport braces for Olympics

London's Heathrow Airport will adopt special measures to cope with a higher-than-normal number of guns entering Britain during the Olympics, officials said. In a document detailing the airport's preparations before the London 2012 Olympics, Heathrow said it expects increased numbers of firearms to pass through the airport because of shooting events at the games.

Leading Business Intelligence on the Middle East & North Africa

JEDDAH: The sixth meeting of the Saudi Orthodontic Society, which started on Jan. 31 and ended yesterday (Feb. 1) in Jeddah, revealed that some 70 to 80 percent of Saudi children need dental braces.

Babies for braces? News 8's Medicaid investigations continue

DALLAS - No one would say being a single mom is easy. Especially being a single, teenage mother. But the State of Texas appears to be encouraging teenage girls to become pregnant so they can receive free dental care under Medicaid. Our investigation last year found hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money spent for free braces on kids' teeth under Medicaid. That spurred a federal ...

Hong Kong braces for influx of "Dragon Babies"

HONG KONG (Reuters) - As hundreds of millions of Chinese counted down to the Year of the Dragon, the clock was also ticking for thousands of mainland women scrambling to deliver "lucky" babies in Hong Kong, putting pressure on medical facilities and stoking protests in the city. Lured by residency rights and in a bid to avoid China's one-child policy, Hong Kong has seen a surge in the number of ...

Alaska town seeks shovels, braces for latest storm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents of two Alaska communities are seeking outside help after an exceptionally harsh winter left one buried in snow and the other iced in and facing a fuel shortage.

MPS Braces To Serve Record Number of Homeless Students

Milwaukee's public schools are on pace to break a record -- but it's a benchmark nobody wants to reach: the number of students who are now homeless. WISN 12's Joyce Garbaciak looks at the challenges to the district, and to the families involved.