Earlier this monthGene Barfield and his partner, Tim LaCroix married the same morning the LTBB tribal council voted to recognize same-sex unions as long as one member belonged to this tribe.  They got married to celebrate their 30th aniversary in Michigan a state that doesnt recognize same sex marriages.  They said that they never wanted to go to another state to get married but wanted to get married in the state they love and live in.  Native Americans are self goverened so they are able to make their own laws, however it doesnt mean that Michigan or any other state will recognize it.  Michigan is one of the states that recognizes marriage as a union between one man and women.  i think that this is strange becuase according to full faith and credit each state must recognize the official documents and civil judgment
 
Manatees have been on the endangered species list since 1973.  Unfortunately since January of this year 174 manatees have died.  They have been perishing at alarming rates this year due to the red algea in the warm waters of Florida, where many manatees migrate during the winter months.  Since January there has been a boom of red algea in Florida.  This is not unuaual and happens about every year around the time of January in Southwest Florida and can last up to a few weeks.  However this year the red algea has lasted much longer than in the past.  The toxic algea has remained in an area of warm water where the manatees have migrated and has settled into the see grass.  This sea grass is then eaten by the manatees and the toxins go into the manatees bodies.  The red algea attacts the immune system and can cuase lack of coordination in the water and siezures.  What is dangerous is that becuase of these effects the manatees are not able to get to the surface of the water to breath.  This year only 12 have been rescued and officials have asked fo
 
In July 2010 a baby girl was born in a rural Mississippi hospital.  After bloodwork came back from her mother after the birth and found her HIV positive, doctors quickly checked the baby to see if she came up positive as well.  When she did they sent the child tothe University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.  Becuase the mother had nor recieved any prenatal treatment for HIV the doctors quickly put the child on threeHIV-fighting drugs - zidovudine (also known as AZT), lamivudine, and nevirapine.  She was only 30 hours old when they began the treatment.  Usually only one drug is given to the infant but becuase she had recieved no prenatal drugs, she was put on all three.  only 29 days after birth the child showed signs of improvement and the virus became undetectable.  The child continued recieving treatment for 18 months but after that the mother stopped coming for an unknown reason for 10 months.  After this period when the doctors did tests almost all came up negative except the RNA which the doctors only found one strand of the virus in two samples.  This was the first child to recieve a functional cure. 

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/u-s-baby-s-hiv-infection-cured-through-very-early-treatment