The 22-year old man accused of killing six persons and wounding Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords back in January has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial. Jared Loughner was removed from a federal courtroom after screaming at a judge during a hearing. Loughner will be treated at a federal psychiatric facility and return to court in September for another competency hearing. Source Link
Many American parents are still picking up the tab for their children long after they reach adulthood. A new survey shows that about one out of four non-student adults aged 18 to 39 still live with their parents. Half of parents help adult children pay for living expenses and three out of ten parents say they occasionally provide spending money for their adult children. Source Link
A new survey says more than half of Americans do not want Medicaid funding cut and are skeptical of changing how the federal government funds the healthcare program for the poor. The Kaiser Family Foundation survey said some 60% want to keep Medicaid as-is and only 13% supported major reductions in Medicaid spending in order to cut the federal deficit. Source Link
