Anti-depressants, sex-hormones, anti-biotics, painkillers found in US drinking water; Spain's PSOE wins 2nd consecutive term...

10 March :: Anti-depressants, sex-hormones, painkillers and anti-biotics in significant quantities (though reporting has used term "trace amounts", which does not necessarily speak to quantity) in 24 of 28 US metropolitan areas tested; contaminated drinking water goes to 41 million Americans; health effects unknown, but potentially concerning as "Experts say medications may pose a unique danger because, unlike most pollutants, they were crafted to act on the human body"... Spain's Socialist party (PSOE) has expanded its representation in Congress and returned Pres. José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero to power for another 4-year term; the opposition Popular party (PP) also gained seats, but remained in the minority; election day speculation counts Catalán nationalist party CiU as a likely coalition partner, as traditional progressive allies ERC and IU-ICV both lost ground and together would not bring enough seats to give Zapatero an absolute majority... NY governor Eliot Spitzer, a popular Democrat, has been reported to be linked to a prostitute as part of a federal investigation; he apologized for violating his obligations to his family, but did not announce his resignation; if Spitzer were to resign, Lieutenant Gov. David Paterson would become New York's first African American governor; it is not yet clear whether Spitzer will face criminal charges...