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Man arrested in slaying of professor

A Germantown man was in custody last night in connection with the stabbing death of a retired Villanova astronomy professor, police said.

Jose Diaz, 42, of Hansberry Street near Greene, was arrested yesterday in connection with the killing of Carol Ambruster.

Ambruster, 69, was found in her apartment on Wayne Avenue near School House Lane in Germantown Dec. 9. with multiple stab wounds to her chest and neck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Diaz was charged with murder and related offenses.

Jury awards nearly $43M for malpractice

A Philadelphia jury yesterday handed down one of the biggest medical-malpractice verdicts ever in the state when it awarded $42.9 million for future medical expenses to a child born with cerebral palsy.

The Common Pleas jury determined that the child, who is now 6, received "substandard medical treatment" at Chestnut Hill Hospital from a University of Pennsylvania doctor after she was born prematurely there July 4, 2007, according to a news release from law firm Kline & Specter.

Attorneys said the little girl's mother had shown up at Chestnut Hill Hospital two days before she was born complaining of pelvic pressure, but was not admitted or administered any medication to protect her baby's development.

Grisly discovery along the Delaware River

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