You can research doctors and hospitals almost as easily as you can check contractors, lawyers and retailers.

Your state's department of health provides online resources for searching a doctor's education, hospital privileges and disciplinary history. State health departments also typically provide links to researching hospitals and nursing homes which operate in the state. Google your state's name with the words "health department" to find your state's site.

The federal General Services Administration recommends these sites for further research or statistics on medical facilities:

* The Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. GSA said this is a free online query system for national, regional and state health statistics.

* USA.gov. Ratings/reviews of health facilities in your area as well as by age group.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - A picture circulating in the Mid-South of an abduction suspect now serves as a major clue to investigators.

The photographer is a grandson of two elderly women himself. He said he did not think twice about snapping a photo of a suspect in an East Memphis attempted kidnapping.

"I said if this guy's preying on the elderly, I definitely need to act," said L.T. Wilons.

The woman told police she was loading things into her car. Then she was approached by a man who said he needed a ride to Nashville. She said she was not able to help him.

"I started to turn, and he said, 'I've got a gun, get in your car," she said.

The victim, who wants to remain anonymous, told Action News 5 that she screamed and ran away, darting in and out of cars in the parking lot.

Her screams got the attention of several other shoppers outside the busy store. Including Wilons, who followed the suspect for seven blocks.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - A Jackson man is indicted on a federal civil rights charge for defacing a Torah and other religious prayer books used by Memphis' Margolin Hebrew Academy.

Justin Shawn Baker, 25, allegedly damaged religious books Margolin Hebrew Academy students were using for a worship service conducted at the Doubletree Hotel in Jackson in January.

"Freedom to practice one's religion without prejudice is one of the bedrock principles upon which our nation was founded," said United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Edward L. Stanton III in a press release. "Criminal acts such as those alleged in the indictment represent an attack upon the rights that generations of Americans have fought and died to ensure and protect. Our dedicated civil rights unit will continue to protect and defend the rights of our citizens through vigorous enforcement of federal law."