Friday, August 31, 2012

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Friday, August 31, 2012, 11:37 PM PDT
Afghan officials: At least 12 people killed in double suicide bombing near NATO base in east

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Friday, August 31, 2012 11:27 PM PDT
Fan falls to death at Texans' Reliant Stadium
Concord Monitor Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:22 PM PDT
Nfl HOUSTON - A 25-year-old fan died after tumbling about 60 feet from a fifth-floor escalator at Reliant Stadium during a preseason Houston Texans game, officials said yesterday. Jonathon Kelly of Houston fell to the ground floor during the Thursday night game against the Minnesota Vikings, and frantic witnesses called the police to report where his body had landed, police spokesman John Cannon ...

Education News
Texarkana Gazette Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:18 PM PDT
Several area pediatric cancer survivors are among those receiving CARTI Jungmeyer scholarships valued at $2,500 each. They are: Allison Stanley of Texarkana and daughter of Jennifer Kelly and James Stanley; Adrian Landis...

WEST WINDSOR: Kelly makes most of busy summer
The Princeton Packet Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:17 PM PDT
The summer of 2011 was as frustrating as it gets on the baseball field for Scott Kelly.

Kelly: Fiction, real life collide for Omaha author Alex Kava
Omaha World-Herald Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:13 PM PDT
Known as Sharon Kava before taking her pen name, Alex Kava said the Isaac in her novel, "Damaged," was inspired by Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis in 2004 and 2005. She lived through Dennis.

Wildcats roll again
The Examiner Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:12 PM PDT
Blue Springs football coach Kelly Donohoe didn’t see Friday night’s victory over Park Hill South as a significant step forward.

CRANBURY: Scout adds sparkle to tree lighting
The Cranbury Press Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:59 PM PDT
CRANBURY â€" This year’s 21st annual Women’s Club of Cranbury tree lighting had a new twist thanks to a Girl Scout, Kelly Coyle, and an idea she had.

Brazilian wildcard beats Slater
BigPond News Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:58 PM PDT
Surfing great KELLY SLATER has suffered a shock third round loss at the world championships in Tahiti today.

Chieftain Cross Country team opens season on Saturday
Sapulpa Daily Herald Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:35 PM PDT
SAPULPA - The Sapulpa Chieftain Cross Country Team will begin their 2012 campaign on Saturday when they host their own run at Kelly Lane Park in Sapulpa.

Sun Devils rout UNA 63-6 to usher in Graham Era
Mohave Daily News Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:35 PM PDT
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) â€" Marion Grice ran for three touchdowns, Taylor Kelly was efficient in his desert debut and Arizona State opened the Todd Graham era with a 63-6 rout over Northern Arizona Thursday night.

Witch says she has Kelly's missing skull
BigPond News Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:33 PM PDT
A self-proclaimed witch in NZ believes she's solved the mystery of bushranger Ned Kelly's missing skull.




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Friday, August 31, 2012, 10:22 PM PDT
Pakistani intelligence officials: US missile strike kills 5 militants in northwest Pakistan

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Friday, August 31, 2012 10:08 PM PDT
Delightfully Malay-Indonesian
New Straits Times Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:15 PM PDT
FROM the moment I enter its dimly-lit fold, I instantly know that I’m going to love Dancing Fish. Stylish and serene, this restaurant, located deep in the nooks of Bangsar Shopping Centre’s third floor, prides itself on its repertoire of recipes from Bali, Java and other parts of Indonesia.

Unusual twist on Negroni, with a grain of salt
San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:20 PM PDT
Unusual twist on Negroni, with a grain of salt The Negroni, a simple mix of equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth, has been around since before Prohibition, but it's only in the past decade or so that the drink has gained celebrity status. In the eyes of many bartenders, the Negroni now sits at the dais at any cocktail banquet, right next to the Manhattan and the martini. Some recipes ...

Food lover's guide to the Decatur Book Festival (clusterfest)
Creative Loafing Atlanta Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:13 PM PDT
There's plenty of food love to be had at the Decatur Book Festival this weekend, and organizers say they've diversified the 2012 Cooking Track like never before. Sponsored by The Cook's Warehouse , this year will be a blend of the traditional and contemporary with presenters like author Sheri Castle , who will share ideas and recipes from her newest book: The New Southern Garden Cookbook ...

Five recipes for your budget holiday barbecue
Denver Post Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT
Just because Labor Day is the year's last stand for white pumps doesn't mean its celebration should resemble a yacht-club cocktail soiree.

IFTTT Recipes: Post to App.net
The Unofficial Apple Weblog Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:07 PM PDT
IFTTT Recipes is a new recurring column featuring recipes developed using IFTTT.com and their favorite IFTTT channels. Come see what TUAW bloggers cook up in the IFTTT labs! Wouldn't you like to post (tweet?) to App.net from the Twitter client you already love with no extra effort? IFTTT works that magic for you. App.net is a young, Twitter-like service. It's funded entirely by annual ...

5NEWS Grill: Labor Day Recipes
KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:16 AM PDT
Planning on cooking out this Labor Day? Checkout these great party recipes. Grilled or Baked Lemon Garlic Shrimp Ingredients:1 Stick...

Top 10 ‘True Blood’-iest recipes in the ‘True Blood’ cookbook
Entertainment Weekly Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:21 AM PDT
True Blood may have wrapped its fifth season this past weekend, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to be True

Blake Lively: 'I smuggle food ingredients inside teddy bears'
Digital Spy Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:17 AM PDT
The actress likes to experiment with new ingredients in her recipes.

RECIPE: From soup to pizza, butternut squash is a welcome almost anywhere
MLive.com Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT
I picked up three butternut squash for nearly nothing at a roadside stand last week and decided there had to be a lot of ways to use it. My family likes plain old cooked mashed squash, but this week we tried a few new recipes.

2nd Annual Fried Green Tomato Festival Green tomatoes are essential ingredient in recipe contest
The Daily Post-Athenian Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:51 AM PDT
While some area cooks have been busy perfecting their recipes for the Fried Green Tomato Festival Recipe Contest, there is still time to craft your own delectable contest entry.




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Tijuana drug gang leader extradited to US
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT
AFP - Mexico extradited the former deputy leader of a Tijuana drug cartel to the United States on Friday to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges, US officials said. Full Story
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Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from her home and for throwing a frying pan. Full Story
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Ivory Coast: Gbabgo official sentenced to 6 months
Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT
Associated Press - An Ivorian prosecutor said a top member of former President Laurent Gbagbo's political party was sentenced to six months in prison Friday after being found guilty of disturbing public order. Full Story
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That Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Is a Serious Crime
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT
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That Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Is a Serious CrimeIf you can get past the novelty of the fact that Canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the "sticky fingers" jokes leading every single news story about it, the heist in which $30 million of maple syrup was stolen from a warehouse is actually pretty serious.


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Missing Rapist in Texas Gang Rape Case Sentenced to 99 Years
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:04 AM PDT
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Missing Rapist in Texas Gang Rape Case Sentenced to 99 YearsEric McGowen Was Not in Court When He Was Convicted or Sentenced


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Guatemala's ex-police chief arrested in Geneva over murders
Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said they had arrested Guatemala's former chief of police on Friday in connection with a series of murders committed in the Central American country between 2004 and 2007. Erwin Sperisen resigned in 2007 after eight murders raised fears that senior officials were linked to drug gangs. Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said that Sperisen, who was arrested five years after criminal complaints were first lodged in the Swiss city for killings in Guatemala, will be questioned over his alleged role in the killing of prisoners at the El Infiernito and Pavon ... Full Story
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UN joins calls for Iraq death penalty moratorium
Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT
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UN High Commissioner for Human RightsThe United Nations mission in Iraq on Friday joined a recent wave of calls for Baghdad to implement a moratorium on its use of the death penalty after the country executed 26 people this week.


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Russian arrested in killing denies Pussy Riot ties
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:54 AM PDT
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This image taken from TV footage provided by The Associated Press Television News shows a place where two women stabbed to death were found under this sign on the wall of their apartment in the central Russian city of Kazan on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The sign is presumably written with blood, prosecutors said adding that the murderer probably tried to mislead police by the writing that supports three members of the provocative feminist band jailed for their "punk prayer" at a Moscow cathedral.(AP Photo/APTN) TV OUTInvestigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.


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Chairman of Chinese developer arrested for assault
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:58 AM PDT
Associated Press - The chairman of one of China's biggest listed property developers has been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with an indecent assault. Full Story
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Arrested Russian killer denies ties to Pussy Riot
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:51 AM PDT
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This image taken from TV footage provided by The Associated Press Television News shows a place where two women stabbed to death were found under this sign on the wall of their apartment in the central Russian city of Kazan on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The sign is presumably written with blood, prosecutors said adding that the murderer probably tried to mislead police by the writing that supports three members of the provocative feminist band jailed for their "punk prayer" at a Moscow cathedral.(AP Photo/APTN) TV OUTInvestigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.


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Fugitive whale campaigner vows to stop Japan hunt
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:38 AM PDT
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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has an Interpol arrest warrant out on himFugitive Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson vowed Friday to spearhead his group's next campaign against Japan's annual whale hunt, pledging to prevent a single animal being killed.


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Ex-News International legal chief arrested
Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:31 AM PDT
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Tom Crone, 60, was held on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communicationsThe former legal advisor to Rupert Murdoch's News International newspaper group was arrested by police investigating alleged phone hacking.


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Jury gives death penalty in Pa. torture killing
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:41 PM PDT
Associated Press - A man who pleaded guilty to murder in the torture killing of a mentally disabled woman held captive in a dingy western Pennsylvania apartment has been given the death penalty. Full Story
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Colorado shooting suspect may have called university before rampage
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:18 PM PDT
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A booking photo of Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes is shown in this handout supplied by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office in Centennial, ColoradoCENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes may have phoned h is former university just nine minutes before last month's shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, his lawyer said on Thursday. In a pretrial hearing, defense attorney Tamara Brady raised the possibility of such a call while questioning Dr. Lynne Fenton, a University of Colorado psychiatrist w h o treated Holmes in the month before the July 20 movie house shooting. ...


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Defense: Shooting suspect made call before attack
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:32 PM PDT
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Defense attorney Daniel King leads other public defenders into court for a motions hearing for suspected movie theater shooter James Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Holmes has been charged in the shooting at the Aurora theater on July 20 that killed twelve people and injured more than 50. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)The suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage tried unsuccessfully to call his university psychiatrist 9 minutes before he opened fire during a Batman movie premiere, defense attorneys revealed in court Thursday.


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Matthew Scheidt, 18, Found Guilty of Impersonating Physician Assistant
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:23 PM PDT
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Matthew Scheidt, 18, Found Guilty of Impersonating Physician AssistantTeenager Faces Up to 25 Years When He Is Sentenced in November


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Texas man sentenced to 99 years over gang rape of 11-year-old
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas man accused of taking part in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned trailer along with 19 other men and boys was convicted on Thursday of aggravated sexual assault in a case that shocked a small Texas town, court officials said. The man, 20-year-old Eric McGowen, was sentenced to 99 years in prison, Liberty County Court officials said. He had been free on bond pending the outcome of the trial but disappeared after the victim testified against him on Wednesday. A warrant was issued for his arrest. ... Full Story
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Pa. parents sentenced in death of baby left alone
Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:09 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two eastern Pennsylvania parents whose baby daughter was left alone in a car seat in a hot room for several hours and died have been sentenced to time behind bars. Full Story
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Scores arrested in new Maldives protest against Nasheed ruling
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT
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A soldier tries to stop a supporter of former Maldives President Nasheed from removing barricades during a protest in MaleMALE (Reuters) - Maldives police arrested at least 12 people in the early hours of Friday to break up a protest by supporters of former president Mohamed Nasheed against a report that said he had been replaced legitimately. Hundreds of angry supporters of Nasheed had blocked a main road in the capital Male for three hours before the arrests forced them to disperse. On Thursday, around 50 protesters had been detained. After his removal on February 7, Nasheed, in power since 2008, said he had been forced to resign at gunpoint by mutinying police and soldiers. ...


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Ga. prosecutor seeks death penalty for 3 soldiers
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:26 PM PDT
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Wesley Thomas, the step father of Tiffany York, is tackled by courtroom security during the hearing of defendant Sgt. Anthony Peden at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Peden, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)Georgia prosecutors will seek the death penalty against three Army soldiers accused of killing a former serviceman and his girlfriend to protect an anti-government militia group, officials said Thursday during tense court hearings in which one victim's stepfather was tackled and handcuffed as he tried to rush the defense table.


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Jury deliberates Texas sex assault case
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT
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This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen. Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Liberty in a trial for McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. McGowen is among 14 adults charged in the case. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Liberty County Sheriff's Department)Attorneys have made their closing arguments and the jury has begun deliberating in the first trial to stem from the alleged repeated sexual assault of a young Texas girl by 20 men and boys two years ago.


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Soldiers Turned Terrorists Will Face the Death Penalty
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT
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Soldiers Turned Terrorists Will Face the Death PenaltyThe three Georgia-based Army soldiers accused of killing a young couple and plotting to assassinate President Obama are getting the book thrown at them. In Long Country Superior Court Thursday, District Attorney Tom Durden vowed to seek the death penalty for F.E.A.R. militia members Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, Sgt. Anthony Peden and Pvt. Christopher Salmon, reports the Associated Press. Meanwhile, grieving relatives of the victims tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the F.E.A.R. members should be put to death. ...


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Former college lacrosse player to be sentenced for 2010 murder
Thu,30 Aug 2012 09:53 AM PDT
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Abemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail handout photo of George Huguely V(Reuters) - A former University of Virginia lacrosse player faces up to 26 years in prison at his sentencing on Thursday for the 2010 murder of his ex-girlfriend, who was beaten to death shortly before she was due to graduate. A jury in February found George Huguely V, 24, guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the death of 22-year-old Yeardley Love, who prosecutors said died of blunt force trauma after her head was slammed against a wall. ...


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73 people arrested for recent Ivory Coast attacks
Thu,30 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT
Associated Press - Ivory Coast's military prosecutor says that 73 people, including 19 soldiers, have been detained in connection with a recent spate of attacks on military positions in the West African nation. Full Story
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DA eyes death penalty in soldier militia plot case
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:12 AM PDT
Associated Press - A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against one of three Georgia-based soldiers accused of killing two people to protect an anti-government militia. Full Story
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U.S. approves Spectrum Pharma's purchase of Allos
Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:38 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust officials have approved Spectrum Pharmaceuticals' purchase of cancer drugmaker Allos Therapeutics, a $206 million deal aimed at giving Spectrum access to the Allos anti-cancer drug Folotyn. The Federal Trade Commission posted letters on its web site sent to lawyers for Allos and Spectrum dated August 28 which said it had been investigating the deal but had closed the probe, indicating that the transaction could go forward. Henderson, Nevada-based Spectrum agreed in April to buy Allos for about $1. ... Full Story
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Arkansas conservative group seeks to block medical pot vote
Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:35 PM PDT
Reuters - LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A conservative Arkansas group seeking to prevent the state from becoming the first in the U.S. South to allow medical marijuana filed a lawsuit on Friday to knock a pot-as-medicine proposal off the November election ballot. The lawsuit filed in the state Supreme Court by the Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values argues the ballot's title, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, is misleading and the act itself hard to understand at 8,000 words long. ... Full Story
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CDC says 10,000 at risk of hantavirus in Yosemite outbreak
Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT
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Visitor views Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National ParkLOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some 10,000 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer may be at risk for the deadly rodent-borne hantavirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The CDC urged lab testing of patients who exhibit symptoms consistent with the lung disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, after a stay at the California park between June and August and recommended that doctors notify state health departments when it is found. ...


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Obama vows to support veterans, steers back to foreign policy
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:42 PM PDT
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U.S. President Obama speaks to military personnel at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TexasEL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama returned on Friday to the site where he announced the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq two years ago, highlighting his foreign policy record and pledging to take better care of veterans of America's wars. Obama visited Fort Bliss, Texas, where on August 31, 2010, he said he would make good on one of the signature promises from his 2008 run for the presidency: withdrawing American forces from Iraq. ...


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U.N. says Haiti struggling to cope with cholera as aid withdrawn
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:15 PM PDT
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A girl receives treatment at a cholera treatment centre run by Doctors Without Borders, in Port-au-PrinceUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that Haiti was struggling to cope with a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands and deteriorating conditions in tent camps as aid groups withdraw from the impoverished country due to a lack of funding. In a report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban said there had been an increase in the number of cholera cases since the rainy season began in early March and the World Health Organization had projected there could be up to 112,000 cases during 2012. ...


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ConvaTec to buy 180 Medical Holdings for $321 million
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:15 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Medical technology firm ConvaTec said it will buy privately owned 180 Medical Holdings Inc, a maker of catheters and urologic medical supplies, for $321 million. ConvaTec, which private equity firms Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners bought from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co in 2008, said the deal will close late in the third quarter. Skillman, New Jersey-based ConvaTec makes wound care and ostomy care products. (Reporting by Prateek Kumar in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel) Full Story
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Induced labors may be tied to rise in preterm births
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:59 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The increasing number of preterm births in the U.S. during the early 1990s and 2000s appear linked to the increasing number of medically induced labors, according to a new study. The number of preterm births across the U.S. rose by 30 percent between 1992 and 2004, and that increase may be attributable to the number of medically induced labors, which nearly doubled during the same period, researchers found. Doctors induce labor in women for various reasons, including medical problems with the baby or a woman being past due for delivery. ... Full Story
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Boy without feet causing stir in Brazil
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:47 PM PDT
Reuters - CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian Gabriel Muniz, 11, is one of the best players at his school despite being born without feet and he dreams of being a footballer when he grows up, even though he knows it can only be at disabled level. After an appearance in Brazil's most popular sports show on the TV Globo network, Gabriel was invited to take part in a Barcelona training camp in Saquarema, a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro. His special skills impressed the Spanish club's coaches and he has been invited to meet his idol Lionel Messi next month. ... Full Story
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Tobacco smoke tied to flu complications in kids
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:40 PM PDT
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Cigarette butts in an ashtray in Los Angeles, CaliforniaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids hospitalized with the flu are more likely to need intensive care and a longer stay if they've been exposed to second-hand smoke at home, a small new study finds. Analyzing the records of more than 100 kids hospitalized with flu in New York state, researchers found those exposed to second-hand smoke were five times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit and required a 70 percent longer stay in the hospital, compared to the kids not exposed to smoke. ...


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Soccer-Boy without feet causing stir in Brazil
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT
Reuters - CAMPOS, Brazil, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Brazilian Gabriel Muniz,11, is one of the best players at his school despite being bornwithout feet and he dreams of being a footballer when he growsup, even though he knows it can only be at disabled level. After an appearance in Brazil's most popular sports show onthe TV Globo network, Gabriel was invited to take part in aBarcelona training camp in Saquarema, a town in the state of Riode Janeiro. His special skills impressed the Spanish club's coaches andhe has been invited to meet his idol Lionel Messi next month. ... Full Story
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FDA approves Medivation prostate cancer drug
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:27 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A novel prostate cancer drug developed by Medivation Inc and Astellas Pharma Inc has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for men whose cancer has spread despite treatment with hormone therapy and chemotherapy, the agency said on Friday. Approval of the pill, to be sold under the brand name Xtandi, comes three months ahead of the agency's late-November decision deadline and sent shares of Medivation up 7.6 percent. Wall Street analysts, on average, have forecast Medivation's sales of the drug at $1.2 billion by 2017, according to Thomson Pharma. ... Full Story
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Vitamin D supplements may not improve heart health
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite many studies linking higher blood levels of vitamin D to fewer heart attacks and deaths, a new trial found giving older women daily D supplements didn't cut their heart-related risks. The women's cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar was no lower after a year of taking one of two doses of vitamin D, compared to those who took vitamin-free placebo pills. So-called observational studies - which measure vitamin D in people's blood and then follow them over time - have tended to find a link between vitamin levels and heart health. ... Full Story
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Intense workouts may be safe for heart patients: study
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:21 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Moderate levels of exercise are often prescribed for people recovering from a heart attack or heart surgery, but a new study finds that pumping up workouts to high intensity levels might be a safe option too. Among 4,800 Norwegian heart patients, who racked up a combined total of over 170,000 hours of aerobic exercise, researchers found three cardiac arrests occurred during workouts and only one was fatal. ... Full Story
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Paralympics returns home a different Games
Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT
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Britain's Conroy challenges Australia's Nott as teammate Merritt looks on during their Wheelchair Basketball women's preliminary match at the London 2012 Paralympic GamesLONDON (Reuters) - When Britain's Stoke Mandeville hospital staged its first sporting contest for disabled patients in 1948 it hoped to show soldiers injured in World War Two that a broken back did not have to mean a death sentence. Since then, staff have seen those early games transformed into a Paralympic showcase now in its 14th and largest edition in Britain, mirroring wider progress in the perception of disability around the world. ...


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Can drug coverage erase the income gap in diabetes?
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:15 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Universal drug coverage might help partly close the gap between the rich and the poor when it comes to diabetes complications, a new Canadian study suggests. Researchers found that much of the income gap in heart risks among diabetic adults disappeared after the age of 65 - the age at which universal drug coverage kicks in for Canadians. Canada has universal healthcare, but when it comes to medications, people younger than 65 either pay out-of-pocket or have private drug coverage through work - similar to Americans their age. ... Full Story
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Scientists test new marine robot hurricane-hunters
Fri,31 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT
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A Wave Glider, a floating platform of sensors with an underwater stabilizers, is seen in this undated handout photo(Reuters) - As Tropical Storm Isaac was on its path through the Caribbean before becoming a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week, U.S. scientists were testing an experimental new weather spy tool - an unmanned, marine robot about the size of a surfboard that can gather storm data at sea level. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)research laboratory in Miami sent the "Wave Glider," a floating platform of sensors with an underwater stabilizer christened Alex, into ocean waters about 100 miles north of Puerto Rico last week to try to intercept Isaac. ...


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Spineless creatures under threat, from worms to bees: study
Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:20 AM PDT
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Bees gather on a honeycomb in ViennaOSLO (Reuters) - The vital tasks carried out by tiny "engineers" like earthworms that recycle waste and bees that pollinate crops are under threat because one fifth of the world's spineless creatures may be at risk of extinction, a study showed on Friday. The rising human population is putting ever more pressure on the "spineless creatures that rule the world" including slugs, spiders, jellyfish, lobsters, corals, and bugs such as beetles and butterflies, it said. ...


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First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82
Thu,30 Aug 2012 11:15 PM PDT
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NASA file image shows Neil Armstrong on the moon next to the Lunar Module Eagle(Reuters) - U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday. Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the family said in a statement, just two days after his birthday on August 5. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong said: ""That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind. ...


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Stuck bolt on space station stymies spacewalkers
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT
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NASA handout image of Hoshide during his spacewalk outside the International Space StationCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Thursday halted attempts to replace a power distributor on the International Space Station after spacewalking astronauts were repeatedly stymied by a jammed bolt, officials said. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, both station flight engineers, had planned to spend 6.5 hours outside the orbital outpost to work on its power system and install electrical cables for a new Russian module expected to arrive next year. ...


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Rocket blasts off, puts NASA radiation belt probes in orbit
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:42 AM PDT
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NASA handout image of the Van Allen BeltsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., August 30 - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifted off on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, placing a pair of heavily shielded NASA science satellites into position to study Earth's radiation belts. The 190-foot (58-meter) tall rocket, built by United Launch Alliance, blasted off at 4:05 a.m. EDT (0805 GMT), soaring out over the Atlantic Ocean toward an orbit as far as 19,042 miles above the planet's surface. ...


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"Little flash" as bionic eye brings amazed woman some sight
Wed,29 Aug 2012 11:41 PM PDT
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Handout of Doctor Allen examining Ashworth, who is fitted with a prototype bionic eye, in MelbourneSYDNEY (Reuters) - A bionic eye has given an Australian woman partial sight and researchers say it is an important step towards eventually helping visually impaired people get around independently. Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was fitted with a prototype bionic eye in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. It was switched on a month later. "All of a sudden I could see a little flash ... it was amazing," she said in a statement. ...


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Planet has two parent stars and a sibling, NASA telescope finds
Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:24 PM PDT
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Handout of the Kepler-47 system diagramCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - In a dazzling and previously undetected display of orbital dynamics, two planets beyond the solar system have been found circling a pair of stars, scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope said on Wednesday. Unlike single planets orbiting single stars, the planets in the Kepler-47 system, located about 5,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus, are flying around a "moving target," San Diego State University astronomer Jerome Orosz said in a paper published in this week's Science magazine. ...


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Newly discovered dust-obscured galaxies may be missing link
Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT
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An artist's concept is shown in this NASA handout illustrating Kepler-47CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a new species in the cosmic zoo, a super-heated, dust-shrouded object called a "hot DOG," which may represent a missing link in galaxy evolution. A full-sky survey by NASA's wide-field infrared WISE telescope turned up about 1,000 hot, dust-obscured galaxies, or hot DOGs, each of which pump out as much light as 100 trillion sun-like stars. The objects are rare, accounting for about one in 100,000 light sources, and difficult to find since most of their energy is masked by dust. ...


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Postcards from Mars show rover's key science targets
Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:20 AM PDT
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The base of Mars' Mount Sharp is pictured in this NASA handout photo taken by the Curiosity rover.CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday showed off the first high-resolution, color portrait images taken by the Mars rover Curiosity, detailing a mound of layered rock where scientists plan to focus their search for the chemical ingredients of life on the Red Planet. The stunning images reveal distinct tiers near the base of the 3-mile- (5-km-)tall mountain that rises from the floor of the vast, ancient impact basin known as Gale Crater, where Curiosity landed on August 6 to begin its two-year mission. ...


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Bill Nye the Science Guy says creationism not good for kids
Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT
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Bill Nye at the premiere of the film 'The Astronaut Farmer' in Los AngelesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientist and children's television personality Bill Nye, in a newly released online video, panned biblical creationism and implored American parents who reject the scientific theory of evolution not to teach their beliefs to their youngsters. "I say to the grownups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it,'" said Nye, best known as host of the educational TV series "Bill Nye the Science Guy. ...


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Factbox: Reaction to death of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong
Mon,27 Aug 2012 06:57 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at age 82, his family said Saturday. Following are reactions to the death of the Ohio native, who had undergone heart bypass surgery in early August. * U.S. President Barack Obama: "Neil was among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time. ... "Today, Neil's spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown - including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space. ... Full Story
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Factbox: U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon
Mon,27 Aug 2012 06:57 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Facts about former U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who has died at the age of 82, according to U.S. media: * Armstrong grew up in Ohio with a strong interest in flight and earned his pilot's license while still a boy. * After flying combat missions during the Korean War, he became a test pilot and joined NASA's astronaut program in 1962. * As he stepped on the moon's dusty surface, Armstrong said: ""That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. ... Full Story
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Canada extends search for doomed 1845-46 Arctic expedition
Thu,23 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT
Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it was extending its four-year search for two ships from the 1845-46 Franklin expedition to the Arctic, an ill-fated journey that may have led to cannibalism among the desperate crew. Divers and archeologists have been trying since 2008 to find the British ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which were seeking the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans when they became stuck in ice. Sir John Franklin and his 128-member crew all died and the ships vanished. ... Full Story
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Spaceship builder setting up shop in Florida
Thu,23 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT
Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug 23 - XCOR Aerospace, one of a handful of U.S. firms developing suborbital spaceships, plans to build its vehicles and fly tourists, researchers and commercial payloads from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials announced on Thursday. The privately owned firm, currently based in Mojave, California, is developing a two-seat suborbital space plane called Lynx that is expected to debut by early 2013. The company expects to fly four times daily, at a cost of $95,000 per person. ... Full Story
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Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive
Wed,22 Aug 2012 06:10 PM PDT
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NASA handout image of the Curiosity's first test drive on MarsCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took a 16-minute drive on Wednesday, its first since reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that could have supported microbial life. The $2.5-billion, two-year mission, NASA's first astrobiology initiative since the 1970s-era Viking probes, kicked off on August 6, with a risky, but successful landing on at a site NASA has named "Bradbury Landing," a nod to the late science fiction author and space aficionado Ray Bradbury. ...


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