An eight-year-old boy in New Mexico has died of the Bubonic Plague, and his ten-year-old sister has been hospitalized. This is the first recorded case of the plague in the nation this year. It is not known exactly how they contracted the disease, but health officials are...
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We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....
On the grasslands of Badlands National Park in South Dakota, wildlife officials are trying to do all they can to save one of the country's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets."The deadly disease...
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As I entered the hall in central London at 4am I was greeted by hundreds of rats. Within a blink of an eyelid they vanished from sight. They live along side millions of London's residents who are largely unaware...
The differences between the Labour and Conservative parties in the UK have become increasingly blurred in the last 15 years. But yesterday David Cameron, the Conservative leader who is leading the charge to bring...
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Can anyone save us from this mnemonic plague?Everyone and their dog wants to get in on the buzzy world of the fleetingly buzz-worthy viral marketing campaign phenomenon, but one fact has been consistently...
Did they ever make Arachnophobia 2? If not here's a real-life movie script in the making." SYDNEY, Australia - A tiny Australian hospital is closing temporarily because of an infestation...
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"Plague, the disease that devastated medieval Europe, is re-emerging worldwide and poses a growing but overlooked threat, researchers warned on Tuesday.While it has only killed some 100 to 200 people annually
over the past 20 years, plague has appeared in new countries...
This looks funny. But God knows, it's not. It's a tragedy. "The deputy mayor of the Indian capital Delhi died on Sunday after being attacked by a horde of wild monkeys.
SS Bajwa suffered serious head injuries when...
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"With the NYPD facing difficult challenges such as combating terrorism and stopping the flow of illegal handguns into the city, what are the police arresting people for at a rate ten times greater than before 1997? Marijuana.
But they aren't arresting everyone who possesses...
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Denver health officials found five squirrels and one rabbit infected with plague in a public park, and have noted a mass squirrel die-off in the area in recent weeks. This is a little ominous: The most recent...
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"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
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"January 29, 2007
Arrogance of Power
Is anybody else angry at the arrogance of the Bush executive branch? I am not just talking about the White House, I am talking about the whole apparatus. It looks out of control. Power corrupts and when an Executive Branch has no check...
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"anuary 26, 2007
Bonkers at the Border - WSJ.com
Bonkers at the Border - WSJ.com
What follows is an e-mail I sent in response to the above opinion piece:
Bonkers at the Border
For some reason it always shocks me when a reputable newspaper gets things completely wrong. Your...
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