Modesty falls to heat in Paris as windows open
Paris endures a Saharan heat wave with temperatures near 100 degrees exposing intimate lives through open windows. Residents sleep on tiled floors or in underwear while air conditioning is rare. Neighbors hear calls, arguments, and even film dialogue from across narrow streets as heat takes its toll, with five elderly deaths reported at a Grigny retirement home.
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Claude Hattab
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Houston
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Patrick Sivert
Robber posing as FBI agent robs Xerox credit union
Police say a man posing as an FBI agent tried to rob a Webster Xerox complex credit union on Tuesday. He shot and killed a customer and wounded another before fleeing. both victims were Xerox employees. A surveillance tape shows the robber with a sawed off shotgun and handgun, a wig, a bulletproof vest marked FBI, and a law enforcement badge. The gunman entered about 9:30 a.m. demanding money and fired first at the served customer. The second victim was hospitalized with a shoulder wound.
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Webster
N.Y
FBI
Xerox
Gerald Pickering
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Retirees Spreading Out From Florida Amid Migration Shift
Florida remains the top draw for Americans 60 and older but is losing share to Georgia Virginia Arizona and Nevada. Census data show Florida attracted about 394000 people 60 plus moving interstate 1995 to 2000 while Arizona Nevada Texas and Virginia posted notable gains. Experts cite cheaper housing lower taxes and closeness to family as drivers amid a wave of baby boomers entering retirement options.
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Guggul folk remedy linked to higher cholesterol risk
In a Philadelphia study, 103 adults with high cholesterol taking guggul resin pills for eight weeks showed higher low density lipoprotein levels. The standard dose raised LDL by about four points and the high dose by about five, while placebo fell by nearly five. Some participants developed widespread itchy red skin rashes.
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India
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