East Coast Sees Rise in Eastern Equine Encephalitis Cases
Health officials warn of the return of eastern equine encephalitis as Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina report high horse case counts. A Georgia man died June 21 in the first human EEE death this year, with humans at higher risk than West Nile. Officials urge protective clothing repellents and habitat control while noting horses can be vaccinated for both diseases.
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Georgia Division of Public Health
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Three workers die in Kilgore fireworks warehouse blast
Three workers including Marvin Lamb and Martin Donner died when explosions ripped through Pyrotechnics by Lamb Co. in Kilgore Texas. Twelve planned displays were canceled and about 25 people displaced as investigators probe for a spark or static discharge cause.
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Lamb Co
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Bonita Springs
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Ronnie Moore
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
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Melinda Edmundson
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Shriner Hospitals face closure over money crunch
Shriners Hospitals for Children, facing a $2 billion quarter drop in its endowment and rising costs, may close up to eight of its 22 hospitals. At the Minneapolis site, underutilization and a $15 million annual operating cost drive talks to shutter the facility as 1,400 Shrine delegates meet in Minneapolis.
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California voters show majority favor recall of Gov Gray Davis
A Los Angeles Times poll of 1,412 adults finds 51 percent want Davis ousted, with 42 percent opposing recall. Respondents cite California's $38 billion fiscal crisis and Davis's ratings on education and energy as factors. Some support wanes when they learn a recall would cost $25 million for a special election.
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Los Angeles Times
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Barry White dies in Los Angeles at 58
R and B crooner Barry White known for lush baritone dies after kidney failure at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized since last September and received dialysis. survived by eight children grandchildren and partner Catherine Denton.
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Ebony Magazine
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Miller backs Bush with Mets comparison in 2004 bid
Dennis Miller, noted as a conservative comic and former ABC Monday Night Football analyst, endorses President Bush 2004 re election and ridiculesDemocrats likening their candidates to the 1962 New York Mets. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston named world s most attractive celebrity couple in a Nova survey.
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