Chicago Plan Helps Elderly Escape Heat
The city activated an emergency response plan as temperatures topped 100 degrees for the first time in six years. Fire officials reported three heat related deaths, with crews checking on seniors and guiding them to cooling centers amid a regional heat wave.
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New York Diabetes Privacy Debate prompts public health plan
The city proposes lab reporting to track diabetes control, aiming to cut costs and deaths. Officials cite 5 billion annual treatment costs and 1,891 deaths in 2003, while privacy advocates warn that individual data could be exposed and rights to privacy may be overridden.
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Arroyo resists impeachment calls as push for parliamentary reform grows
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ignored an impeachment complaint hours before her state of the nation address. Thousands protested outside as lawmakers boycott. Arroyo urged rapid constitutional changes toward a parliamentary system to end U S styled presidency and halt ongoing political crisis.
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Sony BMG to pay $10 million over payola settlements
New York AG Eliot Spitzer announced Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay 10 million dollars and stop bribing radio stations to air its artists. The agreement targets a more sophisticated payola era while signaling possible action against other major labels.
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U.S. launches program to curb preventable cervical cancer deaths
A $25 million federal effort aims to recruit language-savvy volunteers to promote Pap testing and guide newly diagnosed patients, targeting African American communities in the South Hispanics along the Texas border Appalachia and the Northeast. The report links cervical cancer disparities to broader health inequities in breast colorectal cancer strokes and infant mortality.
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Jennifer Aniston memorabilia auctioned by former flame
California lawyer Michael Baroni, who says he had a 1984 summer romance with Jennifer Aniston when she was 15, is auctioning letters notes photos and other items on eBay with a 100000 dollar reserve. He recalls Aniston as fun lively and kind and says their friendship lasted years before they lost contact in 1991.
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Birthday greetings for Blake Edwards and friends
A list of celebrities born today includes director Blake Edwards singer Dobie Gray Mick Jagger actress Helen Mirren drummer Roger Taylor actress Susan George actor Kevin Spacey singer Gary Cherone actress Sandra Bullock actor Jeremy Piven actress Kate Beckinsale and others.
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Ricky Martin launches first Middle East visit
Ricky Martin travels to Amman Jordan on his first Middle East trip and pledges to shed negative views of Arab youths. He offers to act as a spokesperson to challenge stereotypes and defend youths as 16 year olds at a regional conference voice concerns over being labeled terrorist by the West.
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Jane Fonda plans cross country bus tour to end Iraq war
Actress Jane Fonda announces a March anti war road trip across the United States to call for an end to U S military operations in Iraq. She will travel by a vegetable oil powered bus with families of Iraq war veterans and her daughter joining. The Santa Fe stop follows her book promotion and crowds react strongly.
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Bruce Lee Statue Due By November For 65th Birthday
Hong Kong fans plan a bronze Bruce Lee statue to honour the late actor by November, marking what would have been his 65th birthday. The Bruce Lee Club cites funding and venue limits but hopes a museum may follow. Lee was born in the United States and died in 1973 at age 32.
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Edward Bunker of Burbank California died July 19 at age 71. He learned to write in prison and achieved literary fame before becoming an actor with CTumc NOWCuSt AnG wien noted in obituaries.
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