Oil spills foul Barataria Bay pelicans and nests
Brown pelicans in Barataria Bay Louisiana are coated in crude with eggs and hatchlings affected. Officials survey the damage from a Gulf Coast spill after an offshore rig explosion, uncertain about cleanup success or broader impact.
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Impressive help By Jami Brinton the Gazette
In four months since the Haiti earthquake Eastern Iowans built a field hospital led by Dr. Chris Buresh of the University of Iowa Emergency Medicine. The unit near Port-au-Prince has treated 16,500 outpatients, performed 550 surgeries and delivered 300 babies. It costs about $20,000 monthly to keep it open and organizers vow to continue despite funding gaps.
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Not just a city problem Rural children dying from gunshots too
Rural children age nineteen and under die from gunshots at rates comparable to those in large cities. The analysis of nearly 24 000 deaths from 1999 to 2006 appears in Pediatrics and highlights firearm suicides and accidental shootings as common in rural areas.
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Tea Party Eyes Surprises in Iowa Primary
Dés Moines reports that Tea Party activists expect surprising results in Iowa's June 8 primary amid voter unrest and anti incumbent sentiment. No organized turnout effort exists yet, but observers say many first time voters could shift the political mix as Iowa, a leadoff state, mobilizes at the polls.
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