Hackers compromise USA Today site briefly with fake stories
Hackers gained outside access to USA Today Web servers and posted phony articles lampooning newsmakers and religions and falsely claiming an Israeli missile attack. The pages were viewable for about 15 minutes before removal after 10 p.m. Thursday, with site security upgraded for three hours. Separately, a Red Lobster diner who fell ill with salmonella poisoning last month died, health officials said, bringing the confirmed cases to 34 with 34 others pending tests.
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Three Hospitalized With West Nile Virus In Louisiana
Three men aged 78, 62 and 53 from towns east of Baton Rouge were hospitalized this week with West Nile virus. CDC expert Dr. Anthony Marfin says these Louisiana cases are the first reported to the CDC in 2002, signaling rapid spread since the virus emerged in New York in 1999.
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Flight attendant fired after drug testimony in van Dam case
Denise Kemal, 28, said Southwest Airlines fired her on June 28 for testifying at the David Westerfield murder trial regarding her claim of smoking marijuana with the van Dam family. Westerfield, 50, denies charges including kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam and faces the death penalty if convicted.
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Bush stock sale mystery spans SEC inquiry and politics
A 1991 SEC memo shows investigators debated interviewing George W. Bush about selling 212,140 Harken Energy shares. The inquiry yielded little insider trading evidence and was closed with no action. Waxman urged Bush to donate profits to a charity. buyer identity remains undisclosed.
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