Wallace hospitalized in Montgomery for respiratory illness
Former Governor George Wallace, 78, was admitted to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, placed in intensive care after ER treatment for a chronic respiratory condition. Hospital officials cited oxygen therapy and occasional breathing difficulty as the cause, noting Wallace is paralyzed from the waist down and deaf. He previously faced an upper respiratory infection in June.
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Thai businesswoman pleads innocent in US fundraiser case
Pauline Kanchanalak pleaded innocent to using fake donors to funnel at least 679000 in foreign and corporate contributions to Democrats. The U S District Judge Paul Freedman set a 250000 bond, ordered passport surrender, and limited travel outside the Washington area. Her lawyer called the charges politically motivated.
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Pauline Kanchanalak
Washington
Reid Weingarten
Kanchanalak
Weingarten
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Thailand
U.S
Bangkok
Waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak hits Brushy Creek area
At least nine people infected by a sewage spill that contaminated 13 wells near Austin. Officials said 170000 gallons of raw sewage entered Brushy Creek on July 14 and more than 150 people reported stomach ailments. Cruel award caps fuel GOP push against jackpot justice in judiciary panel.
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Brushy Creek
Austin
Health and wealth shape American health gaps nationwide
A government report shows money and education powerfully influence health outcomes across disease types and risk factors. It notes a black and Hispanic health disadvantage linked to poverty, with life expectancy rising yet persistent race disparities in infant mortality and access to care.
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Washington
Elsie Pamuk
Spock
United States
National Center For Health Statistics
Pregnancy does not alter long term MS progression
A European study of 254 women across 12 countries tracked MS progression over 33 months before during and after pregnancy. The findings indicate disease activity often slows briefly during pregnancy then accelerates but the overall long term course remains unchanged.
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Boston
Ocular herpes controlled with drugs
Boston study shows acyclovir reduces ocular herpes recurrences by about 50 percent. Researchers say the cyclovir lowers risk of eye infection returning, a condition affecting about 400,000 Americans with a ten percent annual relapse risk and potential corneal scarring or blindness.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
D Day memories flood back during Saving Private Ryan
Gipert Arizona Ed Porter cried at the scene where a soldier ran across Omaha Beach with a severed arm. Porter recalled the horrific moments from fifty years ago as a staff sergeant, tears and memories surfacing like a flash. Veterans nationwide reacted with mixed views to Spielberg's film and the VA hotline logged over a hundred calls by Monday night.
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Phoenix
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Albuquerque
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Blacklisted writers to get credits on 1950s and 60s films
The Writers Guild of America panel recommends updating credits for 21 films including The Highwayman and All Night Long to honor blacklisted writers who used phony names. The moves follow earlier changes and trace blacklisting from 1947 hearings through the 1950s.
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Los Angeles
Writers Guild of America
WGA
Daniel Petrie Jr
Las Vegas
Petrie
Guild
Writers’ Union
Roll Credits Revised Film Credits List Names Blacklisted
A compiled roster lists twenty one films whose credits were revised to include writers formerly blacklisted or properly credited in original releases. Names include Henry Blankfort Paul Jarrico Howard Koch David Osborn Donald Ogden Stewart and Paul Jarrico among others across titles from The Highwayman to The Tunnel of Love and Under Ten Flags with attributions spanning 1950s to 1960s productions.
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Paul Jarrico
John Howard Lawson
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Henry Blankfort
Murray Lemer
Jack. DeWitt
Renault Duncan
Alfred Noyes
Joe Palooka
B.F. Melzer
C.B. Ham Fisher
Frank Davis
Ben Hecht
Robert L. Richards
Howard Koch
Kenner
Harold Clemins
Mary
P. Murray
Daniel James
Eugene Laurie
Navy
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John Winton
Thelma Schnee
Maurice Rapf
Robert Hamer
G.K. Chesterton
Michael Wilson
Ivo Perilli
Igo Irra
Robert Abal
Allen Adler
Devery Freeman
Michael Vincent
Garzo
Red Hayes
Carl ‘Oreman
C . Ae
Las Vegas
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Earl Felton
Jay Ratler
David Osborn
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ac
Milton Holmes
Harold Buchman
Patrica Lee
Paul Dickinson
Frank Butler
Jean Rouverol
Karl Vollmoeller
Joseph Fields
Jerome Chodorov
Peter Dees
Bernhard Rogge
Vittoriano Petrilli
Duilio Coletti
Ulrich Mohr
Leonardo Bercovici
William Douglas Home
Census finds fewer Black families headed by married couples
The Census Bureau reports 46 percent of Black families are married couples, down from 68 percent in 1970 and 50 percent in 1990, reflecting broader societal shifts toward divorce, separation, and more single mothers. Median incomes show gaps with whites, yet gains occur in education, with high school completion rising and Black women more likely to hold bachelor’s degrees. There were 34,218,000 Black Americans in 1997, 12.8 percent of the population.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Claudette Bennett
Bennett
U.S
Welfare reform works says governors group cites drop in caseloads
The National Governors Association reports a 27 percent decline in welfare caseloads since the 1996 reform. Governors Voinovich and Carper credit flexible state programs and the economy, while noting ongoing efforts to place hard-core recipients in sustained jobs.
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WashingTon
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