Tiny octuplet dies after heart and lung failure
Odera Chidera the smallest of Texas octuplets died at Texas Children's Hospital from heart and lung failure. She was born weighing 10.3 ounces on December 8 and died Sunday morning the family said. The remaining seven babies stayed in critical condition with four breathing on their own and others on ventilators.
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Houston
Texas
Chijindu Chidera
Odera
Texas Children’s Hospital
Nkem Chukwu
Luke Louis Udobi
Gorom
Ebuka
Ikem
Chidi, Echerem
Chima
Jioke
Ottawa hoax donor duped charities for enormous sums
Police say a man deported from Canada staged a bizarre revenge plot by promising more than 200 million dollars in donations to at least 15 groups including Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Canadian Cancer Society. Eligible letters of credit for 10 million each were never delivered as fraud investigators attended the meeting and the plan collapsed.
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Ottawa
Canada
Children’s Hospital
Ontario
Canadi‘are Cancer Society
Lord
Ely Najem
Najem
Lebanon
Dispute over Work Injury at Lakeside Packers
A Medicine Hat woman injures her left hand at Lakeside Packers while using hooks at the plant. Doctors warn she may never regain full use and could lose her job, with back pay and workplace accommodations in dispute as she faces eviction and financial strain.
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Brant
Ruzycki
Lakeside
Chris Ernst
Ernst
North
Moith
Lakeside Packers
Medicine Hat
Dunmore
Iraq warns on airspace violations amid zones set in 1991
Washington says threats will not force policy change after Iraq voices fury over airspace and cites past no fly zones established by the United States Britain and France to deter Kurdish and Shiite rebellions in the north and south.
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Baghdad
United’ ‘States
Britain
France
Washington
Council
P. J. Crowley
United States
Iraq
Deir
Health care demands strain budgets says economist
Robert Evans of the University of British Columbia warns flexible reform could stress provincial health budgets. Some fear the system could be paralyzed if provinces press for what they ask, with potential dire consequences the economist says.
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Robert Evans
University of British
Columbia
Ottawa transit urges riders to tone down strong fragrances
OC Transpo posted bus signs after complaints that perfume fumes hair spray and deodorant scents on crowded buses were unbearable. Chair Al Loney said riders won’t be barred but should show consideration in public transit spaces.
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Ottawa
Ot‘tawa
OC Transpo
Transpo
al Loney
Loney
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