Hollywood Keeps Pace With Record Summer Box Office
Hollywood opens its busy season with strong revenue up 9 percent to date as viewers flock to a spread of moderate hits. Through May 21 US ticket sales reach 2.44 billion, with Gladiator and Erin Brockovich already at 100 million and Mission: Impossible 2 rising after a $80 million five day start.
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Woman awarded 55 million in Illinois medical case
A Cook County jury awarded Anna Mederos 55 million dollars after a 1995 bronchoscopy led to brain damage from oxygen deprivation caused by delayed intubation. The verdict names Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center and several doctors, marking the largest Illinois medical malpractice award in a decade.
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Officials study possible strain of citrus canker
Florida agriculture officials investigate a possibly new strain of citrus canker after seven Palm Beach County key lime trees tested positive. Lab results pending to determine if other citrus are at risk, with the disease causing premature fruit drop and tree death. The outbreak threatens Florida’s $8.5 billion citrus industry, prompting destruction of hundreds of thousands of trees in an eradication program valued at about $174 million.
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