CDC identifies germ behind Viking Serenade ship illness
Federal health officials announced Shigella flexneri as the cause of a shigellosis outbreak aboard the Viking Serenade. About 600 passengers and nearly 40 crew members were sick with diarrhea vomiting and fever. one death occurred. The ship docked in San Pedro after canceling its Baja California cruise.
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Atlanta
Bob Howard
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
San Pedro
Calif
Baja California
Trash plant in Columbus faces shutdown over dioxin fears
In Columbus, Ohio, the Solid Waste Reduction Facility opened 12 years ago to cut landfill waste and power 18 000 homes, but critics warn it emits high dioxin levels linked to cancer. Operators may close by January to trim an $180 million debt and install a $65 million pollution system. Local residents demand closure citing health concerns.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
Teresa Mills
Salem Cigarettes Mills
Solid Waste Authority
Michael Pompili
Father pleads with son to end Ohio spree
In Cleveland, authorities pursue 16 year old Eric A Elliot and 22 year old Lewis E Gilbert in a multi state kidnapping and car theft case tied to three killings in Ohio Missouri and Oklahoma. The parents say their son may be acting under coercion by Gilbert and urge him to surrender. The spree began with a break in at Ruth Loader s Port Washington home and the missing 79 year old woman a car found near a slain Missouri couple s residence.
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Cleveland
Eric A. Elliot
Lewis E. Gilbert
Newcomerstown
FBI
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Robert
Judy Elliot
Gilbert
Robert Elliot
Columbus Dispatch
Ruth Lucille Loader
Port Washington
Loader
Callaway County
Woman escapes gagged captors by burning tape in Fort Worth
A 44 year old woman bound with duct tape was sexually assaulted and held in a closet. She escaped by burning through the tape with a cigarette lighter, igniting a house fire as responders arrived. She was treated for burns and bite marks and released.
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Fort Worth
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