Smoky dorm fire kills three UW Stout students
In Menomonie a house fire near the University of Wisconsin Stout claimed three students who perished in their second floor bedrooms despite alarm noise. Rescuers found two women and a man. all died at a hospital. Investigators cited working smoke detectors but unclear why they did not wake. Police noted possible alcohol factors were not confirmed.
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Menomonie
Wis
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Dennis Beety
Mystery heart disease hits zoo gorillas across North America
The National Zoo reports Mopie the male gorilla diagnosed with fibrosing cardiomyopathy in the 1990s while others, including Kuja who died during pacemaker surgery, reveal a broader pattern of heart disease. Gorillas in 52 zoos face rising illness and deaths from heart conditions, prompting study by Meehan and Lowenstine and calls to link lifestyle factors to health.
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Mopie
Lisa Stevens
National Zoo
Stevens
Zoo
Moore
The
National
Kuja
San Francisco Zoo
Pogo
Memphis Zoo
Tumai
Akbar
Toledo Zoo
Sam
Knoxville Zoo
Michael
Gorilla Foundation
California
North America
Tom Meehan
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Linda Lowenstine
University of California At Davis
Meehan
Chicago Zoological Society
Decency showdown heads to high court
The Supreme Court will hear the FCC versus Fox Television Stations indecency case, exploring whether live awards shows may be fined for profanities. Fox seeks a ruling to allow uninterrupted live broadcasts amid possible fines up to 325000 dollars per utterance.
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Decency
High Court
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Supreme Court
ABC
CBS
NBC
Fox
FCC
Fox Television
Cher
Nicole Richie
Diane Keaton
Jane Fonda
Widow fights in-laws over soldier's preserved sperm
In Columbus Georgia widow Kynesha Dhanoolal seeks to harvest and preserve her late husband Army Sgt Dayne Dhanoolal's sperm after a roadside bombing in Iraq. A federal court temporarily restrained the mother of the deceased from embalming or disposing of the remains to allow court ordered sperm extraction. The process aims to enable artificial insemination to carry the couple's legacy forward.
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Columbus
Kynesha Dhanoolal
Army
Dayne Darren Dhanoolal
Iraq
Columbus, Ga
Fort Benning
Darren
U.S. District Court
Clay D. Land
Dhanoolal
Monica Mary Brown
Frank Myers
Kynesha
Brown
Myers
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Tom Aspling
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U.S
Mahmoud Abbas
Ehud Olmert
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Abbas
Olmert
Saeb Erekat
Little Joe
Franklin Park Zoo
Boston
Nepal
Katmandu
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