Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease
Massachusetts health officials say tests are underway at a Cape Cod hospital to determine if a patient has the human form of mad cow disease Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and whether it is the variant linked to BSE. The case comes as U S reports three human rabies cases historically.
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Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Alfred DeMaria
Associated Press
United States
Cape Cod Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Smithsonian Institution
Arkansas Wildlife
Karen Rowe
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
White County
Rowe
Flint police chief defends saggy pants crackdown
Flint Michigan Police Chief David Dicks stands by a policy targeting saggy pants despite a looming deadline from the ACLU to halt stop and search practices. Dicks says pants below the waist are a crime and can justify searches, while warnings have been issued since June 27. The move carries potential misdemeanor charges and fines.
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Flint
Mich
American Civil Liberties Union
David Dicks
Detroit Free Press
Iraq uses U.S. politics to press for favorable deal
Iraq's government signals a strategy to steer U.S. troop withdrawal terms by courting Barack Obama's timetable and pressuring the Bush administration for concessions. Officials emphasize maintaining influence over troop presence and airspace as talks with Washington continue.
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Amman
Jordan
Barack Obama
Baghdad
U.S
America
Nouri al-Maliki
Bush
White House
Hoshyar Zebari
Washington
Condoleezza Rice
Obama
John McCain
Iraq
U.N
McCain
Lake Delton disaster ravages tourist haven economy
In Lake Delton Wisconsin the June flood carved a 700 foot breach washing out shoreline homes and a highway. The 270 acre lake drained into the Wisconsin River leaving resorts like Sunset Bay down about 60 percent and businesses scrambling to survive amid mud and empty inns.
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Lake Delton
Wis
Tommy Bartlett
Dawn Baker
Sunset Bay Resort
Chicago
William J. Newman
Wisconsin Dells
Madison
Wisconsin
Baker
Woman charged with murder and baby theft in Pittsburgh case
Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, is charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping after police say she cut open a pregnant woman and stole her baby. Kia Johnson, 18, of McKeesport, was found dead in Curry-Demus’s Curry Demus apartment. a hospital baby was later identified as the missing infant. surveillance footage at the Allegheny County Jail shows Curry-Demus with Johnson before the crime.
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Pittsburgh
Andrea Curry- Demus
Wilkinsburg
Curry-Demus
Kia Johnson
McKeesport
Johnson
Zimbabwe bloggers leverage blogs to reveal life and death
Oppressed Zimbabweans turn to the internet and text messages as traditional media remains silenced. Kubatana forum in Harare coordinates 13 Zimbabwean bloggers and 3,800 text subscribers to report on HIV/AIDS, economic collapse, and political violence, while risks from government surveillance rise.
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Bev Clark
Kubatana
Zimbabwe
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T.J. Howell
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