Roundup of rail fixes and Botox warning across several cities
A roundup notes 50 billion needed to repair aging urban rail systems in San Francisco Philadelphia and Washington DC with 5.9 billion yearly maintenance. It highlights major transit users and century old facilities. Separate items warn doctors and patients about Botox risks including rare botulism in unapproved uses.
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San Francisco
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Dick Durbin
D-Ill
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. drawdown in Iraq proceeds amid doubts and hopes
Officials say the drawdown continues with about 135,000 U.S. forces to exit Iraqi cities by June 30 and nearly all combat troops by end of 2011. They caution the situation could worsen and stress Iraq’s government and security forces face sectarian and political challenges despite a U.S. plan.
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McClatchy
Nouri al-Maliki
U.S
United
Gulf
Obama
Iraq
United States
Iraqi
Bush
Condoleezza Rice
Afghanistan
Mexico Indicates Swine Flu Cases Leveling Off
Mexico's Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said new swine flu cases appear stabilizing in the epicenter and a vaccine could be ready in six months. The WHO raised alert to Phase 5 as cases spread to the United States and Europe, with US totals at 109.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jose Angel Cordova
Eurogo
WHO
United States
Europe
Barack Obama
Luxembourg
European Union
U.S
Lorain County swine flu tests under way after positive case
EMH Regional Medical Center sent samples to Columbus for swine flu testing after a 44 year old male tested influenza A positive locally. Results from Columbus will confirm H1N1, while other patients including a 17 year old girl and 41 year old woman remain awaiting tests. a 4 year old tested negative and the first confirmed Ohio case, a 9 year old Ely Elementary student, recovers at home.
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Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Columbus
St. John’s
Ely
Ohio
Barnes
L A serial killer linked to 30 Los Angeles deaths
Police believe 72-year-old John Floyd Thomas Jr. may be the city’s most prolific killer, raping and strangling as many as 30 older women over two decades. DNA matched him to three 1970s–80s scenes, with investigators tallying a second wave that killed at least 22.
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Los Angeles
John Floyd Thomas Jr
Thomas
Richard Bengston
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena
San Bernardino County
Alabama man gets death for killing four children
Lam Luong, a 38 year old shr imper, was sentenced to death for capital murder after tossing his wife’s four children from an 80 foot bridge in Dauphin Island. Jurors had previously voted 12 0 for the death penalty with an automatic appeal.
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Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Netherlands
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mobile County
Charles Graddick
Lam Luong
Graddick
Kieu Phan
Luong
U.S
Ryan Phan
Hannah Luong
Lindsey Luong
Danny Luong
Dauphin Island
Ryan
Jo Beth Murphree
Phan
Greg Hughes
Murphree
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Maria Coronado
E.A. “Squatty” Lyons Elementary School
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Centers For Disease Control
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