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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:14:00 GMT

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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:06:00 GMT

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Flu Shots Still Available

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:58:00 GMT

It's been a busy flu season for nurses and volunteers at Minot's First District Health Unit. Since September, the staff has provided clinics for both seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccinations. Today, First District held what should be one of their last public

Unemployment declines..."Extremely dangerous storm"...Epidemic...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:05:00 GMT

The unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since August. It's dropped from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. The Labor Department survey of households found a sharp rise in the number of Americans with jobs. The survey found that 541,000 more Am

No charges yet...Missionaries' lawyer asks for release...Swine flu...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMT

It looks like there won't be charges filed in connection with Michael Jackson's death until Monday. A spokeswoman for Los Angeles County prosecutors says no details will be released until then. The statement does not say what type of case will be fil

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:04:00 GMT

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US swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:22:00 GMT

Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to day that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since October. An o

Clorox posts 28 percent jump in 2Q profits

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:03:00 GMT

Household products maker Clorox Co. says its second-quarter profit jumped 28 percent as it continued to get a boost from sales linked to the swine flu. Clorox says U.S. and international sales of its disinfecting products benefited from consumer

Swine flu levels remain low in Minnesota

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:33:00 GMT

The Health Department reports the swine flu remains at a low ebb in the state, with no new outbreaks or deaths in the past week. The department released its weekly flu update on Wednesday. It covers from Jan. 24 to Jan. 30. There was one n

State says children need 2 doses of flu vaccine

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:46:00 GMT

The state says children should get two doses of swine flu vaccine to be fully protected from the H1N1 virus. The Department of Public Health and Human Services says it recommends that children ages 6 months through 9 years are full vaccinated.

Roche FY net profit down 22 pct on Genentech costs

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:28:00 GMT

Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG says its full-year net profit dropped 22 percent to 8.51 billion Swiss francs ($8.06 billion) because of costs linked to the takeover of California-based Genentech. Roche says excluding one-off costs the net pro

Flu Shot Clinic Scheduled

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:23:00 GMT

The traditional peak for flu season is just about here. But this winter is a lot different from most years when it comes to the flu. We've already had more than 32-hundred cases of the flu confirmed in North Dakota this season - as the new H1N1 strain h

Swine flu activity remains low in Minnesota

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Swine flu activity in Minnesota remains low and there were no deaths reported last week. The Minnesota Health Department released its weekly updated on Wednesday. It shows there were no school outbreaks from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23, no outbreak

ExNYC policeman gets 5 years in school invasion

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:02:00 GMT

A former New York City policeman has been sentenced to five years in prison for holding a school superintendent at gunpoint. The Rockland County district attorney's office said Peter Cocker was also barred from contacting South Orangetown Superi

Budget woes...Responding to threats...Eight Americans hurt...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:58:00 GMT

One day before the State of the Union address, congressional economists are providing some details on the economic challenges that lie ahead. The Congressional Budget Office is predicting a deficit of $1.35 trillion this year. And it's envisioning a

Obama to announce plan to respond to bioterrorism

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:37:00 GMT

The White House says President Barack Obama intends to announce a new plan to respond faster and better to bioterrorism attacks and public heath threats. A White House spokesman said Obama will direct government leaders to rethink plans for medi

Panel: US not ready for bioterrorist attack

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:25:00 GMT

A congressionally mandated panel says the United States isn't ready for a biological terrorist attack. The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation gives the Obama administration a failing grade for its efforts t

WHO slams swine flu critics as 'irresponsible'

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:57:00 GMT

The World Health Organization has rejected as "irresponsible" allegations that swine flu is a fake pandemic. WHO also dismissed claims it colluded with drug companies to bring economic benefit to the industry by playing up the danger of the new

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

Two men have been indicted on federal murder charges in the 2007 slayings of three people in a St. Paul home. The U.S. attorney's office says 28-year-old Tyvarus Lee Lindsey and 31-year-old Rashad Raleigh could face life in prison or the death p

No new flu deaths reported in Minnesota

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:48:00 GMT

The Minnesota Department of Health says swine flu cases in the state continue to decline. And for the first time in months no new deaths are being reported in Minnesota. The department also said in its weekly update Wednesday that no schools or

Nigeria reports first swine flurelated death

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:15:00 GMT

Nigerian health officials are reporting the first swine flu-related death in the West African country. The Federal Ministry of Health says a 38-year-old woman in Lagos became sick six weeks ago and died on Jan. 5. Nigeria's Minister of Heal

Dry Skin Solutions

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:11:00 GMT

It happens every winter. The wind and the cold temperatures leave our skin dry and chapped. Carla Burbidge has taken over our Eye on Health series and has the story. We bundle up in warm clothes, we head outside to shovel the walk, and then we get ou

Eye on Health

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:20:00 GMT

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:13:00 GMT

Authorities have identified a man who was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Onida as 87-year-old Leonard Pollman of Blunt. A car crossed the center line of U.S Highway 83 and hit a vehicle driven by Pollman. His wife, Fern, was expected to be releas

New CDC estimate: Swine flu death count rises

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:05:00 GMT

A new government estimate says swine flu has sickened about 55 million Americans and killed about 11,160. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the estimates on Friday, which cover roughly the first eight months of the pandemic

Seasonal flu: A 'quiet lull' in SD

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:45:00 GMT

With swine flu cases on the decline in South Dakota, health officials have been bracing for the usual January arrival of seasonal flu. But it's not happening. Dr. Colleen Breske with Avera McGreevy clinics says there has been "a quiet lull."

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:13:00 GMT

The Miles City Council has censured Mayor Joe Whalen after he was ticketed for driving without a valid driver's license, registration and insurance. The council voted 5-2 Tuesday to issue the censure, which Council President Mark Ahner likened t

2 clinic workers fired for refusing flu shots

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Officials with RiverStone Health in Billings confirm that two employees were fired, one resigned and one retired after refusing to get flu shots. RiverStone Health was formerly known as the Yellowstone City-County Health Department. RiverS

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMT

Minnesota's management and budget commissioner says the state is in danger of running a negative cash balance in the month of April, and may need to delay state payments to school districts in order to keep enough cash on hand. Commissioner Tom

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMT

Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, even as the state health department reports another confirmed death. With the health department's latest weekly swine-flu update, the count is now at 55 people who have died from the virus in the state.

Report: Swine flu infections remain low in Minn.

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:28:00 GMT

Swine flu infections remain low in Minnesota, although the Minnesota Department of Health is reporting one more confirmed death. The Health Department released its weekly update on swine flu in the state on Wednesday. There was one reporte

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:35:00 GMT

A spokesman for Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat Anderson says she will drop out of the governor's race today. Anderson's communications director Craig Westover says Anderson will instead run for state auditor, a job to which she was elected in

Minn. health commissioner to get swine flu shot

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:15:00 GMT

Minnesota's health commissioner is rolling up her sleeve to get a swine flu shot and is encouraging other Minnesotans to do the same. Dr. Sanne Magnan (SAN'-ee MAG'-nan) is scheduled to be vaccinated against H1N1 influenza Tuesday at the Ramsey

Steve Larson

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:59:00 GMT

Every few months we visit with Steve Larson... a local man who is living with A-L-S or Lou Gehrig's disease. His struggle with the disease has brought the need for a cure... that much more into the spotlight. Reporter Amber Schatz takes us inside Steve'

H1N1 Clinic

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:23:00 GMT

It's National Influenza Vaccination Week in the US. And First District Health Unit today held an open flu shot clinic for anyone to be vaccinated against H1N1 flu. First District officials used this clinic as a gauge of public interest in continued flu

Too much flu vaccine? Shot push this week to tell

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Remember swine flu? The government wants to make sure people haven't forgotten, even though cases have plummeted. On what has been officially dubbed National Influenza Vaccination Week, the government's making a big flu-shot push in a bid to re

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:46:00 GMT

A Custer man says he's circulating a nominating petition to run as an independent candidate for South Dakota's U.S. House seat in November. The 61-year-old B. Thomas Marking says he's a North Dakota native who spent 28 years working in the federal go

Swine flu labeled sporadic in SD

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:36:00 GMT

The state Health Department said it's distributed nearly 400,000 doses of swine flu vaccine since it became available in early October. The latest report from the department characterizes swine flu cases as sporadic in South Dakota. Twenty-three

Health Department kicks off vaccination campaign

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:15:00 GMT

The Health Department is kicking off a new push to get Minnesotans vaccinated against the seasonal and swine flus. The campaign is called "Ban the Bug" and it starts Sunday to coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Natio

Trinity restrictions

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:11:00 GMT

After 3 months of limited access to Trinity Health in Minot, administrators believe the time is right to lift the hospital's visitor restrictions. Officials say visitors may come and go as they did before. Restrictions have been in effect since Octob

Celtics' Allen out against Hawks with flu symptoms

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:15:00 GMT

Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen was sidelined against the Atlanta Hawks because of flulike symptoms. Allen attended the morning shootaround but didn't feel well, so coach Doc Rivers decided to leave him back at the hotel for Friday night's game.

Plane bomb suspect at courthouse...Fits and starts...Icy roads...

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:08:00 GMT

The man accused of trying to bring down a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day is at a courthouse in Detroit for an arraignment today. Police have set up metal barricades outside the building. One protester is carrying a sign that reads, "No U.S. Ri

CDC: Swine flu now widespread only in 1 state

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Swine flu infections continue to drop and only one state Alabama was reporting widespread cases last week. Four states had widespread cases the previous week. The number has been dropping since late October, when nearly all states had widespre

Canada to lend Mexico 5 million swine flur doses

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:28:00 GMT

Canada is lending Mexico 5 million doses of the swine flu vaccine. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said in a statement Wednesday that Mexico requested the doses to help bridge that country's immediate pandemic vaccine requirements.

Canada to lend Mexico 5 million swine flu doses

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:28:00 GMT

2 more dead of swine flu in Minn., total now 54

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:46:00 GMT

Two more people have died of the swine flu in Minnesota, but new statistics from the state Health Department show overall flu activity remains low. The department reports Wednesday that two more deaths have been confirmed since Dec. 30. That bri

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:07:00 GMT

Two prominent Democratic Senators are calling it quits, dealing a potential blow to Democrats already struggling to protect their Senate majority. Democratic officials tell The Associated Press that Connecticut's Christopher Dodd plans to make a

Indonesia reports 15 new bird flu deaths in 2009

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:26:00 GMT

The country hit worst by bird flu has reported 15 additional deaths in 2009, brining the toll in Indonesia to 134. A Health Ministry statement says the additional deaths bring the total for 2009 to 19 dead out of 20 cases of the illness. T

Latest Montana sports:

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:41:00 GMT

New UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck has hired seven assistants, six of whom have worked for him at Montana. Hauck says University of Utah cornerbacks coach J.D. Williams has been named UNLV's assistant head coach, pass defense coordinator and de

US Olympic staffers getting swine flu vaccinations

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:45:00 GMT

More than 100 employees of the U.S. Olympic Committee are getting swine flu vaccinations before they head to Canada for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The chief medical officer for the U.S. Olympic Team will be on hand Tuesday as the employee

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:23:00 GMT

Police say a tip to the TV show "America's Most Wanted" has led to the capture of a Florida man suspected of gunning down four family members at a Thanksgiving dinner. Jupiter Police Sgt. Scott Pascarella said Paul Merhige (MEHR'-rihj) was arres

China warns of possible new swine flu outbreaks

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:27:00 GMT

The Lunar New Year travel period in China has officials bracing for a possible new wave of swine flu infections as crowded conditions create the ideal mechanism for the virus to spread. Tens of millions of Chinese take to the rails, roads and ai

Year in Review 5

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:38:00 GMT

Fall was a time of upheaval at Minot Air Force Base. Jim Olson has that and more of the biggest stories of September and October as his Year in Review continues. Excitement filled the air at Minot Air Force Base as September began - the base's new B-52

Year End, Part 4

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:03:00 GMT

Time to continue our look at the stories making headlines in 2009. Jim Olson continues our Year in Review with the major events of July and August. Summer brought a sometimes heated debate of plans in Congress to overhaul the nation's health care system

Panetta on bombing...Deaths down in Iraq...Swine flu declines...

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:04:00 GMT

CIA director Leon Panetta says the seven employees killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan were "doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism." The Associated Press has learned that the chief of the CIA's base in the

CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:15:00 GMT

Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining. Swine flu was widespread in seven states the previous week. Reported infections have been dropping since a pea

Flu count tops 3,200

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:07:00 GMT

The number of confirmed flu cases in North Dakota tops 3,200, with about 90 percent of them identified as the swine flu. Health officials say the flu outbreak has slowed in the past few weeks and only a handful of cases are being reported weekl

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might appeal a judge's ruling ordering him to reinstate money he cut from a food program for the poor. The cuts to that program were just a slice of the $2.7 billion in cuts the Republican governor announced this summer

Taliban claims Afghan attack...Yemen takes on alQaida...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:56:00 GMT

The Taliban are claiming responsibility for the deaths of eight American civilians at a base in eastern Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman tells The Associated Press that a Taliban bomber wearing a military uniform and a suicide vest entered the base i

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:06:00 GMT

Two separate bombings in volatile regions of Afghanistan have left eight Americans civilians and five Canadians dead. The Americans were killed when a suicide bomber set off his explosives belt at a U.S. military base near the Afghan border with

Americans, Canadians killed in Afghanistan...Yemen targets...

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:57:00 GMT

Senior U.S. officials say an attacker wearing a suicide vest detonated the explosives at a military base in eastern Afghanistan today, killing eight American civilians. The blast occurred at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost (hohst) province ne

Swine flu not as catchy as other pandemic strains

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:23:00 GMT

A new study suggests that swine flu is less contagious than other viruses that have caused major international outbreaks. Specialists at Imperial College London and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the odds of someone bein

Minn. swine flu deaths rise 1 in past week to 52

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:21:00 GMT

The death toll from the swine flu pandemic has risen to 52 in Minnesota after a week of decreasing virus activity. A Minnesota Department of Health spokesman said the latest victim was a Hennepin County resident in his or her 50s. No more infor

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:05:00 GMT

Federal stimulus money to be spent on new tennis courts in Bozeman is drawing the ire of Montana's governor. The brouhaha started with reports that the City of Bozeman was spending about $50,000 of its $621,000 stimulus money on new rubber-tiled

Report due Thursday...Fewer secrets...Organizing against arsonist...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:07:00 GMT

President Barack Obama expects a report on his desk Thursday about what he calls "a mix of human and systemic failures" that led to explosives getting on a U.S.-bound jet. The New York Times is reporting that the government had intelligence from Yeme

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:04:00 GMT

President Barack Obama says what happened Christmas Day aboard a plane flying into Detroit is "totally unacceptable." He wants a preliminary report by New Year's Eve on how a would-be bomber got aboard a U.S.-bound plane while carrying explosives

Obama demands answers...Swine flu update...Letterman court papers...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:04:00 GMT

President Barack Obama has made his second statement in two days about the attempted bombing of a jetliner Christmas Day on a flight to Detroit. He says critical information on the suspect wasn't shared as it should have been, and he wants a prelimin

Supco: Missoula jail must vacate swine flu policy

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:24:00 GMT

The Montana Supreme Court says the Missoula County jail can't enforce a policy that suspended inmates' face-to-face visits over concerns about the spread of swine flu. The Missoula County Detention Facility issued the policy on Oct. 27.

Report on Iran...Arrests in Iran...Swine flu warning...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:53:00 GMT

A new intelligence report says Iran is trying to import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions. Iran is under three sets of Security Council sanctions for refusing to freeze its enrichment p

Soldier killed...Attack in Iraq...Swine flu warning...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:51:00 GMT

There's word that an American soldier has died after an Afghan soldier opened fire at a base in western Afghanistan. An Afghan general says the shooting began after NATO troops tried to keep an Afghan soldier from approaching an area where a helicopt

Reviewing procedures...Iran accuses West...Appeal for calm in...

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Vowing to keep Americans safe, President Barack Obama has ordered a review of intelligence procedures and the shortcomings highlighted by the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight. One question is why the suspect never caught the atte

WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:26:00 GMT

The head of the World Health Organization says it is too early to declare that the swine flu pandemic has peaked worldwide. Dr. Margaret Chan says the outbreak of the H1N1 virus has peaked in the U.S., Canada and some other countries in the nort

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Minnesota farmers who still have corn in their fields made limited progress toward harvesting it last week. The weekly crop report says that the corn harvest was 93 percent complete as of Sunday, up 2 percentage points from a week earlier.

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:00 GMT

As a major winter storm moves into Minnesota, the snowplows are ready to roll. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it's sending more than 800 snowplows into the battle, including more than 200 in the Twin Cities metro area. The

Minn. swine flu deaths rise 1 in past week to 51

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:02:00 GMT

The death of a Dakota County resident has raised Minnesota's death toll from the swine flu pandemic to 51. Health officials say the victim was between the ages of 70 and 79 and had an underlying health issue. The Minnesota Department of Hea

Testing finds swine flu in pigs at 2 NC farms

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:04:00 GMT

Federal testing has identified the swine flu in pigs at two North Carolina farms. The results released Wednesday makes North Carolina the 10th state with identified cases of swine flu in animals. State Veterinarian David Marshall said the presen

Custody battle over?...Vaccine recall...Detainee prison hearing...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:54:00 GMT

A five-year international court battle by an American to regain custody of his son in Brazil appears to be at an end. Brazil's chief Justice has ruled David Goldman's 9-year old son must be delivered to him by the boy's Brazilian relatives. The boy's

Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:23:00 GMT

Drugmaker Medimmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the vaccine is safe and patients who received the product

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:13:00 GMT

The end is near. The Senate has scheduled a vote on final passage of its health care overhaul bill for around 8 a.m. on Thursday, Christmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced the agreement on the Senate floor Tuesday

CDC says people shouldn't worry that pets would spread viruses...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:21:00 GMT

Health experts say people shouldn't worry that pets can spread swine flu viruses. A dog in suburban New York has become the first in the nation to confirmed with the same swine flu strain that is infecting humans. The 13-year-old mixed breed m