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Founder of San Diego ComicCon dies at 76 Nov 4 2009 1:32PM
Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous
Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76.
A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Ocean Beach
resident died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney
failure. He had
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| Merck, now No. 2 drugmaker, set for future buys Nov 4 2009 7:42AM
The new Merck & Co. becomes the
world's second-biggest drugmaker overnight, and it's boasting a fat
wallet to fund future deals.
That's after the maker of vaccines and cholesterol and [[kxtopic:diabetes:t[Diabetes]:t]]
drugs bought Schering-
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| Diabetes more serious than most realize Nov 3 2009 1:04PM
Ignorance can kill.
Survey results just released by the American Diabetes
Association show Americans don't realize diabetes can kill. Less
than half of the respondents chose diabetes when asked whether
diabetes, breast cancer or AIDS causes the
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| Merck to complete $41B purchase of ScheringPlough Nov 3 2009 11:12AM
Merck & Co. is set to complete
its $41 billion acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp. later Tuesday,
creating the world's second-largest drugmaker, behind Pfizer Inc.
The companies expect the deal will close after the end of market
trading Tue
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| Merck completes $41B purchase of ScheringPlough Nov 3 2009 11:05AM
New Jersey drugmakers Merck &
Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. have made their longtime partnership
permanent.
The companies say Merck's $41 billion purchase of
Schering-Plough is now complete. It creates the world's
second-biggest drugmaker,
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| Phillies win...Obama on jobless rate...Polanski case... Nov 3 2009 12:07AM
The Phillies have avoided elimination from
the World Series with an 8-6 win over the Yankees. Chase Utley hit
two home runs to raise his Series total to a record-tying five.
Cliff Lee won again and Philadelphia cut its deficit to 3-2. Game 6
will b
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| Last NYC Marathoner finishes in 28 hrs, 45 minutes Nov 2 2009 10:31PM
It took Zoe Koplowitz 28 hours and 45 minutes to
finish this year's New York City Marathon.
The 61-year-old Koplowitz had her trademark purple crutches
wrapped around each forearm as she crossed the finish line in
Manhattan's Central Park at 11:
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Flu Shots Postponed Oct 28 2009 7:25PM
Those hoping to receive the H1N1 vaccine today in Minot were told they'd have to wait a little longer.
According to First District Health Unit, an overnight malfunction of a refrigerator caused several vials of the flu vaccine to freeze, making the injec
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Flu Shot Clinics Scheduled Oct 26 2009 7:45PM
There are some flu shot clinics in the region this week.
In Minot, First District Health Unit will be offering H1N1 vaccinations on Wednesday at the Minot Auditorium.
Health officials will limit the shots to children 6 months to 4 years and pregnant wom
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 26 2009 4:12AM
University of Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard
is to be buried in Florida Monday after a funeral in his home town
of Miami.
Howard was fatally stabbed during an altercation outside a dance
on Connecticut's campus early last Sunday. UConn pla
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| 1 in 5 kids get little vitamin D, study says Oct 26 2009 12:42AM
A recent analysis suggests at least one in five
U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and the main
author says the number is between 80 and 90 percent for minority
kids.
A vitamin D deficiency could put kids at risk for a variety
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Flu Shot Clinic Scheduled Oct 24 2009 7:44PM
Another H1N1 flu shot clinic has been scheduled in Minot.
First District Health Unit will be offering vaccinations against the new strain of flu on Wednesday next week at the Minot Auditorium.
The scope of the vaccinations has been widened a bit from e
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Flu Shot Clinic Scheduled Oct 23 2009 7:36PM
Another H1N1 flu shot clinic has been scheduled in Minot.
First District Health Unit will be offering vaccinations against the new strain of flu on Wednesday next week at the Minot Auditorium.
The scope of the vaccinations has been widened a bit from ea
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Milk Program Oct 22 2009 7:04PM
It's getting kids excited about drinking all their vitamins and minerals.
Ag Reporter Sarah Gustin explains how one new program is promoting physical activity and the dairy industry one milk carton at a time.
(Char Herr / Midwest Dairy Assn.) "50 perce
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| Guidance To People Who Think They Have Influenza Oct 21 2009 12:00AM
The North Dakota Department of Health is providing guidance to people who think they may have influenza, according to State Health Officer Terry Dwelle, M.D.
?As we get more cases of influenza in the state, our clinics are filling
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Uninsured In ND Oct 16 2009 11:15PM
One reason for the big push to overhaul our nation's healthcare system is to cover more people.
Donnell Preskey will share who those uninsured people are in North Dakota.
Who are the uninsured in North Dakota??? They make up 8% of our populat
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Uninsured in ND Oct 16 2009 10:59PM
One reason for the big push to overhaul our nation's healthcare system is to cover more people...
Donnell Preskey finds out who those uninsured people are in North Dakota here's one woman's story...
Who are the uninsured in North Dakota???
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| Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say Oct 12 2009 4:34PM
Doctors are urging parents to be on the lookout
for warning signs that a case of swine flu has become
life-threatening.
Swine flu has probably infected hundreds of thousands of
youngsters nationwide. Deaths among children are rare, but at least
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| Pre-Diabetes - What is it? Oct 12 2009 12:00AM
(No movement & poor food choices = overweight = pre-diabetes = type 2 Diabetes)
Children with a Body Mass Index (BMI) above the 85th percentile and adults with BMI over 30 are at highest risk of developing pre-diabetes, because they
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| SD DOT gives 6 grants for safe school routes Oct 10 2009 6:12PM
The South Dakota Transportation Department
has given nearly $715,000 to six cities in a program that
encourages students to walk and bike to school along safe routes.
The grants are going to Parker, Hartford, Sioux Falls,
Brookings, Harrisburg a
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 9 2009 2:41AM
An evangelical group is urging Congress to
approve reforms to immigration laws.
The National Association of Evangelicals has passed a resolution
that recommends changes to the law that would help undocumented
immigrants eventually gain legal sta
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| More taxes than thought...Obama ratings are up...Sentence in prayer... Oct 6 2009 5:51PM
Congressional tax experts say Senate health
care legislation would impose $29 billion more in taxes on health
care industries than originally thought. The experts say drug
companies, medical device manufacturers and insurers would pay $121
billion ov
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| Parents in prayer death get probation, some jail Oct 6 2009 5:23PM
A judge has sentenced a Wisconsin couple to
10 years probation and 30 days a year in jail for the next six
years for praying instead of seeking medical care for their dying
11-year-old daughter.
Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard sente
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| Heating fuels forecast due...Gloomy holiday retail prediction... Oct 6 2009 5:01AM
A double digit price drop is expected this
winter for people who heat with natural gas or propane. Consumers
using other energy sources won't pay as much as last winter either.
The Energy Information Administration releases its forecast for
winter
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| Wis. parents to be sentenced in prayer death case Oct 6 2009 3:16AM
A Wisconsin couple convicted of reckless
homicide for praying instead of seeking medical care for their
dying 11-year-old daughter are set to be sentenced.
Dale and Leilani Neumann face up to 25 years in prison each when
sentenced Tuesday. They
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| BristolMyers gets EU approval for diabetes drug Oct 5 2009 10:44AM
Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. says its new
diabetes drugs, Onglyza, has been approved for sale in the European
Union's 27 countries.
That means Onglyza will compete with Merck's blockbuster
diabetes drug Januvia both in the EU and in the Un
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 5 2009 2:41AM
A Roman Catholic cardinal has issued a plea
for the rights of the unborn at a Mass attended by Vice President
Joe Biden, six members of the Supreme Court and hundreds of
attorneys.
Five of the six Catholics on the high court Chief Justice
John
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| Conn. gets $25 million from Zyprexa lawsuit Sep 29 2009 1:11PM
Connecticut officials say Eli Lilly & Co.
has agreed to a $25 million settlement with the state over claims
the drugmaker marketed its anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for
unapproved uses and harmed patients.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
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| Red Lakers raise diabetes awareness at TC marathon Sep 29 2009 5:15AM
Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr. will be
running in the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday to raise awareness
about diabetes in Indian Country.
Jourdain and six others are part of the "Native Thunder
Distance Runners" group.
They'll donate
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| ExPanamanian president who replaced Noriega dies Sep 28 2009 8:46PM
The former Panamanian president who took over
after the U.S. invasion that toppled dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega
has died at 73.
Friends and colleagues say Guillermo Endara died Monday at his
home in Panama City. No cause of death was revealed, b
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 2:13AM
South Dakota's third-largest fair drew 1 1/2
percent more visitors this year compared to 2008.
The Brown County Fair's 2009 count of 246,684 visitors topped
last year's mark of 243,000 and 220,000 in 2007.
Revenue numbers aren't yet prepare
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| SD measure would ease stem cell research limits Sep 27 2009 12:15PM
Former state Treasurer David Volk of Sioux
Falls, a cancer survivor, says a proposed ballot issue to ease
restrictions on stem cell research will strike a chord with South
Dakotans because nearly everyone has had a serious disease or knows
someone wh
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| Murdered Yale student remembered as 'great achiever'... Sep 26 2009 4:13PM
Friends and family members have
been remembering a slain Yale doctoral student as a brilliant,
kindhearted woman who was "naturally good."
Annie Le (lay) is being eulogized and buried in California today
near where she grew up in the Sierra Nevada
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| South African antiapartheid activist dies at 51 Sep 21 2009 10:16AM
South Africa's governing party says Frans
"Ting-Ting" Masango, an anti-apartheid activist once sentenced to
death for treason, has died.
The 51-year-old African National Congress lawmaker died Friday
in Pretoria after battling diabetes.
Ma
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 21 2009 4:12AM
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO
commander in Afghanistan, says in a confidential report that
without additional forces, the war against insurgents will end in
failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.
McChrystal's grim assessm
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| Report: 35 millionplus worldwide have dementia Sep 21 2009 12:14AM
A new report suggests more than 35 million
people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or
other types of dementia.
The World Alzheimer Report is the most in-depth attempt yet to
assess the brain-destroying illness and it's an om
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| Austria: Man convicted for flamethrower killings Sep 17 2009 1:32PM
An Austrian court has convicted a man for killing
his in-laws by setting them on fire with a homemade flame-thrower.
The court in the southern city of Graz sentenced the
49-year-old, who was not identified by name, to 12 years in prison
for the
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| Austria: Man convicted for flameblower killings Sep 17 2009 12:36PM
An Austrian court has convicted a man for killing
his in-laws by setting them on fire with a homemade flame-thrower.
The court in the southern city of Graz sentenced the
49-year-old, who was not identified by name, to 12 years in prison
for the
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| No arrest warrant yet...Suicide study...Soda tax proposed... Sep 17 2009 12:56AM
Police in New Haven, Conn., say they do
not have a warrant for the arrest of Yale lab technician Raymond
Clark III. He is described as a "person of interest" in the
killing of a graduate student and is refusing to answer police
questions. The medical
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 16 2009 10:24PM
Federal agents have been carting away boxes
of evidence at the home of a suburban Denver man suspected of being
linked to al-Qaida.
An FBI special agent confirms that the Joint Terrorism Task
Force searched the home of Najibullah Zazi (NAH-gee-b
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| A way to fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab Sep 16 2009 9:21PM
A group of nutrition and economics experts
wants to tax soft drinks, by the ounce.
They say a penny-per-soda-ounce tax could raise revenues, lower
interest in sugary beverages, and discourage people from consuming
extra calories. They say it cou
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 14 2009 11:12AM
An airman from Florida who was stationed
at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been killed in
Afghanistan.
According to an Ellsworth news release, Staff Sgt. Bryan Berky
of Melrose, Fla., died Saturday of injuries suffered in combat.
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| Lilly will reorganize and cut jobs to pare costs Sep 14 2009 8:31AM
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. says it will eliminate
thousands of jobs and reorganize into five business units in an
effort to slash costs and speed up development of potential new
drugs.
The Indianapolis company says it will reduce its work for
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| Web moderator alerts police to suicide situation Sep 14 2009 7:49AM
A South Dakota volunteer moderating a
Cleveland-based diabetes Web site is credited with helping a man
contemplating suicide in Wisconsin.
Lloyd Mann, who lives near Mill Bank, S.D., says he learned
early Saturday of disturbing messages posted b
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Eye on Health - Diabetes Speaker Sep 13 2009 11:27PM
A diagnosis of diabetes doesn't have to disable a person.
That's the message from James Murphy - whose organization "Diabetes and Exercise Sports Association" encourages diabetics to stay active as a way to improve their lives.
Murphy will be speaking o
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| Soap opera gets Latinos in tune with health care Sep 11 2009 2:42PM
It has all the hallmarks of the beloved
telenovela. But this soap opera's story lines are laced with
important medical advice for Colorado's Latinos.
Colorado health officials have been airing the health-themed
Spanish soap opera once a month si
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| Three gene variations explain different types of dog coats... Aug 27 2009 1:46PM
Researchers have discovered that nearly all
the differences in the coat types of purebred dogs result from
variations in just three genes.
It's not so much the genes themselves, but how they work
together that makes the difference.
The res
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| Mourners line up...Old kidnapping solved?...Chemical plant on fire... Aug 27 2009 12:50PM
Mourners have gathered for a glimpse of the
motorcade carrying Sen. Ted Kennedy's body from Cape Cod to Boston.
The 70-mile route will pass sites that were significant to the
senator. It will end at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library,
where t
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| J&J consolidating management, eliminating biz unit... Aug 26 2009 9:41AM
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is
consolidating management and scrapping one of its new business
groups as a first step.
The company is eliminating its comprehensive care business, one
of three business units created in November 2007 to
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| Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men Aug 25 2009 4:13PM
A new study finds that a hormone treatment that
helps shrink or control prostate tumors also increases the risk of
death in older men who've had serious heart problems.
Hormone therapy works by suppressing the amount of testosterone
produced. It
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| Amgen's anemia drug fails in kidney patient study Aug 25 2009 4:06PM
Biotech giant Amgen Inc. says its
anemia drug Aranesp didn't benefit patients with chronic kidney
disease, type 2 diabetes and anemia in a big late-stage study.
Patients who got pricey Aranesp as part of their treatment fared
no better than thos
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 25 2009 2:55AM
A Christian missionary support agency says a
piece of mission history is part of this week's space shuttle
mission.
Mission Aviation Fellowship says Discovery astronaut Patrick
Forrester received NASA permission to take part of the battery box
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| WHO: No Tamiflu for healthy people with swine flu Aug 21 2009 5:43AM
The World Health Organization says healthy people
who catch swine flu don't need antiviral drugs like Tamiflu.
In new advice issued to health officials on Friday, the U.N.
agency said doctors don't need to give Tamiflu to healthy people
who ha
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| Officials: Air controller mistakes...Obama scolds coverage... Aug 14 2009 5:09PM
Federal safety officials are critical of the
actions of an air traffic controller handling the small plane that
collided with a New York sightseeing helicopter. Officials say the
controller failed to warn the pilot of other aircraft. He also made
a p
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| FDA warns of faulty results with blood sugar tests Aug 14 2009 4:34PM
The Food and Drug Administration is warning
diabetes patients that certain blood sugar tests can give
inaccurate results in patients taking other medications.
Public health regulators told consumers not to use certain
glucose testing strips from
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 14 2009 2:41AM
A missionary doctor who was
kidnapped and ransomed this month in Nigeria says he prays for his
abductors.
Dr. Robert Whittaker, a 62-year-old surgeon, is recovering in
Tennessee from an arm wound suffered when he was shot Aug. 2 at his
Nigerian
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| Homeless would benefit from health care reform Aug 13 2009 3:25PM
Among the millions of Americans who
would benefit from health care reform proposals before Congress are
an unknown number of homeless.
Homeless people with incomes under $14,400 a year would qualify
under a plan being considered in the House. Th
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 11 2009 2:41AM
A Christian advocacy group says a Florida
high school's principal and athletic director could be fined or
sent to jail because a prayer of blessing was said before a meal at
a school-related event.
Liberty Counsel President Mat Staver says Pace
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 6 2009 5:02PM
A spokeswoman for John Hughes says the director
of 1980s coming-of-age films like "Sixteen Candles" and "The
Breakfast Club" has died in Manhattan.
Michelle Bega says the 59-year-old Hughes died of a heart attack
during a morning walk. He was in
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| Sotomayor confirmed...Clunkers extension is ready...Stocks slip... Aug 6 2009 4:00PM
The man who nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the
Supreme Court says her confirmation by the Senate today is a
wonderful moment for Sotomayor's family, and for America. President
Barack Obama is hailing the 68-31 Senate vote confirming Sotomayor
as the fi
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| Family blames NY wrongway crash on medical issue Aug 6 2009 3:11PM
The husband of a woman who caused a New
York highway crash that killed eight people says she wasn't a
drinker.
Daniel Schuler says a medical condition must have affected his
wife, Diane, before she drove the wrong way on a highway north of
New
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| Lawyer: NY mom in wrongway crash was diabetic Aug 6 2009 12:29PM
An attorney says the woman who drove
drunk and caused a New York highway crash that killed eight people
was diabetic and may have suffered a stroke.
Dominic Barbara says 36-year-old Diane Schuler had diabetes, a
mouth abcess for several weeks an
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Aug 3 2009 3:04AM
Officials in east Texas say three people
were injured when an SUV crashed into a church just as the Sunday
morning service was about to start.
Members of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Gilmer say the SUV
crashed through the front wall and plowe
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| Deadly shooting in Israel...Violence in Pakistan...Missing boy... Aug 1 2009 8:53PM
An Israeli police spokesman says a deadly
shooting at a Tel Aviv youth club for gay teens appears to be a
criminal act and not a terrorist attack. Israeli police say a
gunman entered the club and sprayed the interior with automatic
rifle fire. Three
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| Bomb scare arrest...Hikers held in Iran...Gay club attacked... Aug 1 2009 5:51PM
A homeless man accused of taking a fake bomb
into New York's LaGuardia Airport is expected to be arraigned
tonight. Police say he entered the building with a fake bomb in a
bag, then acted like he was trying to detonate it. The main
terminal was evac
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| CORRECTS 18th NewsMinute Aug 1 2009 5:30PM
Authorities in New York say an apparently
homeless man who they say carried a fake bomb into LaGuardia
Airport early this morning has been arrested at least three times
in the past two years. Officials say Scott McGann was heading for
Oakland, Calif.
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| Fake bomb scare...Americans arrested...Gay club shooting... Aug 1 2009 4:55PM
Authorities in New York say an apparently
homeless man who they say carried a fake bomb into LaGuardia
Airport early this morning has been arrested at least three times
in the past two years. Officials say Scott McGann was heading for
Oakland, Calif.
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 1 2009 3:59PM
Authorities in New York say the man who
triggered the evacuation of LaGuardia Airport's main terminal today
was apparently homeless.
Officials say Scott McGann had been living on New York City's
streets for at least a year. The 32-year-old had a
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| Travel disrupted...Prayer death verdict...14yearold indicted in... Aug 1 2009 3:52PM
Airlines are still trying to catch up from this
morning's disruption at New York's LaGuardia Airport. The main
terminal was evacuated and flights canceled after a man showed up
with what police describe as a fake bomb. Authorities say the man
was app
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| FDA approves new diabetes drug Onglyza Jul 31 2009 1:39PM
Federal health regulators have approved a
potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and
partner Astrazeneca.
The Food and Drug Administration says it approved the companies'
drug Onglyza, which is designed to reduce blood sug
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 31 2009 2:41AM
The congressman nominated to become Secretary
of the Army says chaplains must be careful to give non-sectarian
blessings and avoid proselytizing in non-worship assemblies.
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Republican Congressman John
McHugh wa
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 29 2009 2:41AM
Texas Baptists are starting with El Paso
in an effort to put Bible verses in 8.8 million Texas homes by next
Easter.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas is spearheading the
effort, which starts Monday when churches begin distributing
biling
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| Mom who prayed for ill girl: Sin causes sickness Jul 28 2009 11:54AM
The mother of an 11-year-old Wisconsin girl
who died of untreated diabetes says sickness is caused by sin and
can be cured by God.
Leilani Neumann took the witness stand Tuesday in her husband's
trial. Dale Neumann is charged with second-degree
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 28 2009 3:04AM
A coach who's in the Michigan Wrestling
Association Hall of Fame has filed a federal lawsuit against
Dearborn Public Schools and the principal of Fordson High School.
Gerald Marszalek (MAHR'-suh-lek) claims he was fired after 35
years because of
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| Vick could play again...Gates tapes...Stocks continue gains... Jul 27 2009 3:52PM
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is reinstating
quarterback Michael Vick with conditions and he's warning
Vick that his "margin for error is extremely limited." Vick was
suspended two years ago after admitting to financing a dogfighting
operation. He
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 27 2009 11:19AM
A Virginia man has been sentenced to life
in prison for joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate
then-President George W. Bush.
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who grew up in Falls Church, was convicted
in federal court in 2005. He was originally senten
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| Nearly 10 percent of health spending for obesity Jul 27 2009 10:30AM
As Congress continues to debate ways to reduce
escalating health care costs, new research spells out the economic
importance of weight control.
A study in the journal Health Affairs warns that medical
expenses for obese people average $1,400 mor
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Jul 27 2009 2:41AM
Some 26,000 Lutheran teenagers from all over
the country are returning home today from New Orleans, where they
spent several days worshipping and working on community service
projects.
Mayor Ray Nagin thanked leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran
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| Iran protests...Zelaya has plans...Trial begins for man who tried... Jul 25 2009 9:00PM
The Iranian regime's continued attempt to silence
opposition activists is being met with worldwide protests. Groups
including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International backed
Saturday's global day of action. Protesters demanded an end to the
clamp
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 25 2009 7:22PM
Manuel Zelaya (zuh-LY'-uh) is due
in Washington on Tuesday for what the State Department says will be
"further discussions" aimed at returning him to office in
Honduras.
It's been four weeks since he was deposed as president.
The U.S. is a
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