08/18/2008 -
WNV found in mosquitoes in Barnstable
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) says it has found this year?s first positive sample of eastern equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes in Carver as well as multiple additional findings of West Nile Virus that were identified during the past week. WNV was found in crows from Barnstable, Belchertown, Worcester, Hingham, and Plymouth and mosquito samples from Boston, ...
Source:
The Register
http://www.wickedlocal.com/barnstable/news/x418533838/WNV-found-in-mosquitoes-in
-Barnstable
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08/19/2008 -
Motorcyclist, 54, killed in tunnel crash
BOSTON A 54-year-old woman was killed early yesterday in a motorcycle crash in the Thomas P. O'Neill Tunnel in Boston, State Police said. The woman was driving north on a 2007 Harley Davidson when her motorcycle struck the wall on the right side as she took Exit 26 toward Storrow Drive, according to State Police. The collision caused the woman ...
Source:
Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/19/motorcyclist_54_killed_in_t
unnel_crash
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08/20/2008 -
Charleston Liquor Laws
Bar owners in Charleston are pushing to get an extra hour a week to sell alcohol. The city has a rule to stop selling liquor at 11 on Sunday nights. But some people want to keep their doors open until midnight.
Source:
WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana
http://illinoishomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=27001
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08/20/2008 -
Egyptian Woman, 27, Gives Birth To Septuplets
A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman said Sunday she's only seen her babies on television and hopes to hold them and name them soon.
Source:
CBS4 Miami
http://cbs4.com/health/egyptian.sextuplets.delivery.2.797326.html
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08/20/2008 -
Mobile Home Park Future in Question
More than 30 families who live in Paxton's Prairie City Trailer Park may have to pack up and move. They know the owner of their lot wants to sell it and there's a potential buyer. Nevertheless, when they come to anyone with questions they walk away with more of them.
Source:
WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana
http://illinoishomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=26991
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08/15/2008 -
West Nile found in St. John
Staff Reporter LAPLACE ? St. John Parish officials announced Tuesday that an isolated case of West Nile Virus has been found in a mosquito sample taken by St. John Mosquito Control
Source:
L'Observateur
http://www.lobservateur.com/articles/2008/08/15/news/doc48a1fc0cd28ae916213273.t
xt
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08/15/2008 -
First human case of West Nile in Sask. confirmed
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health has confirmed the province's first human case of West Nile this year.
Source:
Regina Leader-Post
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=565abdde-bb62-4a3a-9c4c-914
bfd7a1290
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08/15/2008 -
West Nile found in local mosquitoes
HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) -- The Hamilton County Health Department says mosquitoes that were recently trapped in Union Cemetery in Symmes Township have tested positive for West Nile virus, a viral disease that can be passed from mosquitoes to humans.
Source:
FOX 19 Cincinnati
http://www.wxix.com/Global/story.asp?S=8846978
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08/20/2008 -
Farmersville targeted for mosquito spraying
The Delta Vector Control District said it would 'fog' a section of Farmersville early tomorrow to combat what it said was an abundance of mosquitoes.
Source:
Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080819/NEWS01/8081
9013
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08/18/2008 -
District will fix its leak issues
About three years ago, Washington-Nile School District hired Mays Consulting Firm of Columbus to investigate the high school and elementary school to determine why the buildings were having leaks. Mays found problems with roofing materials were causing some of the leaks, and now the district is taking steps to fix those problems to the tune of $150,000.
Source:
Portsmouth Daily Times
http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/articles/2008/08/17/news//4news_leak.txt
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08/20/2008 -
Rolex Watches: Top 3 Most Exotic Rolex Watches Purchased in the Q1 2008 in the USA
Rolex Watches: The Top 5 Most Exotic Rolex Watches Purchased by Men and Ladies in America in Q1 2008 were announced today by Melrose Jewelers, USA's largest online preowned Rolex retailer and the designer of the Preowned Rolex Standards awards.
Source:
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080820/0426643.html
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08/20/2008 -
DEET doesn't smell sweet to mosquitoes
Spray yourself with a DEET-based insect repellent and the mosquitoes will leave you alone. But why? They flee because of their intense dislike for the smell of the chemical repellent and not because DEET jams their sense of smell, report researchers at UC Davis.
Source:
The Daily Democrat
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/ci_10245174?source=rss
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08/15/2008 -
West Nile found in Saskatchewan
The first human case this year of West Nile virus in Saskatchewan has been confirmed.
Source:
C-Health
http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=26099&rss=67
&rid=999999&news_channel_id=1020&channel_id=1020&rot=3
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08/17/2008 -
CSU-Pueblo Professor Dies After Contracting West Nile
Colorado State University in Pueblo loses one of their own.
Source:
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/27060579.html
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08/18/2008 -
A man and his hippo
WASHINGTON ? The stuff we do for love. Take JT and Happy. Happy is not much to look at. He has stained teeth, tiny ears and he drools. He?s very large ? like, slow-getting-out-of-the-pool large. And he?ll sneeze on you if you?re not paying attention to him. He gets away with this because he?s the National Zoo?s only Nile hippopotamus.
Source:
The Daily News
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/08/18/this_day/doc48a7d06abb8bb876462019.txt
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