With more than 4,000 reported cases and 9 infant deaths, the whopping cough epidemic in California could break a 55-year record. Nationwide, the CDC shows more than 11,000 cases of the highly contagious illness, characterized by a persistent cough that lasts weeks. Health experts say vaccination is the most effective …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” November 30, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: Welcome to “The Glenn Beck Program.” I have told you for the last, probably, five years, that a perfect storm was brewing. Then …
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross racer, died of head injuries on Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24. Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital where Lusk was put into a medicine-induced coma, …
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COATESVILLE, Pa. – A 19-year-old described as a pyromaniac who liked to watch things burn was charged Thursday with setting nine fires in an arson-plagued steel town, including a block-long blaze that displaced dozens of people last month. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., an automotive technical student from nearby Downingtown, was …
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CHICAGO – The Obama administration should appoint a senior food safety official within the Food and Drug Administration as a first step toward safeguarding the U.S. food supply, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. The responsibility for food safety currently is divided up among federal agencies including the FDA and …
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Ever wonder why those French fries taste so good when you are depressed? Here’s one theory: Salt is a natural antidepressant, which might explain why we have a tendency to over-ingest it. Kim Johnson, a psychologist from the University of Iowa, discovered that when rats were lacking sodium chloride, they …
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This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” December 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Now to another classy guy joining us, Donald Trump on the phone. Donald, what do you make of these kind …
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CINCINNATI – Officials say two people were killed when a biplane crashed near a football scrimmage at an Ohio high school. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the single-engine plane took off Friday night from West Harrison Airport, and crashed within minutes. Sgt. Clint Arnold says it wasn’t immediately known …
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The White House blasted the jubilant, flag-waving Libyan crowds that greeted Pan Am bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted in the 1988 killing of 270 people but is being embraced in Libya as a returning hero. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the elaborate homecoming in Tripoli for al-Megrahi …
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GENEVA, Ala. – Residents of the rain-soaked Southeast braced for more storms even as they tried to dry out from a weekend deluge that flooded hundreds of homes, washed out roads and forced evacuations. The National Weather Service predicted thunderstorms in the region Wednesday and Thursday, and some areas could …
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