It's the first time that demographic -- about 20% of American adults -- has been so targeted. The group is at high risk of infection from a pneumonia-causing bacterium.
Five others are dead. The search continues for the remaining crew members of the Katmai, a 93-foot fish processor based on Alaska's Kodiak island, the Coast Guard says. >>
A watchdog group reports that 4,825 deaths and nearly 21,000 injuries occurred in the first three months of 2008. The drugs heparin and varenicline are cited as the most dangerous. >>
Six farm employees in Iowa were charged with animal abuse and neglect Wednesday in connection with a video obtained by an animal-rights group that showed workers abusing pigs. >>
October 22, 2008
Sarah Palin may have been stumped by the question, but conservative and liberal legal experts weren't. >>
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He heads to Hawaii today to visit the woman he often speaks of in his speeches: Madelyn Dunham. >>
Just four hours after getting the corruption case, the eight women and four men ask to go home for some 'clarity.' >>
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
British court condemns U.S. delays on data >>
October 22, 2008
The Supreme Court soon will decide whether to take up the case of the monument to fallen service members in Mojave National Preserve. At stake is a new definition of the church-state separation. >>
Once considered a slam dunk, the corruption charges against the Alaska senator look too close to call. >>
The men will remain imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. Defense lawyers see the move as a way to give prosecutors more time to prepare for trial after the resignation of a key prosecutor. >>
NEW YORK
Immigrant workers win back pay >>
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With 40 years on the floor, Ted Weisberg has seen it all -- till now. By Erika Hayasaki. Oct. 16
A remarkable model brings a sense of order to the universe, allowing observers to navigate it as if by rocket ship. By John Johnson Jr. Oct. 15.
Anne Kilkenny's e-mail criticizing Sarah Palin was supposed to help inform 40 of her friends. More than 13,700 e-mail responses and half a million Google hits changed all that. By Erika Hayasaki. Sept. 30.
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