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Passaic County man, 86, is third confirmed N.J. West Nile virus case Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:28AMHO/AFP/Getty ImagesWest Nile virus is transmitted from infected mosquitoes that have fed on birds that have the virus. PASSAIC COUNTY — State health officials have confirmed three cases of West Nile virus in New Jersey this summer. The latest case...
Ed Miliband: It's time to move on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:04AMEd Miliband tells the BBC it is time for Labour to "move on" from Tony Blair - as the former PM warns against rejecting New Labour reforms.
David Miliband receives boost from Ed Balls ally Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:14AMA prominent backer of Ed Balls in Labour's leadership contest today endorses David Miliband as his second choice, in what will be seen as a setback for Ed Miliband's campaign.
Chow & Tunes to help animals, youth Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:09AMPHOENIXVILLE — There was plenty of food and music Sunday afternoon as Spirit Fire Farm Inc. hosted Chow & Tunes at the Rock & Roll After School inside Franklin Commons.
Plain Talk: Playing to nation’s dumb-ocracy Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 5:08AMLate in his career, William T. Evjue, the founder of The Capital Times, wrote about all the scare words that some politicians and their supporters invoked to alarm unwary voters during his many years in the news business.
After shedding 220 pounds, woman wants to help others Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:50AMKelsie Holtje, shown after losing 220 pounds, is starting a weight loss challenge in Gaithersburg.
Church runs camp for children of incarcerated parents Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:00AMTaylor Spence, 9, of Germantown, proudly holds up the tie dyed T-shirt she made at Camp Starfish this summer. Camp Starfish, held Aug. 8–11, is run by Hyattstown Christian Church for children who have one or more parents incarcerated in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Clarksburg.
In retrospect: news from 50 and 100 years ago Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:42AM100 Years Ago Family Reunions Held – Nature was in one of her most generous moods on Saturday, and no wonder that she gazed upon the many happy, smiling and contented faces of fully 5,000 members of the Moyer, Gehman, Thomas, Longaker, Garges and Harley families as they gathered in annual reunion.
Live well, live long Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:58PMBy TRACI L. WEISENBACHTribune Staff Writer
Martinez sent down; Kawakami back up Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:16PMMartinez sent down; Kawakami back up
Lowe to throw Tuesday, test right elbow Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:15PMLowe to throw Tuesday, test right elbow
Diaz bit embarrassed by bat flip Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:26PMDiaz bit embarrassed by bat flip
Sudbury man wins world title Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:03PMClaude Paquette of Chelmsford and his American quarter horse, Shez Got Preference, captured the reserve world champion two-year- old mares title at the American Quarter Horse Association Adequan Select World Championship Show in Amarillo, Texas, on Sunday.[...]
Pit Bulls ‘R’ Us Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:01PMThe bad reputation pit bull have has more to do with nurture than nature.
The Road Behind – the Road Ahead Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:43PMI would like to thank the may people in the audience who have helped get Sensible Sentencing to where it is. It has been an amazing experience. As I say to people it is the worst paying job I have ever had – I don’t get paid – but it is the ...
Manny Ramirez: Did the newest Chicago star launch a Hall of Fame career here? Poll Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:27PMIs Manny Ramirez destined for Cooperstown?
22 horses perished in barn fire Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:46AMA total of 22 horses perished in the fire that consumed an Allen barn Aug. 10, the Allen Fire Department said Friday.The figure includes 21 adult horses and one foal whom is believed to have been birthed in the fire’s chaos by a frightened mare.
Rachel Alexandra Upset In Personal Ensign Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:06PMRachel Alexandra has been upset by Persistently in the $300,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga Race Course after the reigning Horse of the Year was caught in the final strides by the 21-1 long shot.
GOP in Florida sutures wounds after Scott's win Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:44PMThe road to reconciliation commenced even before the balloons and confetti were swept away at Rick Scott's victory party. Florida Republican Party Chairman John Thrasher at midnight Wednesday - moments after the Republican renegade candidate's surprise defeat of party favorite son Bill McCollum - fired off a press release congratulating ...
David Miliband Wants Good Not Big Society Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:41PMDavid Miliband will say today he wants to turn the Labour Party into a "living breathing movement for change".
Steamboat briefs: Wisecup horse cruelty case postponed until Sept. 21 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:10AMSandy Wisecup, the Oak Creek woman charged with 80 counts of animal cruelty, will next appear in court Sept. 21 after her arraignment was postponed Tuesday morning.
Local youth learn about important life lessons through mission Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:06AMSouth Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation may encompass one of the poorest counties in the United States, but it is a wealth of Native American history and culture.
Bu$ine$$ Briefs Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:52AMSurrey names six new board members
Genuardi's ready to check out Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:50AMGenuardi's will shutter two of its longtime supermarkets Saturday.
Healing arts, music collective benefits Patch Adams Teaching Center Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 1:10AMBLACK MOUNTAIN — Beginning at 7 p.m. Aug. 25, the White Horse Black Mountain will host an evening of healing arts, health care activism, acro-yoga and live music to benefit the Patch Adams Teaching Center and Clinic and the Educational Clown Tour USA. A $10 donation is suggested, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
More West Nile Virus Found In Boston Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:23PMMore mosquitoes with West Nile Virus have been found in Boston.
What we have here is a failure to communicate Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:13PMIt was determined late Friday the boil water advisory, issued Thursday evening, was actually a false reading -- the result of contamination at a lab in London -- but it flushed out weaknesses in the city's communication strategies.[...]
4-Her rehabilitates abused horse Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 12:21PMQuinn looks nothing like the beaten, starved and skinny, completely bald horse she once was. Gone are abscesses on her feet, lice and fungus-ravaged skin.
First human EEE case likely contracted in Southeastern Massachusetts Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:54AMThe year’s first human case of Eastern equine encephalitis was announced Sunday afternoon in a joint statement from Massachusetts and Rhode Island state health officials. A Rhode Island man is in critical condition after being diagnosed with the EEE virus, officials said. Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach said the man was in Southeastern Massachusetts days before he first ...
Cutie Goes to Congress Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:50AMWE had just finished lunching at the popular Blondie’s Pizza in San Francisco, California, but Cutie del Mar has nothing but garbage on her mind.
LNP holds onto Moncrieff, Fadden Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 10:42AMTwo sitting Gold Coast Liberal National Party (LNP) members, Moncrieff MP Steven Ciobo and Fadden's Stuart Robert have easily retained their seats in the 2010 federal election.
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival: Looking back at the evolution of the Corner Health building Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 7:04AMThe Corner Health Center building at 47, 51, and 57 North Huron Street is one of the sites featured in this year's Historic Homes Tour in conjunction with the Heritage Festival. In its 120-year history, the structure has housed everything from a locksmith shop to a butcher's home and no fewer than two long-running grocery stores.
North Country horse has EEE, says state Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:11AMThe New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has announced the first positive test for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this year. It was found in a horse in Freedom, a small town in Carroll County. As of August 14, the State Public Health Lab has tested 851 mosquito pools, 4 animals, and 20 human specimens from across the State for EEE and West Nile Virus, but all have been ...
Having a heart for horses Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:41PMFulton’s Cliff Jarrell is an old-fashioned cowboy, a man born and bred with a horse at his side. “I’ve had horses around all of my life,” he said, pulling his truck around to the front of one of his pastures. “They’re just wonderful creatures, all with different personalities.”
Minnesota Vikings star ups reward for horse dumper Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:31PMSOUTH GATE, Calif. (AP) -- A horse so emaciated she could barely get her head up for a drink of water had to be euthanized last month, but authorities haven't given up on finding the person who dumped
EEE comes into play for sports Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:35PMAs fall high school and youth sports seasons get set to begin in a couple weeks, a season of another sort has already started, and it’s causing headaches for a number of towns.
Beshear names animal-care board members Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:23PMGov. Steve Beshear has appointed members to two new boards created in the most recent legislative se
4-Her nurses physically abused horse back to health Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:21PMQuinn looks nothing like the beaten, starved and skinny, completely bald horse she once was. Gone are abscesses on her feet, lice and fungus-ravaged skin.
10 Questions: True value Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:08PMWhen looking at a backfield timeshare, who tops the depth chart doesn't tell the whole story when it comes to player value.
Third Massachusetts horse dies from EEE Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:04PMBy Stephen Smith, Globe Staff A Worcester County horse infected with eastern equine encephalitis died from the disease last week, the third horse in the state to succumb to the mosquito-borne illness this summer, public health authorities said today. The...
Emaciated Douglas County horse recovering at non-profit ranch Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:39PM"Grace", an emaciated Douglas County horse seized from its owner, is now taking her first steps on the road to recovery.
Local Beat Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:11PMAug. 17 Kerens Masonic Lodge will have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. A meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. All Masons are invited.
Blagojevich jurors go home again with no verdict Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:07PMJurors deliberating the fate of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich finished the day Monday without a verdict after asking the judge for the transcript of the testimony of Blagojevich's former deputy governor.
McCollum taps corporate money to fight self-financed millionaire Scott Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:05PMBy Steve Bousquet and Marc Caputo, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, August 16, 2010 Rick Scott TALLAHASSEE —As Rick Scott freely spends his fortune in his bid to become governor, Republican rival Bill McCollum is fighting to keep up by spending the millions of others. McCollum's allies make up a long list: Big Sugar, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Progress Energy, real estate developers, road ...
McCollum taps corporate money to fight self-financed millionaire Scott Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:45PMBy Steve Bousquet and Marc Caputo, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, August 16, 2010 TALLAHASSEE —As Rick Scott freely spends his fortune in his bid to become governor, Republican rival Bill McCollum is fighting to keep up by spending the millions of others. McCollum's allies make up a long list: Big Sugar, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Progress Energy, real estate developers, road builders ...
Resurgence of West Nile virus poses risk to horses Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:17PMThe return of West Nile virus to California this year is renewing calls for horse owners to make sure their animals are vaccinated. So far in 2010, four horses have been diagnosed with the disease, in Sacramento, San Joaquin and Madera counties. All of the horses were either unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated. “Outbreaks of West Nile virus are still a risk for horses,” said California State ...
Major archaeological find at site of Civil War prison Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:34PMThe discovery of the exact location of a stockade and dozens of personal artifacts belonging to its Union prisoners is one of the biggest archaeological Civil War finds in decades, federal and Georgia officials said Monday.
Kentucky State Fair 2010 | A fair to remember - with new twists Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:17PMDeep-fried Twinkies, the welcoming smile of 18-foot-tall Freddy Farm Bureau, those slice-it-dice-it-veg-o-matic guys in South Wing C, Sugarland and Tim McGraw, an ugly-lamp contest, jams and jellies, heifers and hogs, carnival games and rides and sweltering temperatures.
Hickman hot dog lawsuit claims retaliation for supporting horse Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:57PMAn old horse named after a fictional rabbit has been invoked ina lawsuit regarding hot dogs.
Another case of EEE in Marion Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:43PMAnother horse has tested positive for a mosquito-borne illness that has killed four Floridians. A horse in Ocklawaha tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, according to the Marion County Health Department.