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Today is Flag Day.
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10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people
Better management may curb superblazes
Snowmobiler-commissioned study disputes caribou impact
Yosemite closing popular sites
Falling rock risk makes lodging areas unsafe
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Authorities say a gas tank exploded behind an industrial area south of downtown Los Angeles, killing one person and injuring three others.
Whooping cough vaccinations are now available at reduced prices at several clinics and pharmacies as health officials continue efforts to stop the spread of the disease.
Change sought within Boy Scouts
James Turley, CEO of Ernst & Young and a board member of Boy Scouts of America, announced that he will work to change the scout policy that bans gays and lesbians from the nation’s leading youth organization.
James Turley, CEO of Ernst & Young and a board member of Boy Scouts of America, announced that he will work to change the scout policy that bans gays and lesbians from the nation’s leading youth organization.
STD study subjects’ lawsuit dismissed
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against U.S. officials by Guatemalans who had been subjected to sexually transmitted diseases by U.S. researchers in the 1940s.
Tour guide’s hand eaten by alligator
The Everglades airboat tour started like most. Revved engines, six windswept tourists and an hourlong trek through the sawgrass. But it didn’t end like others. The tour guide’s left hand was bitten clear off by an alligator, which authorities then found, killed and slit open just outside of the national park in Southwest Florida.
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Pertussis shot offered at low cost
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against U.S. officials by Guatemalans who had been subjected to sexually transmitted diseases by U.S. researchers in the 1940s.
Tour guide’s hand eaten by alligator
The Everglades airboat tour started like most. Revved engines, six windswept tourists and an hourlong trek through the sawgrass. But it didn’t end like others. The tour guide’s left hand was bitten clear off by an alligator, which authorities then found, killed and slit open just outside of the national park in Southwest Florida.
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Pertussis shot offered at low cost
The shots may cost up to $15.60; however, financial assistance is available if that amount is too high. The CHAS clinics in downtown Spokane and in Spokane Valley, along with the Native Health and Spokane Regional Health District clinics, are offering the vaccines, according to a news release issued by the health district.
Whooping cough, also called pertussis, has spread to epidemic levels in Washington, with 2,325 cases. There have been 66 cases in Spokane County.
For more information go to srhd.org/whoopingcough.
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Vanity domain names could replace .com
New Internet frontier has Google, Amazon vying for similar suffixes
Doctor K: Baker’s cysts often recur after draining
Manito greenhouse celebrates 100 years Saturday
Pat Munts: Figuring out the buzz about bee swarms
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