No college campus is complete without the go-to spot for late night grub. From burgers to pizza — wings to dogs — these student standbys have loyal patrons lining up until the wee hours of the morning. 1. Red Hot Lovers: Ann Arbor, Michigan What better way to top off …
Read More »Wildlife Authorities Battle Massive Prairie Dog Plague To Save Ferrets
INTERIOR, S.D. – On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation’s largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets. The deadly disease sylvatic plague was discovered in May in …
Read More »Presidential Decree on Hawaiian Waters Not Keeping Them Clean
WASHINGTON – Cleanup efforts have slowed and garbage continues to pile up in a remote chain of Pacific islands that President Bush two years ago made the biggest and most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. Winning rare praise from conservationists, Bush declared the 140,000-square-mile chain of islands …
Read More »Woman Sues State for Right to Massage Horses
DAMASCUS, Md. – Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses. She shut down her equine massage practice in a Washington suburb after state officials told her state law only allows veterinarians to perform such …
Read More »Afghanistan Bombing Kills Son of Netherlands Top General
KABUL, Afghanistan – A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer on Friday, a day after his father took command of the country’s armed forces, officials said. Lt. Dennis van Uhm, 23, was one of two Dutch soldiers killed …
Read More »AIDS Drug Increases Heart Attack Risk
LONDON – A commonly used AIDS drug appears to nearly double the risk of a heart attack, researchers said Tuesday. In a study published online by the medical journal Lancet, the researchers also said another less frequently used AIDS drug increased the chances of a heart attack by 50 percent. …
Read More »Judge Tosses U.N. Sex Harassment Suit, Citing Immunity
NEW YORK – A federal judge threw out a lawsuit by a United Nations employee whose sexual harassment claims led to the resignation of refugee chief Ruud Lubbers, reasoning that the agency’s immunity outweighs her claims. U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet tossed the lawsuit Tuesday, saying courts have “consistently …
Read More »Justice Scalia: Abortion Not Prohibited in Constitution
WASHINGTON – The Constitution doesn’t prohibit abortion any more than it allows it, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says in a television news interview to be broadcast Sunday. Scalia told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that he may be conservative, but he is not biased on issues that come before the …
Read More »Alaskan Teen Survives Fatal Helicopter Crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 14-year-old boy survived a frigid night in the wreckage of a helicopter crash that killed four other people and was recuperating at a hospital Wednesday, state troopers said. The Aerostar 350 was carrying state Department of Administration technicians when it went down in heavy snow Tuesday …
Read More »Los Angeles Leaders Open Concrete River to Graffiti Artists But Now Having Second Thoughts
LOS ANGELES – It was a graffiti artist’s dream come true: 10,000 square feet of concrete and a permit to paint. Families brought their kids to watch as hundreds of muralists, using their own materials and working for free, sprayed technicolor shades on the steep banks of an ugly, manmade …
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