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Officials: West Nile outbreak one of largest in U.S.

The current West Nile outbreak is one of the largest in the U.S., with four times the usual number of cases for this time of year, federal health officials said Wednesday.It's still too early to say how bad the year will end up because most infections are reported in August and September. But never before have so many illnesses been reported this early, said Dr. Lyle Petersen, of the Centers for D

Technology Aug. 23, 2012

New AIDS-like disease in Asians, not contagious

Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The patients' immune systems become damaged, leaving them unable to fend off germs as healthy people do. What triggers this isn't known, but the disease does not seem to be contagious.This is another kind of ac

Technology Aug. 23, 2012

Couple arrested, then engaged

A man proposed to his girlfriend immediately after the couple was arrested for aggravated robbery, San Antonio, police said.Managers of a Family Dollar Store said they attempted to stop Treila Woods, 24, before she left the store Monday morning, suspecting her of shoplifting. The alleged driver of her getaway car, Sean Foxx, 24, watched her attempt to leave through a broken and unmoving door, and

World News Aug. 23, 2012

Angela Merkel heads list of powerful women

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Brazilian President Dilma Roussef head this year's Forbes list of powerful women. The trio at the top of annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world hold traditional positions of power of the kind that until recently were all-male preserves, the magazine said. Two others in the Top 10, Melinda Gates at No. 4 a

People Aug. 23, 2012

Ban defies U.S., Israel to join summit in Iran

In a decision contrary to U.S. and Israeli positions, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Iran next week, according to his office.Ban "takes seriously his responsibility and that of the United Nations to pursue diplomatic engagement with all of its member states," it said in a statement, announcing the closely watched decision.The summit of 120 mem

World News Aug. 23, 2012

Obese may lose memory sooner

(123rf)People who are obese lose their memory and thinking ability faster than thinner people, British and French researchers say. Researchers at University College London said the study was based on data from 6,500 federal British civil servants, whose health was monitored from the ages of 50 to 60, The Daily Telegraph reported. The study participants were weighed, measured, blood pressure and ch

Technology Aug. 22, 2012

Mother of jailed ex-Korea Univ. medical student jailed for defamation

(MCT)The mother of one of three former medical students imprisoned for sexually harassing a female schoolmate received a jail term herself Wednesday for defaming the victim.The three, who were expelled from medical school at the prestigious Korea University, were convicted of repeatedly groping a long-time female friend while she was in a deep sleep after drinking alcohol during a trip they took i

Social Affairs Aug. 22, 2012

Mother of jailed ex-Korea Univ. medical student jailed for defamation

Facebook’s first big investor, Peter Thiel, has sold most of his stake

Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock in the social network after a lockup expired last week.A regulatory filing on Monday said that Thiel, a former CEO at PayPal sold about 20 million shares of Facebook through affiliates such as his Founders Fund and other entities last week. The shares were sold on Thursday and Friday f

World Business Aug. 22, 2012

New Ebola outbreak reported in DRC

Digital illustration of the ebola virus. (123rf)A new outbreak of the Ebola virus has been reported in Africa, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 10 people are reported to have died of the disease in Orientale province in eastern Congo, CNN reported. Two cases of the disease have been confirmed and 13 are suspected. Orientale borders the area in Uganda where 16 deaths have bee

Technology Aug. 22, 2012

Report of Kim Jong-un's Iran trip likely misleading: Seoul

A news report that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to visit Iran next week to attend an international meeting seems to be misleading although Seoul is still working to verify it, a government official said Wednesday.German news agency DPA reported earlier that Kim would attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran from Aug. 26 to 31, citing local news media. "Findings through vario

North Korea Aug. 22, 2012

Drunken man's stabbing rampage kills one, injures four

Police said Tuesday they have arrested a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Suwon, just south of Seoul, killing one and seriously injuring four others.The 38-year-old suspect, identified only by his surname Kang, is suspected of stabbing a woman multiple times at a bar in a bustling area in Suwon around 1 a.m. Tuesday after attempting to rape her, police officers said. He also stabbed another c

Social Affairs Aug. 21, 2012

NASA announces new Mars mission

This image provided by NASA shows an artist rendition of the proposed InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander. (AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) ― After driving all around Mars with four rovers, NASA wants to look deep into the guts of the red planet. The space agency decided Monday to launch a relatively low-cost robotic lander in 2016 to check

Technology Aug. 21, 2012

Ethiopian prime minister has died: government

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in power for over two decades, has died in hospital abroad, the government said Tuesday."Prime Minister Meles Zenawi passed away yesterday evening at around midnight," Bereket Simon said, adding that the 57-year-old "was abroad" when he died, without giving further details.Meles had not been seen in public for two months, and had been rep

World News Aug. 21, 2012

Myanmar government ends direct media censorship

Myanmar abolished direct censorship of the media Monday in the most dramatic move yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the long-repressed nation. But related laws and practices that may lead to self-censorship raise doubt about how much will change.Under the new rules, journalists will no longer have to submit their work to state censors before publication as they for almost half a century

World News Aug. 21, 2012

Astronomers describe death of planet

(Casey Reed/NASA)An international team of astronomers says they've seen the first evidence of a planet's destruction as its aging star became a red giant at the end of its life."A similar fate may await the inner planets in our solar system, when the sun becomes a red giant and expands all the way out to Earth's orbit some 5 billion years from now," team member Alex Wolszczan, a professor of astro

Technology Aug. 21, 2012

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