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States that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would likely be the hardest hit during a severe influenza pandemic. Nevada and Hawaii are at the top of the list, according to a report released Thursday.

The Trust for America's Health projected a $683 ...

YORKVILLE - Fire ripped through a barn Thursday morning at Maple Leaf Farms, 2319 Raymond Ave., killing roughly 9,300 ducks, including some that were only a day old.

Crews from the Union Grove-Yorkville and Kansasville fire departments responded to the scene of the fire, after receiving the call shortly before 10 a.m.

Tim Allen, assistant chief of the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Depa...

Take Rhonda Kottke, for instance. On Dec. 28, 2001, at the age of 29, her doctor diagnosed the Chicago woman with leukemia.

Her treatments ravaged her immune system to the extent that if it were not replaced, she would die.

Kottke's siblings were tested, but their bone marrow was not a close enough match to hers. It was then that her doctors suggested a different course of treatmen...

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When you're a fan of video games, it's hard to turn on the news and hear something that won't turn your stomach. Headlines have read everything from cop-killers being brainwashed by Grand Theft Auto to racing games making you drive like a maniac....

SAADA, Yemen - He heard the military helicopters coming, Dr Ali al-Wadiee told Seattle Times in al-Ruzamat, a small village amid the volcanic mountains of Yemen's remote north, near the border with Saudi Arabia.

"There were several loud explosions," he said, but the doctor

didn't know how many helicopters dropped their payloads in al-Naqa'ah on the Yemeni side of the border.

Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for public policy research. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News, writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper and co-authored the book The Broken Branch with Thomas E. Mann, among others.

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