... those involved with the case are not so sure. There are unanswered questions and details that do not add up. Experts and those involved in the case of the anthrax killer have yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion. Narrowing It Down To catch the killer, the FBI subpoenaed samples of a particular strain of anthrax from labs around the world. They examined these samples for four mutations that ... would help identify a match to the strain that was used to kill five people in 2001. The first sample received from Dr. Bruce Ivins ... were made, but states that lessons were learned from these ...

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... Kevorkian finally experienced first-hand the subject that consumed his life. Nicknamed Dr. Death, Kevorkian earned his name for his advocacy of physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. He claims to have helped more than 130 people commit suicide between 1990 and 1998. However, he served an eight-year prison sentence for second-degree murder for a case in which he personally administered the lethal injection rather than helping ... "to try to set compassionate and safe guidelines for euthanasia in the future." Humphry, who was approached by Kevorkian to set up a "suicide c...

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... , and using various other media sources to get the word out. It is the belief of CDC as well as other medical personnel that the more informed the public is about MRSA, the better control can be kept on its spread. "Recognizing the signs and receiving treatment in the early stages of a skin infection reduces the chances of the infection becoming severe or spreading," said Dr. Rachel Gorwitz, a pediatrician and medical epidemiologist. In ... that they can be checked out by a professional. Parents can also help out by informing their kids on how to keep their hands clean by washing often a...

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The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician of the late Michael Jackson, took a turn for the worse after the 911 call was played to jurors on September 29th. Murray chose not to call for an ambulance for nearly thirty minutes after he first realized that Jackson needed medical attention - a fact that prosecutors are calling an attempt at a cover-up (Los Angeles Times). Jackson's security guard, Alberto Alvarez, took the stand against ... while Jackson was lying on his mattress, a soft surface. Murray then asked, "Does anybody know CPR?" although he was the doctor on hand. Murray th...

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... in a way that reaches to the audience on a deep level and shows none of the nostalgia and nationalism that many war stories and poems utilize. The speaker of the poem, serves as the expert on war, as a veteran of it. But, unlike poems that may convey the bravery and courage of battle, this soldier and speaker focuses on the negative and pervasive state of battle. He brings the battle to light, so to ... and patriotism is just as important to note, as is the idea of sleeping and losing oneself by retreating from rational, lucid thought. The narrator in lines 5 and 6 uses both the nightma...

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... him. "Not only isn't there any remorse, there is umbrage and outrage on the part of Dr. Murray against the decedent. He has absolutely no sense of remorse, absolutely no sense of fault and is and remains dangerous" (Ryan). Judge Pastor went on to criticize Murray's tactics of administering surgical anesthetic for insomnia as "horrible medicine" practice, citing that Murray was more interested in his $ ... and his charity work. "What about the rest of his life, what about before Michael Jackson asked for propofol, what about that?" Thirty-five letters were sent to the judge from former pa...

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... people will begin the medication in addition to the 66,000 New Yorkers who already take the pills (The Washington Post). "The New York City health department is a little bit ahead of the curve," said Dr. Michael Saag, who previously served as the chairman of the HIV Medicine Association. "In my opinion, the rest of the country will follow, and I think it will be pretty quick" (The Washington Post). Saag described the current screening for HIV, which ... uses a CD4 count to measure the strength of the immune system, as an ... ...

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... a misdemeanor, but his lawyers will not allow it (Dwyer). Strauss-Kahn was the leading candidate for the French presidency before being accused of sexually assaulting the Guinean housekeeper when she showed up to clean his room. Although he will never reach that status again, the new discoveries will ease his case. Prosecutors from the office of District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who originally believed they had an extremely strong ... case because of the accuser's testimony, plans to tell the court that they "have problems with the case" (Dwyer ... ...

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... 30-foot sculpture of Dr. King backed by a 450-foot wall with quotes, sermons, and writings inscribed on it. The memorial is the first erected on the National Mall that honors an African American and the first to honor a non-president - a fact that has led some to criticize the memorial (Collins). Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, of which King was a member of, is responsible for the memorial. They lobbied ... Congress to authorize it, and then set out to raise the $120 million, most of which came from private donations, to pay for the project (Collins). "To me, it's not about the monument - it...

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... claims that the larger vials of Zemplar minimized needle sticks and helped to reduce possible infections. A similar situation occurred with an iron drug, Venofer, which forced Medicare to pay for 75 wasted milligrams of each dose. Smaller doses of Venofer actually increased needle sticks. DaVita denies these accusations (Pollack). There was "no clinical reason" and "no safety reason" for Venofer's smaller doses, according to Dr. Michael Auerbach ... doctor. According to Bill Myers, a spokesman for DaVita, the federal government's choice not to join the lawsuit suggests a lack of evidenc...

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Dr. Paul Volkman, a Chicago doctor, was sentenced to four life terms for the overdose deaths of four of his patients. In a medical world that relies more heavily on medication every day, Volkman wrote more prescriptions for oxycodone from 2003 to 2005 than any other doctor in the country, resulting in the deaths of several of his patients. In addition to the life terms, he also received jail time ranging from 10 to ... knew that, and they still seen him. So that's how money-hungry they were. We cannot do anything about the past, but we can do something about the future" (CBS News). The counts...

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Millions of hotels across the United States nonchalantly discard their visitors' once-used bars of soap every day. In fact, hundreds of millions of soap bars are discarded each year in North American alone. As relatively wealthy Americans, no has thought anything of it - until Derreck Kayongo launched the Global Soap Project (Ruffins). The project began in the early 1990s after Kayongo's first hotel stay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ugandan native panicked when he noticed his bathroom soap was being replenished every day despite the fact that he only got one or two uses out of the bars (...

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... including abusing corpses and kidnapping. The defense attorneys are pressing for a life sentence without parole because of Sowell's mental instability. However, experts believe that it will be difficult for the jury to sympathize with Sowell because of his standoff attitude during the trial. While the jury was plagued with pictures of the dead bodies bruised and battered and then dumped around the house and yard in trash bags ... . Mary Myers, a psychologist, retired police captain, and teacher at the University of Akron, believes that the jurors will not "buy that ... like he sat there i...

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U.S. security has seen a dramatic increase since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Although the airlines have been cooperative so far, British Airways is finally voicing its frustration as the security becomes ever so tighter. As many of the traveling public would agree, chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, criticized the airport checks proposed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for being "completely redundant." At an annual conference of the U.K. Airport Operators Association in London, Broughton explained that the TSA is requiring foreign airports to increase checks on U...

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... abuse involves young perpetrators. A 2001 study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed that many sexual crimes against children and adults (but mostly younger children) are committed by juveniles aged between 12-18; during 1999, juveniles accounted for 16% of all violent crimes in the U.S. and 17% of total arrests for forcible rape. Dr. Phil Rich, MSW, writes in Self-Help Magazine ... that 7-15% of juveniles treated for sexually abusive behavior will commit a further offense at some later point. Sexually reactive children communicate to others ... in ways that are s...

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... that is controlled from El Salvador, and it has been decided by those in charge that the local organizations might need a little more training in drug trafficking, racketeering, extortion, etc. So the higher ups in the organization are sending those that can train in these areas, which of course does not look good for the Charlotte area. "There seems to be a concerted effort to better organize ... the gang here in Charlotte," says FBI Special Agent Ray Duda. "And that effort was initiated by leaders ... in El Salvador." The MS13s are not your average gang. They seem to be smart in thei...

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... the late 1990's, as the head of the National Restaurant Association, Cain battled two sexual harassment claims involving two different women, although he later remembered the first accusation and denies remembering the second accusation altogether (Oliphant). "My general counsel said this started out where (an accuser) and her lawyer were demanding a huge financial settlement. I don't remember a number. But then he said because there was no basis for ... this, we ended up settling for what would have been a termination settlement," Cain told Fox News (Grinberg). Cain told Politico that h...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... detonating in a restaurant that many soldiers visited before attacking the Army post itself. Greg Ebert, an employee of Guns Galore, noticed Abdo's strange behavior while he was purchasing smokeless gunpowder, shotgun ammunition, and a semi-automatic pistol magazine. Furthermore, he had come to the gun shop in a taxi - which is pretty unusual for Killeen, Texas. Abdo even questioned what the smokeless gunpowder was as he bought 6 pounds ... of it. After making his purchases, Abdo ran out on his ... ...

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... through the years, the common struggles of those who lived through the pioneering days of Florida's rich history. Floridians especially can easily relate to stories of malaria and mosquito swarms. They can relate to hurricanes, heat and crop devastating frosts, not to mention wildlife problems, from hogs, alligators, cougars, bears and wolves. This is a novel for both Floridians and history buffs and it gets at the essence of the human ... condition. No one is perfect. Everyone is flawed. Those we think are perfect are still susceptible to the forces of nature and of God. While many of ...

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... in popularity. It's quicker and easier to post a profile and wait for multiple possibilities, than to troll a club night after night looking for the perfect match. MSNBC reports that sites like Yahoo Personals even cater to the over-50 crowd because older Americans have discovered online dating. Some of these dating sites screen potential members with surveys, but how can we ... it difficult if not impossible for him to find you. Engage in phone infatuation in the beginning. Conversation and tone of voice speaks volumes. Question him about his family, friends, work, hobbies, hopes, dream...

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... history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: We bank ... CNN and pop-culture portal YouTube collaborated on two debates between the candidates, so that potential votes could ask the candidates the questions they wanted answered. Never before ...

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... made such an impact on society today is because of the advances they have made with them through modern technology. When the cell phone first debuted, its only function was to make calls. That is not the case today. Now you can hook up to the Internet via your cell phone, and stay up to date on the latest news, banking, entertainment and fashion. You can check ... your email and chat to friends. Cell phones of today also have the technology built in to watch live television no matter where you ... to them, with favorite songs, pictures and more. Some people even choose to personalize t...

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... displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians while raising civilian death and injury tolls into the thousands. The cause of the conflict goes back to the fall of the former Soviet Union, the division of states, and then the succession of certain states from Georgia, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia. According to the Associated Press, NATO came out in support of Georgia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev refused to comply with a cease-fire order brokered for the two ... nations by France. The conflict is far from ... ...

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... determined there were nine key errors in scientific fact. Mr. Justice Burton was quoted as saying that some of these points he determined as untrue had been "in the context of alarmism and exaggeration," according to The Times Online Edition of October 11, 2007. However, a look at recent news seems to show that Mr. Gore's critics are and will continue to be proven wrong at ... calling him an "alarmist." The following evidence is likely just the "tip of the iceberg." The Associated Press reported on August 27 of this year that "sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in...

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