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Singapore fumes as air pollution hits 16-year high
Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. Singapore's main measurement of air quality has hovered in the ...
Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. Encephalitis has killed at least 118 children so far this year and authorities fear the death toll ...
Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes
Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law. Prosecutors ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
DNR warns of swimmer's itch in N. Iowa lake DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources is warning people that a condition called swimmer's itch is being seen at northern Iowa's Crystal Lake. The condition usually is harmless but can cause welts and itching for several days. ...
Recent Kansas editorials
The Wichita Eagle, June 16 Failure to deliver at DMV Renewing a driver's license shouldn't take multiple attempts and a wait of three, four or five hours. That it does for many people in the Wichita area these days is a failure to deliver one of the most basic of ...
Colleges plan training for gas drilling jobs
Two colleges in southern Illinois have announced a cooperative agreement to provide training in the emerging field of high-volume oil and gas drilling. Officials from Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg and Rend Lake College in Ina announced the plan Monday after Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new law establishing rules ...
Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado's Black Forest Fire was human-caused, and were going through the charred remains of luxury homes destroyed and damaged in ...
A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus (Howell). June 12. Poverty root of education problems At nearly the last minute, objections and weak-willed lawmakers are halting the implementation of Common Core curriculum standards in Michigan public schools. By kowtowing to overblown fears of a federal takeover of education, the Republicans in ...
Georgia News Digest
The state at 3:30 a.m. TOP STORIES: GEORGIA CONGRESS SAVANNAH, Ga. — With three U.S. House seats in Georgia wide open in 2014, the chance to go to Washington is already attracting a crowd of several state legislators, a minister, a surgeon, a political novice and an ex-congressman seeking a ...
Adapting to Climate Change Through Barriers
Instead of protesting against the evils of carbon pollution, many officials and environmental advocates are adopting the model of boy scouts when it comes to climate change: Be prepared. (June 17)
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