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Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute Exposed Children to Lead Paint Study
A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute, accusing the institute of knowingly exposing poor black children as young as a year old to lead poisoning in the 1990s. This was part of a study exploring the
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:58P
Asylum seekers hunger strike ends
A hunger strike by 18 Afghani asylum seekers in Lincolnshire has ended, a Ministry of Justice spokesman has said. The men started their hunger strike on Friday at Morton Hall immigration centre near Lincoln over concerns that they would be sent back to
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:58P
Last updated at 6:56 PM on 18th September 2011
A man who overcame a disability to earn a college degree and start his own internet company was among the nine people killed in the Reno air show crash, his family said Saturday. Michael Wogan, 22, who had muscular dystrophy, was sitting Friday with
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:57P
Jones County man killed in motorcycle accident
LAUREL — A Jones County man was killed Saturday night in a single motorcycle accident on Township Road in the Glade Community. Jeffrey Douglas Hicks, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Ernest Hollingsworth.
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:56P
Michael Wogan: The wheelchair-bound victim of Reno air show crash
Doug Bodine, a pilot who has participated in the Reno race for the last six years, said: 'I think an accident of this nature, it certainly threatens the future of the air races.' Mr Bodine added: 'Both the FAA and [Reno race] will suffer extensive and
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:56P
Protesters Occupy Wall Street
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Updated: 09/18/2011 01:56P
Uncertainty ahead for Egypt's steel industry
A steel producer deemed as "ambiguous" the recent court verdict of withdrawing steel licences that were offered directly to steel makers without public bids. "Steel makers are waiting for verdict interpretations to be published," he told Ahram Oniline
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:56P
Trial set for D.C. police officer
The trial of a DC police officer accused of nine counts of sexual assault against three women will begin May 14 in DC Superior Court. According to prosecutors, patrol officer Larry Seay assaulted the women — including one arrested for sexual
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:55P
Major crash sends five to hospitals
XENIA TWP., Ohio -- Five people were taken to area hospitals after a head-on crash on US 68 Sunday morning. A car going north on 68 swerved to avoid a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road near the intersection of Bell road at about 11 am The car
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:54P
Reno airshow horror as plane plummets into crowd, killing 9
THE World War II plane that killed at least nine people in Nevada, the United States, at the Reno National Championship Air Races crash-landed like a missile on the tarmac, coming straight down onto VIP seats. The 1940s-model plane left a crater a
Updated: 09/18/2011 01:54P
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