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Get wild: Camping in the Great Outdoors
Special to amNewYorkLiving in New York City you can go weeks without seeing grass, and when was the last time you actually saw stars? Nature, however, is not as far away as you might think. Within just a few hours of the Big Apple you have some of the most majestic parks and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Local Authority, Retroviruses, Natural Resources, Fishing
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Smog Alert For Puget Sound Cancelled
The Associated PressThe Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has canceled the Smog Watch called earlier this week for King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties. An onshore flow is sufficiently dispersing pollutants and air quality is expected to remain within "good" levels the...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Heart Disease, Air Pollution
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Calorie Counts Could be Added to Menus in L.A. County
Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles County, you're going on a diet whether you like it or not. Convinced that you and the rest of California are -- how to put this nicely? -- too fat and getting fatter, government is taking unprecedented steps to watch what you put in your...Tags: Illnesses, New York, Epidemics and Plagues, Obesity, Consumers
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West Nile Found In Five More Communities
Courant Staff ReportA state testing program has found the West Nile virus in five more towns, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reported today, bringing the number of affected communities so far this season to 16. Mosquitoes tested positive for the virus the...Tags: East Haven, Connecticut, Retroviruses, Glastonbury, West Haven
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Favre has had an epic career
ken.berger@newsday.comHe's a Super Bowl champion, three-time MVP, and epic iron man who has started 253 consecutive games and never missed a start due to injury in 16 seasons with the Packers. He led Green Bay to the playoffs 11 times and directed only two non-winning...Tags: Brett Favre, Antonio Freeman, Movies, New York Jets, Heart Disease
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Jeter, Pettitte attend Oklahoma Bobby Murcer tribute
His rocking chair sat empty and motionless with his old New York Yankees jersey draped over it, but the spirit of beloved broadcaster Bobby Murcer lived on Wednesday with his family, friends and colleagues. Hundreds filled an Oklahoma City-area church...Tags: Bobby Murcer, Space Programs, Ray Romano, Major League Baseball, House and Home
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CDC: Waiting time grows in ER
ATLANTA — The average time that hospital emergency-room patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. Dr. Stephen Pitts, lead author...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations
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More AIDS help urged for kids
MEXICO CITY — The global response to the AIDS epidemic has short-changed children, health workers at the International AIDS Conference said here Wednesday. Although governments and donors provide large amounts of money for HIV treatment in the...Tags: AIDS, Epidemics and Plagues, Foreign Aid
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Going to ER? Expect an hour's wait
ATLANTA The average time that hospital emergency-room patients wait to see a doctor has grown from 38 minutes to almost an hour during the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. The increase is because of supply and demand,...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations
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Man nearly dies days before his daughter is born
When his daughter was born this week, Michael Lacerda was in Ocean Medical Center in Brick as a patient. The 24-year-old car repairman suffered a heart attack on Friday, days before his daughter Madison Rose was born on Tuesday. Michael's wife,...Tags: Heart Disease
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Rabid bat found in Shorewood home
A rabid bat was found over the weekend at a Shorewood home, marking the third reported case of animal rabies in Will County this year, officials said. No humans were exposed, but two dogs and two cats at the home were getting vaccinations for rabies,...Tags: Animals, Virus Diseases, Valencia, Illinois, Naperville
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Pill given to mice delivers benefits of daily exercise
Scientists have discovered what could be the ultimate workout for couch potatoes: exercise in a pill. In experiments on mice that did no exercise, the chemical compound, known as AICAR, enabled them to run 44 percent farther on a treadmill than those...Tags: Medical Research, Animal Science, Heart Disease, Medicine, Western Medicines
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