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Teenage girls found project to fight eating disorders
denise.flaim@newsday.comLiana Rosenman of Commack has a Hurley doll. At first, the likeness of rotund, food-addicted Hugo "Hurley" Reyes from the cryptic hit show "Lost" might be an odd choice of collector item for a 17-year-old. But on a very deep level, Rosenman relates....Tags: Starbucks Corporation, Douglaston, Hospitals and Clinics, Hyde Park, Long Island
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Minor earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay area
A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area Friday night. The U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary report put the quake at a 4.0-magnitude. The temblor's epicenter was near Alamo, Calif., about 28 miles east of San Francisco. There were no...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Jimmy Lee, San Francisco Giants, Baseball
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AL Home Run Leader Carlos Quentin Has Broken Wrist
American League home run leader Carlos Quentin has a broken right wrist stemming from his own temper, and the White Sox's left fielder will have surgery Monday that could keep him ouit the rest of the season. Quentin was injured Sept. 1 in Cleveland....Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, Contracts, Baltimore Orioles, American League, Baseball
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Indiana says Hoosiers should have disaster plans
Associated Press WriterThree months after devastating floods swept parts of the state, emergency officials urged Indiana residents Friday to take a lesson from that disaster and prepare now for the next natural or manmade calamity. June flooding that damaged about 7,500...Tags: Emergency Planning, Disasters, Relief and Aid Organizations, Indiana Hoosiers, Government Aid
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China says quake made worse by building flaws
BEIJING Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged yesterday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws causing so many of them to collapse. It was the first official... -
China: Flaws likely caused schools' ruin
The Associated PressNearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws that caused many of them to collapse. It was the first official... -
Rush to build schools led to lethal flaws, China says
The New York TimesA Chinese government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools during the country's recent economic boom might have led to shoddy construction that resulted in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in May. The...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Disasters, Local Authority
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China: 'Construction problems' in schools
New York Times News ServiceBEIJING — A Chinese government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools during the country's recent economic boom might have led to shoddy construction resulting in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in...Tags: Riots, Family, Industrial Accidents, Disasters, Local Authority
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22 are killed in quake in southwestern China
BEIJING A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province yesterday, killing at least 22 people, state media said. The earthquake hit 31 miles southeast of Panzhihua city in the southwestern corner of Sichuan at 4:30 p.m., the... -
Strong earthquake hits off British Columbia coast
From the Associated PressA strong earthquake struck off Canada's west coast early today near Vancouver Island. The magnitude-6.1 quake hit at 5:37 a.m. Its epicenter was 97 miles west of Port Hardy and 293 miles west northwest of Vancouver, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It... -
Vancouver earthquake
Vancouver Island has been struck by a magnitude-6.1 earthquake early Thursday. The strong quake hit around 5:30 a.m. Its epicenter was located 293 miles west northwest of Vancouver and 97 miles west of Port Hardy, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It... -
Earthquake devastates southwestern China
The devastation from an earthquake that struck southwestern China Saturday might be much worse than initially feared, state-run news media reported yesterday, saying that the quake had destroyed more than 100,000 homes and that the death toll had risen to...Tags: Disasters
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