Archive for May 1st, 2009

Children wear surgical masks as they walk in downtown Mexico City April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Eliana AponteReuters – Mexico lowered its estimated death toll from a new strain of flu to up to 101 on Friday from as many as 176 previously and voiced hope it may be getting control of an epidemic that has raised fears of a pandemic.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Immigrants push for reforms at rallies across US (AP)

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Supporters hold a banner made up of national flags as they gather in Union Park for a rally calling for the legalization of more than 12 million undocumented immigrant workers Friday, May 1, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP – Immigrants and their families gathered at rallies across the country Friday to push for changes to U.S. immigration policy, but as a swine flu outbreak continued to spread, attendance at some events was smaller than organizers had hoped.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Police find Ga. prof’s Jeep; search nearby woods (AP)

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In this Aug. 11, 2006 photo provided by the University of Georgia, George Zinkhan a Terry College of Business professor in the department of marketing and distribution at the University of Georgia is seen. Three people were killed Saturday at a community theater near the University of Georgia, and authorities were searching for the professor in the shooting deaths. The school's Web site said police were looking for Zinkhan, a marketing professor at the school in Athens, which is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Atlanta. (AP Photo/University of Georgia, Robert Newcomb)AP – Law enforcement officers swarmed a heavily wooded area in northeast Georgia on Friday, searching for a former university professor suspected of killing his wife and two other people, but the only sign of the missing academic was his red Jeep wrecked in a ravine.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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