This summer, Washington State University will start offering bone marrow transplants for canines with lymphoma; it is being reported by The Vancouver Sun. Over the years, the procedure has been done experimentally in dogs, said Dr. Jeffrey Bryan, a veterinary oncologist. Bone marrow transplants have been done routinely for humans …
Read More »Federal Court Hears Utah Man's Suit for Cut of Howard Hughes' Will
DENVER – It’s the stuff movies are made of — literally: A delivery man says he rescued Howard Hughes after he found him face down and bloodied in the desert, so the reclusive billionaire left him $156 million in a hand-scrawled will as a reward. A jury didn’t buy it …
Read More »Karl Rove Hits Back at Scott McClellan's Claims in New Book
This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 29, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: Now for the top …
Read More »Guyana Attorney, Ex-Politician Disfigured After Attacker Throws Acid in Her Face
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Authorities say a Guyanese attorney and former politician is in the hospital with disfiguring burns after an unknown attacker doused her face with acid. Police said Thursday that a lone assailant threw sulfuric acid at Gomattie Singh while she sat in her idling car at a Georgetown …
Read More »Suspected Illegal Immigrant Charged With Rape, Impregnating 10-Year-Old Girl
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho – A suspected illegal immigrant has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later gave birth in eastern Idaho. The girl gave birth less than two weeks ago by caesarian section at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Fremont County Sheriff Ralph C. Davis and other authorities …
Read More »Police Capture 3rd Suspect in Philadelphia Police Killing
PHILADELPHIA – Police late Wednesday night recaptured the third suspect in the death of a police officer shot with an assault weapon in a confrontation with bank robbery suspects over the weekend. Police dispatchers said Eric Floyd, 33, was taken into custody in the 12th police district in Southwest Philadelphia. …
Read More »8 South Koreans Killed, 14 Injured After Being Swept Away by Large Wave
SEOUL, South Korea – At least eight people were killed and 14 others injured Sunday after being swept away by a sudden large wave that crashed over a breakwater on South Korea’s west coast, the coast guard said. The wave — believed to have been as high as 16 feet …
Read More »Antibiotic Used for Acne Could Prevent Emphysema Damage
Doxycyline – the antibiotic commonly used to treat acne, sinus infections and urinary tract infections – can also prevent tissue damage caused by emphysema, researchers said. A team from the Universities of Leeds and California, San Diego studied a protein called VEGF found that the antibiotic can boost the body’s …
Read More »Lebanon's 'Buns and Guns' Fast-Food Restaurant Celebrates Hezbollah's Shiite Militants
BEIRUT, Lebanon – At the “Buns and Guns,” the chefs wear military helmets, the food is wrapped in camouflage paper and the advertising slogan is “a sandwich can kill you.” • Click here to view photos. The fast food eatery with a tongue-in-cheek military theme opened three weeks ago in …
Read More »Lawsuit: DJ Wendy Williams' Husband Abused Her, Propositioned Employee
NEW YORK – A sexual harassment lawsuit against radio personality Wendy Williams claims her husband dominated her workplace, physically abused her and repeatedly propositioned an employee. The lawsuit, brought by talent booker and publicist Nicole Spence, also names Kevin Hunter, who is the disc jockey’s husband and manager, and Inner …
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