SANTA MONICA, California – Dr. Murray Jarvik, a pioneer researcher of smoking addiction and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, has died. He was 84. Jarvik died May 8 at his home in Santa Monica, California, after a long struggle with congestive heart failure, said Mark Wheeler, a Health Sciences spokesman …
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CARSON, Calif. – A Los Angeles County sheriff’s helicopter was struck by two bullets but managed to land safely and seven men were later held for questioning about the attack, authorities said Thursday. The chopper was hovering over a neighborhood in an unincorporated area west of Carson when it was …
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NEW YORK – Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the “preferred” software on its network. It’s the first U.S. carrier to join the LiMo Foundation, which aims to unite handset makers, …
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PHILADELPHIA – Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia bar this week. Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday’s shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged. “He was interviewed,” Vanore said Friday. “Why he was interviewed, …
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A man and woman were charged with neglect Wednesday after police found a 7-year-old girl and her five siblings emaciated in a U.K. home. Khyra Ishaq, 7, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after she and her siblings, three boys and two girls, were found living in squalid conditions …
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JAIPUR, India – Police fired on protesters from one of India’s lower castes Friday, killing two people and bringing the death toll to 43 after a week of violence. Members of the Gujjar tribe have protested across northern and western India since May 23 to pressure the government to reclassify …
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A man in Brisbane, Australia is suing an American contact solution manufacturer, claiming the solution caused his partial blindness, the Australian Associated Press is reporting. Advanced Medical Optics recalled its Complete Moisture Plus solution in May 2007 after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the solution to …
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A group in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is seeking a ban on Wi-Fi signals in public buildings because they say they’re allergic to wireless Internet signals, according to a report from KOB-TV. “I get chest pain and it doesn’t go away right away,” alleged Wi-Fi allergy sufferer Arthur Firstenberg told …
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – Military bands and an honor guard salute greeted President Michel Suleiman on Monday as he entered Lebanon’s presidential palace to begin the monumental task of uniting a wounded nation and reconciling its rival political factions. Suleiman, who was elected Sunday, was greeted by applauding staffers on a …
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FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno County coroner says a high school student who was shot and killed by a police officer he attacked with a baseball bat had prescription drugs in his system. Seventeen-year-old sophomore Jesus “Jesse” Carrizales died April 16 of a single-round fired by school resources officer Junus …
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