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25 Arrested in Albany County DWI Checkpoints
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Drunken drivers, Checkpoints, DUI, DWI, police, arrests, safety )

Dee
- 4 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. -- Police across Albany County were looking for drunk drivers this Halloween weekend.
Toys for Tots Gets Big Donation From Dunkin' Donuts
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Toys for Tots, charity, children, Caring, GoodNews )

Dee
- 4 days ago - capitalnews9.com
GLENVILLE, N.Y. -- The annual Toys for Tots Holiday Train is getting a jump-start this year with a hefty donation from a Secret Santa.
ASPCA to Study 'Dog Flu'
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, canines, pets, flu, protection, illness, study )

Dee
- 4 days ago - cbs6albany.com
It's hard to miss the headlines about Swine Flu these days, but how about "dog flu"? The ASPCA is hoping a new study will help them better understand Canine Flu.
Greene County Animal Cruelty
Animals  (tags: animals, Dogs, abuse, neglect, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, protection, rescued, suffering )

Dee
- 4 days ago - fox23news.com
Max is Shephard mix. He weighes just under 33 lbs. But a dog his size should weigh about 20 more.
New Vaccine Offers Hope in Africa's Malaria Battle
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, malaria vaccine, medicine, humans, disease, death, prevention, protection, research, treatment )

Dee
- 4 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million African children every year.
AP: La. Justice Quits After Interracial Wed Flap
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Government, Justice of the Peace, racism, biased, crime, abuse, rights, freedoms )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
BATON ROUGE, La.- A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday. Good Riddance...
U.S. Delegation In Myanmar For Rare Talks With Junta
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, U.S., Obama, delegation, Hope, Burmese government, Myanmar's military )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
YANGON (Reuters) - A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years.
Researcher Behind the Drug Gleevec
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, myeloid leukemia, study, medicine, humans, health, prevention, disease )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
Dr. Brian J. Druker, 54, an oncologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, is one of three winners this year of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Giving Sight By Therapy With Genes
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, study, humans, health, retinal diseasetreatment, prevention )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
By the time Corey Haas was 7, the retinal disease he was born with had already stolen much of his vision. "He always clung to me or my wife," said Corey's father, Ethan Haas.
As Donors Focus on AIDS, Child Illnesses Languish
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, AIDS, children, disease, illness, death, prevention, protection, treatment )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
JOHANNESBURG- Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries - more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined -- but only 4 in 10 of those who need the oral rehydration solution that can prevent death for pennies get it.
 
 
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