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...good has come of the global H1N1 flu pandemic, it may have started with a child like Nayeli Quispe, 7, a second-grader from the impoverished hillsides of La Paz, Bolivia. Prompted by a massive campaign by the country's public-health officials to contain the spread of the new flu virus, Nayeli and millions of other Bolivian schoolchildren have been washing their hands a lot more than usual - after recess, before meals and every time the animated dancing hands pop up in public-service announcements on TV. "First you wet them really well, then you rub the soap...
...Thanks to the FBI's wiretap, the complaints - filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office (criminal) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (civil) - contain some amazingly sordid snippets. In one, Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi, a portfolio manager at another hedge fund, apparently discuss how to avoid attracting the attention of regulators. In another, the two contemplate whether the senior vice president at IBM would be more valuable to them at a different firm. In a third, Chiesi, upon sharing non-public details about an upcoming reorganization of the microchip maker AMD, tells an alleged co-conspirator...
Nevertheless, the Environmental Protection Agency is likely to request that Harvard contain or remove the Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) from Peabody Terrace, according to EPA spokesman David Deegan, who added that the EPA still must receive the data from Harvard to proceed in any fashion...
...reliable source and corroborative evidence. If the story makes allegations that could be harmful to individuals it must pass higher standards. This story met none of the commonly accepted criteria for a publishable news item. The e-mail and the student’s blog contain wild accusations, removed from reality. The source was not reliable, there was no corroborative evidence, and the allegations were harmful to an individual and to members of an academic department...
Despite holding preseason All-American midfielder Toni Stahl to just one shot on goal, the Crimson defense could not contain the Huskies...