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...about 100 students and teachers fell ill with various symptoms of vomiting, abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea; a handful were rushed to the hospital. The culprit? Clostridium perfringens, a bacterium that resides in the intestines of animals but is usually killed when meat is properly prepared. In a report titled "An Uninvited Guest at Turkey Day," state inspectors found that Little Woods' cooks did not monitor the temperature of the turkeys as they cooked. The officials also noted some other uninvited guests: an infestation of cockroaches in the kitchen. "It's bad enough that we have to think about safety...
...talk of the annual meeting of the American Heart Association this week in Chicago. Not only does it provide the strongest evidence to date that inflammation plays a key role in heart disease, but it also supports the growing suspicion among medical researchers that inflammation is a major culprit behind a wide range of disorders, including cancer...
From hero to culprit, by Princeton cornerback Jay McCareins. McCareins had ended three potential game-winning drives in the last two games with an interception. On Saturday, he aided and abetted Harvard’s game-winning drive, getting flagged for pass interference on a throw to senior WR Carl Morris. The penalty set Harvard up on the Princeton 2. The Crimson scored two plays later...
...handle quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick’s lazy lateral in that game, committing a turnover that killed any possibility of a game-winning drive. The only difference on Saturday was that Harvard had already completed most of the final drive before coughing up the ball, and this time the culprit was a different senior tailback, Rodney Thomas...
...Fortis made a startling announcement: For the first time in its history, the value of its equity portfolio had dropped below the €12.5 billion the company paid for it. Under accounting rules the firm will have to write off the difference of about €2.1 billion. The main culprit was the group's insurance operations, whose investments have been ravaged by the cratering stock market. "We've not seen such volatility in the history of the world," says Jozef de Mey, chief executive of the Fortis AG insurance subsidiary. Wait a minute - aren't insurers supposed...