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...Nearly 860 people were killed in flooding and landslides after Ketsana and typhoon Parma tore into Luzon, the country's largest island, in late September and early October. Four weeks later, sections of the city and some surrounding provinces are still underwater, and state-run hospitals have been overwhelmed by an outbreak of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread from the urine of infected rats and other animals. (In Sri Lanka, where there was a large outbreak in 2008, leptospirosis is known as "rat fever.") The bacterium is transmitted by the standing floodwater through cuts in the skin and by people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manila, After the Floods, Battles 'Rat Fever' | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

When Pam gets distressed because she tore her veil, Jim cuts off his tie and tells her, “Now we’re even...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "Niagara" | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

When Pam gets distressed because she tore her veil, Jim cuts off his tie and tells her, “Now we’re even...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "Niagara" | 10/11/2009 | See Source »

...group 226 had valiantly participated in all of the requisite River Run shenanigans (back in the days when HUPD stayed on the sidelines). We were hunkered down in a cold Hollis room, slap happy and looking rather disheveled from staying up all night when the letter finally arrived. We tore open the envelope to learn that we were Matherites. Now, naïve freshman that I was, I hadn’t so much as laid eyes upon Mather House until the previous night’s housing revelry and didn’t have much of an opinion about...

Author: By JAMES A. MCFADDEN, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tale of a River House Nomad | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...that year. And Jordan was hardly magic during his brief stint with the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003, as injuries limited his playing time. Indeed, Favre's first comeback, with the New York Jets, fell apart down the stretch - the Jets failed to make the playoffs, and Favre tore his biceps tendon. The Vikings took a bit of a flyer on Favre, who turns 40 on Oct. 10, but their trust has paid off with an undefeated start to the season and Favre's best performance of the year - under the bright lights of Monday Night Football, no less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Un-Retirement | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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