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...Paralytic polio, the condition caused by the wild polio virus, claimed its last victim in the United States in 1979 and the number of incidents worldwide was under 2,000 in 2006, according to a statement from an earlier study. But the virus has yet to be eliminated in some parts of the developed world...
...have reviewed the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court and fully intend to retry the defendant, Alexander Pring-Wilson, on behalf of the Commonwealth, the victim, and his family,” he wrote...
...Since ringing in the new year, 16 murders have been committed in Boston—six more than had been committed by this time last year. Young people with promising futures are having their lives snuffed out mercilessly by bullets discharged from anonymous assassins’ handguns. The oldest victim thus far: a 27 year-old male...
...already live here. The federal government should dramatically raise the Congressionally-mandated cap on the H-1B high-skill work visa if not lift the cap entirely.To many highly-educated professionals around the globe, America has long been a beacon of opportunity. Unfortunately, the United States has become a victim of its own popularity: last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reported receiving 133,000 applications for H-1Bs on the first possible day, filling the cap of 65,000 more than two times over. Those lucky enough to have submitted an application will be entered in a lottery...
...looks to fill some big shoes as it kicks off its Ivy League season this weekend against Cornell and Columbia. The Crimson (2-11) has won the Ancient Eight title each of the past four years and has not dropped an Ivy match since 2002. However, Harvard became the victim of a large turnover this year and returned only one player, captain and No. 3 singles player Preethi Mukundan, leaving the fate of the championship up in the air. Nevertheless, Mukundan believes that the non-Ivy matches have given her new team the means to succeed...