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| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:00:00 EST Asthmatic children can avoid the hospital |
| For children with asthma and their parents, a trip to the hospital for a severe asthma attack is often frightening and expensive. In 2000, the total cost of such visits was about $850 million, roughly $5,500 per visit, on trips to the emergency room when wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest constriction got out of control. |
| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:00:00 EST Inflation alarm bells |
| For the second time in less than a week, a government report set off alarm bells about inflationary pressures building in the economy. |
| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:00:00 EST Cheney resignation rumors fly |
| Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |
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| Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:03:17 GMT Saddam Lawyer to Seek 3-Month Adjournment (AP) |
AP - Nearly two years after his capture, Saddam Hussein is finally facing trial for alleged crimes against fellow Iraqis. In some ways, Iraq also will be on trial, with the world watching to see whether its new ruling class can rise above politics and prejudice and give the former dictator a fair hearing.
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| Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:18:23 GMT Wilma Grows to Category 2 in Caribbean (AP) |
AP - Hurricane Wilma whirled into the record books as the 12th such storm of the season, strengthening late Tuesday and setting a course to sideswipe Central America or Mexico. Forecasters warned of a "significant threat" to Florida by the weekend. Wilma became a Category 2 hurricane late Tuesday with winds reaching 110 mph, up from 80 mph earlier in the day.
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| Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:00:24 GMT Miers Backed Ban on Most Abortions in '89 (AP) |
AP - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged unflagging opposition to abortion as a candidate for the Dallas City Council in 1989, according to documents released Tuesday. She backed a constitutional amendment to ban the procedure in most cases and promised to appear at "pro-life rallies and special events."
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| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:00:49 EDT The day Saddam survived an assassination attempt |
| New video has been released that documents the day 23 years ago when Saddam Hussein survived an assassination attempt in Dujail. The ex-president was due to stand trial Wednesday, accused of killing and torturing the locals in retaliation. In the video, shot by the dictator's personal cameraman, crowds run alongside his convoy and women rush to kiss his hand. |
| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:16:40 EDT Details emerge about Baltimore terror threat |
| Federal agents were questioning "a couple" of people in connection with a terror threat that prompted Baltimore authorities to temporarily close one of two downtown tunnels under Baltimore Harbor and restrict traffic through the other, U.S. officials said. According to multiple U.S. officials, the Baltimore alert was triggered by a report that a shipment of explosives -- heading into the city's harbor disguised as cocoa -- would have been used to build a truck bomb to be detonated inside the tunnel. |
| Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:02:29 EDT Lawyer: The horror of finding bludgeoned wife |
| High-profile defense attorney and TV legal analyst Daniel Horowitz said Tuesday he knew his wife, Pamela Vitale, was dead as soon as he saw her lying lifelessly inside their temporary home Saturday evening. |
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