KapKa School Survey's Dog Poop

My son's school conducted an ongoing survey of dog poop left in the catchment of Fauntelroy Creek Seattle. Dog poop is supposed to be collected by owners walking pets but is contributing to high E-Coli levels in this creek, posing a threat to salmon and other wildlife.

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Next Up for the Democrats: Civil War - New York Times

Sunday's Frank Rich column in the New York Times does some twisting of the blade in the Clinton campaign.

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Unintended victims of Gates Foundation generosity - Los Angeles Times

Donations to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa have inadvertently put many of those with other basic healthcare needs at risk.

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For Babies With CHD's, Death Risk Is Far Lower At Most Experienced Hospitals

This survey report confirms that in cases of severe congenital heart defects outcomes experience counts. "Each year, thousands of babies are born with severe heart defects that must be operated on within days or weeks of their birth.

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Deadly superbug is here — why isn't it tracked?

Instead of going to her first birthday party, little Anna DeBord spent the weekend in the hospital with a superbug. Anna had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...

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Local News | Recent fatality underscores need to know kayak safety | Seattle Times Newspaper

A Seattle man died last weekend while kayaking near Port Townsend, after he and his friend overturned their kayak and were in the frigid water for about an hour before rescuers found them. T

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Sexual health scientists head for Seattle

A doctor friend of mine from Australia is coming out to Seattle to attend next week's meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research (ISSTDR).

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Wheelchair man gets highway ride

Is this for real? A Michigan man in a wheelchair was stuck to the front of a semi-trailer and driven at 50mph down the highway before police pulled the truck over. He was "saved by his seatbelt" but spilled his soda.

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Seattle elementary student dies with flu-like illness

A second-grader at a North Seattle School, who was suffering from influenza-like symptoms, has died, authorities reported Thursday.

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The Zimbabwe Situation - Aids suffering

HARARE - Zimbabwe and Lesotho could lose more than a quarter of their labour force to HIV/AIDS by 2010 unless the government ensures universal access to anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, warns the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a report just published. The report, r …

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The Seattle Times: Local News: Winds may have weakened crane

High winds earlier this week may have weakened metal fasteners in the base of a giant construction crane that collapsed in Bellevue Thursday night, killing one man and severely damaging three downtown buildings.

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Austrian schoolgirl 'found' after 8 years

A women held captive for 8 years in a converted garage-dungeon is believed to be a 10 year old schoolgirl who vanished eight years ago on the way home from school.

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komo news | Family Of Slain Women: 'Don't Be Afraid'

SEATTLE - A Seattle mother and daughter killed on a hiking trail near Mount Pilchuck died of gunshot wounds, and investigators have ruled out murder-suicide, the Snohomish County sheriff's office said Friday.

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Cat Power US Tour Cancelled

Cat Power cancels its US tour due to "health reasons".

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Huge quake off Indonesian coast

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UN troops besieged in Ivory Coast

United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast's main city are under siege by supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo.

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World's biggest fish 'shrinking'

Whale sharks spotted off the coast of Australia are getting smaller, researchers have said.

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South African girl's (6) electrocution ignites service debate

Oprah Rapuleng was due to start school on Wednesday, however she was electrocuted after drinking water from a standpipe near her Soweto home.

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Three new bird flu cases Turkey

Two children and an adult have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in Turkey's capital Ankara, the city's governor Kemal Onal has said.

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Mecca disaster toll rises to 76

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On the trail of cosmic mysteries, Stardust heading home

In about a week, a space capsule carrying the oldest material in the solar system will create a night fireball as bright as the moon, potentially visible from Washington to Utah, as it re-enters the atmosphere faster than any other man-made object has ever returned to Earth.

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | New cat family tree revealed

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Java village buried by landslide

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Battle to rescue German skaters

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