Christopher Sands has tried everything: hypnotherapy, yoga, reiki, herbal medicine and an oxygen chamber, but nothing has cured the 24-year-old’s hiccups, the Daily Mail reported. Sands, a resident of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England, has been hiccupping for 15 months and is considering having surgery for the problem. He has undergone …
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SAN ANTONIO – Detectives continued to question women at a San Antonio rehabilitation center Saturday after the body of a newborn girl was found in a center dryer. The girl’s body was found Friday night wrapped in bloody towels and clothes in the laundry room of the Victory Home in …
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People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There’s a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you get. But shingles can be severe …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian officials said Monday two Gaza men were killed when a cross-border smuggling tunnel collapsed on them. The Gaza Health Ministry says five other people were wounded in Monday’s collapse. One body was found soon after the collapse and the other several hours later. Security …
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A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported …
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KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan – Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country’s volatile northwest, officials said. • Click here to view photos. The offensive in the Khyber tribal region marked the …
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This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” June 12, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MEGYN KELLY, CO-HOST: After months of unfounded rumors about him and his family, Barack Obama is fighting back tonight, launching a new Web site to …
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BLANCHARD, Mich. – No one quite understands the term “striking it lucky” better than 16-year-old BreAnna Helsel. The Michigan teen survived being struck by lightning and went on to win $20 in the lottery the next day. Helsel was at her home in Blanchard, about 50 miles northeast of Grand …
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WASHINGTON – From Jeannie Harrison’s perspective, the social lives of most teenagers tend to revolve around their cell phones — even when they are behind the wheel. “People don’t want to be inaccessible for even 15 minutes driving up the street,” said Harrison, 19, a sophomore at Marshall University in …
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HONOLULU – President Bush has asked his defense and interior secretaries to look into designating Pearl Harbor and other historic World War II sites in the Pacific a national monument. A May 29 presidential memo to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said such status could offer …
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