Month: May 2015

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By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, left hospital on Sunday after seven months spent convalescing following surgery last year, to the joy of many in Thailand where Bhumibol is widely revered. Tearful crowds shouted "Long live the king!" as King Bhumibol, wearing a red shirt, and Queen Sirikit passed by in a convoy en route to their Klai Kangwon palace in the seaside town of Hua Hin, televised coverage of the departure showed. The monarch made a rare public appearance last week when he attended a ceremony marking his official coronation in 1950 at the glittering Grand Palace in the heart of Bangkok's historic quarter. Bhumibol is revered by many as the arbiter of Thailand's decades-long, sometimes violent, political divisions.

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(Is there a credible argument that smoking is part of a healthy lifestyle if done in "moderation"?) Edible foodlike substances do not a healthy diet make, …
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Diets with just a few highly processed ingredients, rather than the dozens of foods found in a healthy diet, are so toxic to these bacteria that it takes …
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By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Plastic drinking bottles, canned goods and other items containing the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) distributed in California might soon be required to carry a label disclosing that the compound can cause reproductive harm to women. Thursday’s decision by a board of scientific experts to include BPA on a list of chemicals known to cause harm is the latest in a years-long dispute between state experts and the chemical industry, which says the substance is safe. The decision was welcomed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, which called it “an important step forward in protecting public health.” A non-profit organization generally supportive of industry positions said the decision highlights the “sheer ridiculousness” of California’s law requiring disclosure of chemical compounds known to cause harm. “Regulators are just stirring up more needless fear about safe products,” said Joseph Perrone, chief science officer for the non-profit Center for Accountability in Science.
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Colombian authorities must stop using the controversial herbicide glyphosate — also known by its brand name Roundup — to eradicate illicit coca plantations, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday. "I am going to ask the government officials in the National Drug Council at their next meeting to suspend glyphosate spraying of illicit cultivations (of coca)," Santos said. The president said the order did not mean Colombia would "lower its guard" in the fight against drug trafficking.

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Mom Michelle Hall told ABC affiliate WTAE she knew her baby would be big, but his weight was “definitely unexpected.”
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By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people have fled fierce fighting in South Sudan's northern Unity State and humanitarian organizations have withdrawn staff from the area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other groups said on Saturday. A government military spokesman, Philip Aguer, confirmed the fighting in Unity State. Doctors without Borders said it had shut down a hospital in the town of Leer amid reports of an imminent attack.

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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office purchases 100 clamps designed to stop bleeding from gunshot wounds.
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