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Air cleaners can help kids who live with smokers
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study shows that air cleaners can significantly reduce household air pollution and lower rates of asthma symptoms among kids living in homes with smokers. The i...
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Associated Press Alice Di Giovanni, 1, reaches for a drawing on a wall while she is held by her nanny Marisol Espinoza Lazo in Miami Beach, Fla. on July 22. Alice is one of an increasing number of Americans living in homes where languages other than English are spoken. Her Polish-Canadian mother speaks to her in French, her father in Italian and her Honduran nanny in Spanish.
Parents look for ways to raise bilingual kids
MIAMI — One-year-old Alice Di Giovanni asks for “banane,” not banana, when she’s in the mood for one. She’ll bid you farewell with a “ciao.” And if she wants more, she says “mas.” The Miami todd...
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Opossums common but misunderstood
LOS ANGELES — People have been calling Leslie Bale about opossums since 1982 when she started on the graveyard shift as a 911 dispatcher for the Irvine Police Department. The calls came from hom...
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Associated Press An airman walks past a row of ground F-22 Raptors at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., on July 15.
Langley pilots keep busy during Raptor stand-down
HAMPTON, Va. — Since early May, pilots at Langley Air Force Base have been living life at less than supersonic speeds. The Air Force ordered a stand-down of its F-22 Raptor fleet on May 3 after ...
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Births
Myers — Phil and Julie Myers of Mayfield announce the adoption of their son, Maxwell Davis Myers, born April 2 at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville. Grandparents are Margaret Ann ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service John Costacos stands in his Seattle home on July 13 with 'The Land of Boz' poster he and his brother created of Brian Bosworth. The brothers produced many classic sports posters in the '80s. Here, Costacos holds one of the giant bats used in their classic poster 'The Bash Brothers.'
Poster idea turned into classics for a generation
SEATTLE — If you’re a guy in your 30s, the work of two West Seattle brothers will bring back fond memories of the 1980s, when you were kid. They are John and Tock Costacos, and 25 million to 30 ...
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STD shot for boys may help teen girls
What’s the best way to protect teenage girls from sexually transmitted diseases? Some doctors say the answer is to vaccinate boys. More than 65 million Americans carry a sexually transmitted dis...
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Old guys gather for good times
PONTOTOC, Miss. — Wilting violets won’t do at Hardee’s when the old men get together. “If you don’t have a thick skin, don’t come in here,” said Judge James L. Roberts Jr., 66, a member in good ...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Minnie Miller, left, snaps green beans at D&M Produce's booth at the Downtown Farmers Market. D&M also offers yellow and green zuchini, above.
From the garden to your table
The freshest vegetables around, fresh breads, home-made jams and organic foods are for sale at farmers’ markets. Carrie LeNeave, director of the Paducah Renaissance Alliance, oversees operations...
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Births
Whiteside — Tamia Cheyenne Whiteside, daughter of Craig and Tameka (Davis) Whiteside of Folsomdale, June 20, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are Jewell and Debbie Davis of Folsomdale, Joe an...
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