Study: Cancer rates higher in Crestwood - Southtown Star (Microsoft Windows 2000)

M ore people were sickened with certain cancers in the village of Crestwood compared with the rest of Cook County, but those illnesses weren’t necessarily caused by their drinking of tainted well water pumped into the village’s supply over two

Moline dry cleaners robbed Thursday afternoon - Quad Cities Onlines
Police are investigating the robbery of Dutch Way Dry Cleaners in Moline around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Moline police said the man, described as a light-skinned black or Hispanic man in his mid-20s, entered the business at 2301 27th St., Moline and

The Power & Influence 100 - Sacramento Magazine
A 2008 assessment of those wielding power and influence in the region shows the game has changed. When it comes to power, many think of it as a weapon to be brandished. Position, wealth, charisma, status, ego, brains, drive—the conventional

Toxic Canada - Edmonton Journal
MONTREAL - Viviane Maraghi expected the blood tests to show she would have some chemical pollution in her body, but nothing like this. After all, she viewed herself as “very environmentalist,” carefully monitoring what she ate and the household

First Coast beach shorts: Eating disorder panel at Christ Episcopal - Florida Times-Union
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Officer Coby Seckinger and his police dog, Max, recently visited Atlantic Beach Elementary School. Seckinger’s mother, Bridgette Seckinger, is a second-grade teacher at the school. The students learned about how Max is

Exiled and suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon - Amnesty International USA
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women “All 12 official refugee camps in [Lebanon] suffer from serious problems - no proper infrastructure, overcrowding, poverty and unemployment. [Lebanon] has the highest