Mounting trouble with artificial hips
Two months after hip replacement surgery, Scott Ebert's leg started giving way. His joint began slipping. Razor blades of pain pierced his foot. An inexplicably large bruise grew along his...
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Mounting trouble with artificial hips
Two months after hip replacement surgery, Scott Ebert's leg started giving way. His joint began slipping. Razor blades of pain pierced his foot. An inexplicably large bruise grew along his...
FBI investigates 2nd anthrax case
As evidence mounted suggesting an intentional release of anthrax spores in a Florida office building, the FBI took over investigation of what had previously been a medical mystery. Days after...
MANY DISQUALIFIED VOTES IN MINORITY AREAS
A disproportionate number of rejected presidential votes in South Florida came from African-American and Caribbean neighborhoods, an analysis of election data shows. One-third of the disqualified votes--22,807 in all--were concentrated...
OFFICIALS ARE SET TO SURVEY FAULTY BALLOTS BY HAND
Democrats will look primarily to precincts in retirement communities when choosing the ballots that Palm Beach County officials examine in Saturday's hand recount of presidential votes. State law allows the...
ONCE AN EASY TARGET IN CHICAGO, TEACHERS UNIONS SHRUG OFF DOLE ATTACK
Not long ago, blaming the teachers union for the problems in public education would have been a safe, though an all too common, criticism for a politician to make in...
FLOOD RECOVERY CENTERS OPEN DOORS IN 3 CITIES
Mary Altiery, who watched a tornado annihilate her Plainfield home six years ago and recently battled flood waters in her living room, has become a disaster-center veteran. Sweeping into the...
HARD-HIT AURORA BAILS OUT
Dozens of DuPage County communities were drenched by a stubborn cloudburst that swamped the Chicago area Wednesday and Thursday. Aurora got the worst of it. The river that ordinarily flows...
KIDNAPPING VICTIMS FREE, BUT FEAR REMAINS
Eva Flores stood at the top of her stairway Monday, looking plaintively at her husband. "Don't go outside, Jesus," she whispered in Spanish. "What if they see you?" Ten days...
2ND TEEN STRICKEN BY ANTIFREEZE POISONING
Marcus Willis stopped to pick up his best friend for school as usual on the morning of May 22. But that particular morning, something was terribly wrong with the Wheaton...