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Did one gene mutation launch the Black Death?
2015-06-30 22:31:22| Biotech - Topix.net
One small genetic change may have transformed Yersinia pestis -- the plague bacteria -- from a relatively mild germ into the deadly bug that killed millions in the Black Death and other historic epidemics, scientists report. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, humans can contract Y. pestis after being bitten by a flea carried by a rodent or by handling the rodent themselves.
Supreme Court ruling is far from a death sentence for Obama's Clean Power Plant rules
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 that when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made its first-ever rule limiting toxic air pollution like mercury from power plants, it failed to adequately take into account the costs of reducing emissions early enough in the rule-making process. Stock of Peabody Energy, a major coal company (and one of the many petitioners in the case), shot up Monday morning shortly after the ruling, and news articles said the court decision threw out and struck...
Death toll from defective GM ignition switches rises to 119
2015-06-29 21:44:38| Apparel - Topix.net
Victims' families are being offered compensation of at least $1 million each by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM last year. In addition, Feinberg will make offers to 243 people who were injured in crashes caused by the switches in the Chevrolet Cobalt and other older cars.
Death toll from defective GM ignition switches rises to 119
2015-06-29 20:11:04| Footwear - Topix.net
Victims' families are being offered compensation of at least $1 million each by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM last year. In addition, Feinberg will make offers to 243 people who were injured in crashes caused by the switches in the Chevrolet Cobalt and other older cars.
Hispanic man found shot to death Sunday
2015-06-28 22:27:14| Beverages - Topix.net
The body of an unidentified Hispanic man was found at around 6 a.m. Sunday on the side of the North-bound entrance ramp to Interstate 85 from Redwood Road, the Durham County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday afternoon. The dead man had no wallet or any other form of identification.
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