PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia school district officials say a high school football player has died of a drug-resistant staph infection. The officials say tests on Friday confirmed that 17-year-old Saalen Jones had the contagious germ known as methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. District spokesman Fernando Gallard says two other players …
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DARMSTADT, Germany – The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass, space officials said Saturday. Rosetta caught up with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, Friday evening …
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This is a rush transcript from “FOX News Watch,” September 20, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JON SCOTT, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: This week on “FOX News Watch,” Wall Street’s woes spark fear as the fallout from the financial crisis deepens. Should …
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This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” September 3, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: You know, Sarah Palin has had a very long kind of a love-hate relationship with oil companies. They love to …
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LONDON – American rapper Busta Rhymes won a court order Friday allowing him to perform at a charity concert in Britain, despite a government attempt to keep him out of the country. High Court Justice Nicholas Stadlen ruled that Rhymes — whose real name is Trevor George Smith Jr. — …
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Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain. The results from the small Australian study were only modest. But they back up observational studies showing potential mental benefits …
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CAMARILLO, Calif. – A national survey shows gas prices have dropped 15 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at self-serve stations was $3.70 Friday. Mid-grade was at $3.83 and premium was at $3.95. That’s according to the Lundberg Survey …
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LITTLE ROCK – A former chemistry professor at Arkansas Tech University has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a charge he stalked a person he believed was a teenage girl on the Internet. Federal prosecutors say Albert Snow, 33, actually was enticing to an undercover police officer to …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Authorities say a fire has killed 10 people at a five-story building in Bangladesh’s capital. Fire brigade official Ataur Rahman says the victims were asleep when the fire swept through the building in Dhaka’s Aga Sadek road early Monday. He says another five people have been taken …
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TEHRAN – Iran says it’s increased the range of its warplanes, allowing them to fly as far as Israel and back without refueling. State TV is quoting air force chief Gen. Ahmad Mighani as saying Iranian warplanes can now fly 1,865 miles without refueling. He didn’t specify the aircraft type …
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