Outbreak

Stomach Virus-Like Outbreak At Longview Elementary School Sickens Many; No School Friday

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GRANT COUNTY HEALTH DIST./MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Moses Lake School District and the Grant County Health District are investigating reports of a large number of students and staff experiencing symptoms of fever, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. These symptoms appear to be the

Fever hits thousands in parched West farm region

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the

Syrian air defenses pose formidable challenge

By RYAN LUCAS and BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most formidable air defenses, a system bolstered in recent years by top-of-the-line

Markets recover poise ahead of run of US earnings

By PAN PYLASAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - Markets, particularly those in Europe, recovered their poise Thursday, ahead of another run of U.S. corporate earnings and hopes that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates soon to give the euro region's moribund economy a lift. A number