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Vicki McClure Davidson | June 2, 2011

  Beyond scary — E. coli-tainted cucumbers originating in Spain are believed by some science experts to be the source for a growing number of food poisoning deaths in Germany. Eighteen people are now reported dead and hundreds more sickened. Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests to biologists that the strain is a never-before-seen combination of two [...]

Category: Food, Drink, Health, International Relations, Videos, Audio Files | Comments Off
Tags: antibiotics, bacteria, CDC, cucumber, death, Denmark, disease, E. coli, Escherichia coli, Europe, food, food poisoning, Germany, Health Protection Agency, hygiene, infection, outbreak, raw food, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, United Kingdom, video, WHO, world news, YouTube

Vicki McClure Davidson | June 2, 2011

How’s that “hopenchange” workin’ for ya, America? From American Thinker, Who gets nearly free internet and computers?: If this isn’t blatant favoritism I don’t know what is. As part of the White House’s deal to permit Comcast to buy NBC Universal, the government forced Comcast to promise to provide, according to Abby W. Schacter of [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Government, Social and Political Climate, Technology | 4 Comments »
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Daley, blacks, cable, Chicago, Comcast, computer, Cook County, favoritism, Illinois, Internet, mayor, Mayor Emanuel, NBC Universal, Pres. Obama, president, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, White House

Vicki McClure Davidson | June 2, 2011

  She’s been the fodder of late-night talk show jokes and the horror of conscientious, outraged parents everywhere — Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, who gave birth to eight children in January 2009 via in-vitro fertilization. Not only did Suleman already have six children (bringing the total to fourteen), but she was unemployed, unmarried, living on [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Entertainment, Celebrities, Health, Social and Political Climate | 3 Comments »
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Beverly Hills, Brad Pitt, California, celebrity, cosmetic surgery, doctor, Dr. Michael Kamrava, Hollywood, license, medical board, mental health, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, Octomom garage sale, Octomom home, Octomom house, octuplets, physician, plastic surgery, welfare