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...eight residents of San Diego and Imperial counties in California, and San Antonio, Texas, have tested positive for the new swine flu strain - an as yet unseen combination of swine flu, bird flu and human influenza viruses. There have been no deaths in the U.S. associated with the virus; so far the infections, which cause typical flu-like symptoms, are being controlled with antiviral medications, and only one patient has required hospitalization...
...Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who were working for San Francisco based Current TV at the time of their arrest, will be put on trial to face criminal charges for entering North Korea with "hostile intent." Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency said Friday that the North decided to indict the women reporters "based on criminal data confirmed." The pair were detained by North Korean guards last month after allegedly straying across the border, an unmarked halfway point on the Tumen River dividing China and northeastern North Korea. The U.S State Department, which already has its hands full trying...
...swine virus in one tourist returning from Mexico. A Canadian travel advisory Thursday held back from telling people not to go to Mexico but advised Canadians to get flu shots and warned which Mexican states the virus had been detected in, which include Mexico City, Mexico State, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí and Oaxaca...
...year-old golden boy with Getty money. There are large ambitions here - the Gettys, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein: they're thinking, President Newsom." - Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco supervisor, on Newsom's future, The New Yorker...
...civil rights struggle, gains are made by spectacular boldness, and Newsom was spectacularly bold." - Kate Kendell, a gay rights activist, on Newsom's decision to let same-sex couples get married in San Francisco, The New Yorker...