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4 dead in shooting at Jewish Museum of Belgium

4 dead in shooting at Jewish Museum of Belgium

Belgium launched a nationwide manhunt Sunday for a lone suspect in a shooting attack at the Brussels Jewish Museum as the toll in the attack rose to four dead. The attack, which came on the eve of national and European Parliament elections, led officials to immediately raise anti-terror measures and increase the protection for Jewish sites. Video of the attack ... Read More »

Hospitals wounded by politics, Report

Hospitals wounded by politics, Report

More than one-third of hospitals statewide lost money in 2013. More than half of the state’s hospitals had profit margins lower than 4 percent for the year, the threshold for sustainability, according to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. It’s a trend that likely will continue statewide through 2014 and beyond, and, with that, the Corbett administration should abandon ... Read More »

Man killed in indy fight

Man killed in indy fight

Authorities said an argument preceded the shooting death of a 25-year-old Indiana man who was camping in a parking lot near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. One person is in custody. Max Levine, 25, of Kokomo, was shot early Saturday morning in Coke Lot 1C, Speedway Police Lt. Trent Theobald said in a news release. He told The Indianapolis Star that ... Read More »

Sick Kids Researchers figure out formula for predicting autism

Sick Kids Researchers figure out formula for predicting autism

Scientists have found a way to predict autism at a younger age, which will enable critical interventions to occur much earlier in a child’s life. A year-long study at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is the first to sort through variations within genes and invent a new technique for identifying which genetic variations are most likely to cause ... Read More »

UK : Wicken Fen rare violet found at during survey

UK : Wicken Fen rare violet found at during survey

According to the National Trust, the fen violet (Viola persicifolia) is known to exist at only three sites in the wild in the UK. One of these is Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, where it had not been seen since 2003 but was rediscovered during a botanical survey this week. Seeds of the plant can lie dormant in the ground for many ... Read More »