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Published: May 26, 2009
Person in Chicago area dies of swine flu
CHICAGO -- Illinois health officials say that a person in the Chicago area has died of swine flu. It's the nation's 12th confirmed death from the illness.
Dr. Damon Arnold, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said yesterday that the victim had other medical conditions. No more information about the person was released.
As of yesterday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 6,700 cases in the U.S., most of them mild. The CDC has tallied 10 deaths, but New York health officials reported another death over the weekend.
The World Health Organization tallied more than 12,500 swine flu cases worldwide as of yesterday, with more than half of them in the U.S. Of at least 91 deaths, 80 were in Mexico, where the outbreak was identified in April.
Cancer patient, mother who fled return to Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS -- A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother are back in Minnesota after fleeing nearly a week ago to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy, a sheriff's office said yesterday.
The Brown County sheriff's office did not provide more details yesterday before an evening news conference at the county seat of New Ulm.
Daniel Hauser and his mother, Colleen, had been scheduled to appear in court last Tuesday for a hearing that could have resulted in a judge ordering chemotherapy to treat Daniel for Hodgkin's lymphoma. They missed the court appearance, and the search for them had focused on southern California and Mexico.
Signs along town's streets honor those serving in wars
SULLIVAN, Ill. -- A drive around the small central Illinois town of Sullivan is a lesson in patriotism. The lampposts and telephone poles on two streets are adorned with white signs bearing the names of local military members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since the effort started in 2004, parents have updated the signs to keep pace with deployments. If someone comes home and then is redeployed, their name goes back up. Members of individual families are displayed on the same post.
More than 100 residents of this town of 4,400 have served in the current wars, and dozens are still deployed.
The latest added was 21-year-old Marine Reservist A.J. Woodworth, bound for Afghanistan.
Clinton gets honorary degree from Yale, her alma mater
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a surprise return to her alma mater yesterday, picking up an honorary degree from Yale University 36 years after getting her law degree there.
Graduates celebrating commencement at Yale erupted in cheers as Clinton was introduced. In keeping with Yale tradition, the names of honorary degree recipients are a closely held secret, although word began trickling out Sunday of Clinton's participation.
None of the 10 honorary degree recipients spoke during the morning ceremony, where Yale handed out 2,868 undergraduate and graduate degrees.
58-year-old man dies after saving child from watery pit
DETROIT -- A 58-year-old man has died after rescuing a 7-year-old boy who fell into a water-filled hole at a Detroit construction site.
Sgt. Robert Barron of the Wayne State University police said that the boy was playing Sunday at a home under construction on Miracle Street when he fell into the foundation pit that was dug for the basement.
The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News reported that the man was Garrett Townsend of Detroit. WDIV-TV says he managed to rescue the child, but wasn't able to get himself out of the water.
Emergency responders pulled him out and rushed him to a hospital, where he died.
High-school graduate falls off cruise ship into gulf
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Coast Guard was searching Gulf of Mexico waters yesterday for an 18-year-old recent high-school graduate from Louisiana who is believed to have gone overboard from a cruise ship.
Bruce O'Krepki went overboard from the Carnival Fantasy at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday, about 150 miles southwest of Tampa, the Coast Guard said. O'Krepki, from Hammond, La., was with about 35 classmates on the ship.
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