By Tom Philpott: Military Update About 86,000 Vietnam War veterans, their surviving spouses or estates will be eligible for retroactive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs — an average of 11.4 years for veterans and 9.6 years for survivors — under a draft VA rule to expand by three the number of diseases […]
Department of Health Investigates E. coli Cases Linked to National Outbreak
August 12, 2008
(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating three cases of bacterial gastro-intestinal illness caused by E.coli bacteria in young children from Curry County. The cases are linked to a multi-state outbreak of E. coli related to ground beef. The children became sick between July 2 and July 21. They are recovering.
Movie buffs in need of new challenge
June 26, 2007
By Kevin Wilson: Freedom Newspapers Whenever a game night arrives, I look through the closet and wonder what I should bring. Monopoly? Simpsons trivia? Then I see the game that time forgot: The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. It’s based on the six degrees of separation theory. If you know 100 people, and they know […]
