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Phone company declines to notify customers after privacy breach bc-lifeline-folo24(sh) | By: ISAAC WOLF | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) May 24, 2013 5:10 PM By ISAAC WOLF A month ago, two phone carriers participating in a federal benefit program were alerted that sensitive customer records, including Social Security numbers and bank-account records, were freely posted online. Now, Oklahoma-based Terra
Former POW returns to Vietnam and meets pilot who shot him down bc-vietnam-pows(sh) | By: TOM CHARLIER | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN) | Photos: SH13E207VIETNAMPOWS May 24, 2013 2:40 PM By TOM CHARLIER Pilots always talk with their hands, Jack Trimble says, and that's why he and his Vietnamese counterpart needed little help from interpreters in recounting each turn, dive and maneuver of their aerial confrontation 40 years earlier
One-day divorce helps reduce frustrations bc-express-divorce(sh) | By: ANDY FURILLO | Source: Sacramento Bee | National (AN) | Photos: SH13E206EXPRESSDIVORCE May 24, 2013 2:40 PM By ANDY FURILLO Twelve times over five years, Yazmin Cruz and Marcio Hernandez went to court to try to make their uncontested divorce happen. Twelve times, their paperwork got caught in a snag, and to their great consternation, kept their marriage
Scripps National Spelling Bee: Map embed code bc-bee-map-embed(sh) | By: DANIELLE ALBERTI | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) May 24, 2013 2:39 PM By DANIELLE ALBERTI <iframe src="http://media2.scrippsnationalnews.com/shns/SpellingBee2013/narrow.html" scrolling="no" width="600" height="900" frameborder="0"> <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p> </iframe> <iframe src="http://media2.s
Counterfeit drugs pose consumer risks, experts say bc-fake-drugs(sh) | By: CRISTIN SEVERANCE | Source: KGTV-TV | National (AN), Health and Fitness (AH) May 24, 2013 2:35 PM By CRISTIN SEVERANCE The prescription medicine you get online or from your pharmacy could be fake -- and harmful. The World Health Organization estimates that 25 percent of drugs consumed in poor countries are counterfeit or substandard. Some inter
Scripps National Spelling Bee: Make 'em spell! And make 'em laugh! bc-bee-comedy(sh) | By: CAROLYN McATEE CERBIN | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Television (ET), Special (LL) | Photos: SH13E184BEECOMEDY, SH13E185BEECOMEDY, SH13E202BEECOMEDY May 24, 2013 12:45 PM By CAROLYN McATEE CERBIN Chuckles rippled through the audience. Then again. And again. (begin ital) What's going on here? (end ital) The cool blonde knew. Her stealth mission was a success. <SUBHEAD> May I have that in a sentence, please? The Sc
Disease outbreaks at VA would require reporting, bills propose bc-va-diseasereport(sh) | By: DAVID TEMPLETON | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | National (AN), Health and Fitness (AH) May 24, 2013 10:55 AM By DAVID TEMPLETON Veterans Administration medical centers would be required to report infectious disease outbreaks to the appropriate public health officials, two bills have proposed this month in Congress. The bills come in the wake of a Legionn
Hurricane Sandy showed importance of heeding evacuation orders, as storm season heats up bc-harmsway(sh) | By: LEE BOWMAN | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Science & Technology (AS), Special (LL) | Photos: SH13E201HARMSWAY May 23, 2013 2:40 PM By LEE BOWMAN Even as Americans marvel at the survival of so many in the Oklahoma tornadoes and forecasters predict a worse-than-average Atlantic hurricane season in the months ahead, a new analysis of deaths during last October's Hurricane Sandy
School websites latest target for advertisers bc-school-ads(sh) | By: MARY NIEDERBERGER | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | National (AN), Education (LS) May 23, 2013 2:15 PM By MARY NIEDERBERGER With funding tight, expenses ever increasing and limits set on how high taxes can be raised, school leaders find themselves looking for new ways to raise revenues. One idea emerging is to sell advertising space on school distr
Tornado survivors tell their stories, with disbelief they came through it alive bc-tornado-vignette(sh) | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Special (LL) May 22, 2013 5:25 PM In the wake of the monster tornado that laid waste Monday to the city of Moore, Okla., stories of survival are being told by many who marvel they came through it alive. Here are some: -- The ride of their lives In one part of Moore, Nathan Kriesel, h
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