Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
(AP)
AP - Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.
AP - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported.
Reuters - Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved
thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling
them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital on
Monday after a long illness, local media said.
Why Do People Sleepwalk?
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - If
you've been recently rescued from sleepwalking, here's a possible reason why you went zombie -
lack of sleep.
Bloomberg - May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton may have a financial
incentive to remain in the presidential race for a while. And
she has Senator John McCain to thank for it.
Emily, Jacob most popular baby names
(AP)
AP - Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names last year, registering as No. 1 for the 12th straight time. Jacob led among names for boys for the ninth year in a row.
World's most dangerous beaches
(Reuters)
Reuters - A beach vacation usually conjures
up images of lying on white sand relaxing not dicing with death
but Forbes.com has come up with a list of the world's most
dangerous beaches.
AP - The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund site.
AP - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire to make tools for both work and play.
AP - Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign announced Monday that he will visit politically neglected Florida and Michigan, as he focuses on a general election strategy with his primary race winding down.
Reuters - China's most devastating
earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people on
Monday, with the toll likely to soar as authorities struggle to
reach casualties in large areas cut off from relief.
AP - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
AP - Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday.