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Health Center stops testing for H1N1

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 23, 2009

The Student Health Center recently stopped testing students for the H1N1 virus and will no longer track the number of individual cases on campus.Testing students for the virus has become unproductive,...

Ex-girlfriend: Yale murder suspect was controlling – 9:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 23, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — A former high school girlfriend of a Yale lab technician charged with murder said Wednesday he was extremely controlling — that he told her what clothes she could wear, where...

Jindal urges expansion of offshore drilling – 9:45 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 23, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging the Minerals Management Service to expand offshore drilling, but to also pay Louisiana more to fix the damage offshore drilling has caused to the...

Karla Delgado, computer engineering freshman, drinks a coke on Tuesday. A proposed sugary beverage tax could increase soft drink prices a cent per ounce.

Health policy report promotes tax on sugary beverages

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
September 23, 2009

Karla Delgado said she enjoys having a regular Coca-Cola every day, but the computer engineering freshman said she may not be able to enjoy her fizzy fix as often if prices in soft drinks rise.On Sept....

Death toll at 10 as Southeast floods start to ebb – 9:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 23, 2009

AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — As floodwaters around Atlanta began to recede, residents were packing moving vans with furniture and commiserating about water-logged homes. "I'm toast," Penny Freeman, who moved...

Student Union to host video game competition, grand opening – 11:05 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 22, 2009

The Student Union will host a video-game event this evening to celebrate the long-awaited completion of Phase I of construction.Students can participate in Bealtes Rock Band, NCAA Football 2010 and Need...

Feds issue security bulletins on stadiums, hotels – 11:25 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins about terrorist interest in attacking sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. The FBI and Homeland Security...

Census: Recession had sweeping impact on US life – 11:35 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — A broad survey of Americans has provided striking measures of the recession's effect on life at home and at work: People are now stuck in traffic longer, less apt to move away and...

Obama visits Letterman and brings home a potato – 11:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Add this one to the presidential collection: the heart-shaped potato. By the time Barack Obama came on stage to the taping of the "Late Show" on Monday, host David Letterman had offered...

New stamps for four Supreme Court justice – 11:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices Felix Frankfurter and William Brennan — Washington neighbors and frequent adversaries on the bench — are among four justices being honored on...

Police say no more arrests planned in Yale killing – 11:45 a.m.

By Associated Press
September 21, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police are insisting that investigators don't expect to make more arrests in the killing of a Yale graduate student in her lab building. New Haven Police Chief James Lewis...

House moves to extend unemployment benefits – 9:30 a.m.

By Associated Press
September 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the millions of Americans who see no immediate end...