News 3-05-09

Decades Later, Asbestos-Ravaged Town Has Its Day in Court
Libby, Montana is a nice and quite little community, a perfect place to raise a family, unless you know about the health dangers surrounding the population. A mining company is being blamed and prosecuted for asbestos. The town has been effected tremendously with over 1,000 people stricken ill and 200 more dead from asbestos exposure. The government told the town citizens that the company knowingly covered up the dangers of asbestos and left them in the dark about the dangers and effects it would have on their lives. This case is being held in Missoula, Montana.
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Boater Found; NFL Players Still Missing, Coast Guard Says
Early Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m two NFL players, a two former University of South Florida players left from Seminole Boat Ramp left for a fishing trip that some may never return from alive. One of the boaters was found Monday holding onto the overturned boat that the men left in. Wife of one of the players called a close friend when she became worried when her husband didn't call that night. Coast Guards now know that they are not looking for the men in a boat but in the water now.
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TV-Watching Tots Double Their Asthma Risk, U.K. Researchers Say
U.K. researchers find surprising studies about television relation to asthma in teenagers. When toddlers watch more than two hours of television a day the risk that they get diagnosed with asthma in their teenager years almost double. This was supported when researchers kept data on 3,065 children and followed them for eight years. This study was funded by the U.K. Medical Research Council.
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Girl, 9, to Abort Twins
A Brazilian girl was taken to a nearby hospital for stomach pains but was found to be four months pregnant. The girl was reported to be sexually abused by her stepfather. Abortion is illegal in Brazil unless the woman has been raped or the pregnancy will effect the woman's health. The doctors feel that the girl would not make it all the way through the pregnancy due to the fact her body isn't ready to support twins.
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