NEWS BRIEFS
MICHIGAN NEWS
January 1, 2005
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/date1e_20050101.htm
"OUTAGE
Shoppers in darkness when mall loses power"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Shoppers got more than they bargained for at Laurel Park Place in Livonia on Friday: a power outage.
The mall's lights flickered off around 10:30 a.m. and never came back on, forcing mall security to evacuate the center and close its doors for the day.
The cause was not known Friday."
For those keeping track of plane crashes, I saw an IPN flash earlier regarding a small plane crash out in San Francisco.
And while searching for an answer to a question my son has regarding the smallpox movie aired by FX, I found the following news article. While I'm sure most, if not all of you, are aware that the plague is still around, here's the article just in case it's of interest to someone:
Article Published: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Pueblo man dies of plague caught while rabbit hunting
By The Denver Post
Pueblo - A 66-year-old Pueblo man has died from bubonic plague in what health officials said was the first death in Colorado from the disease since 1999.
The Pueblo City-County Health Department did not identify the man Friday, but the victim's son identified him as Howard Warren Champlain.
Champlain's son, Kris Champlain, said the family was awaiting further word from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The plague victim died Wednesday at a hospital after being infected while rabbit hunting in Park County, health department director Chris Nevin-Woods said. She said the man had an open wound on his hand and may have been exposed while skinning an infected rabbit.
His death was the third case of plague in Colorado this year.
Humans can get the disease through bites from infected fleas or from handling an infected animal.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2592147,00.html
Note: The Orange County Register is in California.
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FRONT PAGE BRIEF: "Roughly 100 Muslim-Americans marched in front the federal building in Westwood on Saturday to protest immigration authorities who have accused their imam of making statements supporting terrorists activities."