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Summer heat, outdoor fun ... and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people's minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower activity levels in the summer. But it is possible to get the sniffles — or worse — in the summer. Federal data released Friday, for example, shows COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ages. Here's what to know about summer viruses. How much are colds and flu circulating right now? The number of people...

Landowner alleges developer conspired with mayor and councilman to undermine proposed store By Jonathan Osborne AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, November 20, 2003 An Arizona partnership now stuck with land once intended to house a Wal-Mart store filed suit Thursday against the City of Austin and Stratus Properties, accusing both of working behind the scenes to sabotage the deal. In part, S.R. Ridge's suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Austin, alleges that Mayor Will Wynn threatened to delay Wal-Mart's other pending zoning cases unless the company pulled out of an agreement to open a store at Slaughter Lane and MoPac Boulevard...