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A bacterial illness earned by the deer ticks that also transmit Lyme, HGE (human granulocytic ehrlichiosis) was first identified in Minnesota in 1991. But it’s new enough that most doctors don’t even look for it. So far, 60 cases have been confirmed nationwide, primarily in the Northeast and upper Midwest, and there could be many more. Four patients have died, but experts are divided over whether HGE is truly lethal–or whether underlying medical problems contributed to the fatalities....

Two fossils discovered in Kenya suggest that evolution was a lot messier than that. One of the specimens, found just east of Kenya’s Lake Turkana, is the upper jaw bone of a habilis from 1.44 million years ago; habilis was thought to have become extinct about 1.6 million years ago. The other is an erectus, say their discoverers, a well-preserved skull from 1.55 million years ago and the smallest ever found for this species....

On the same day, on another continent, in another universe, it seemed, the announcement had come that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had won the Nobel Peace Prize. ““I would be happy to give up the Nobel prize in order to return our two soldiers to life,’’ Rabin said. Did the Nobel committee award the prize too soon? Many Israelis thought so....

Greece joined the EU in 1981. But the story of its accession holds many lessons for the new countries joining last week. Though Ireland is often hailed as a role model, Greece is in many ways a more instructive case study. It illustrates not only how membership can reshape a country, but what can happen if the benefits are taken for granted. Since joining, Greece has gone from being a poor, peripheral Mediterranean nation to a regional powerhouse with the fastest economic growth rate in the eurozone....

Microsoft Lumia Launches Microsoft showcased its three new Lumia smartphones as well as an attractive wireless charger. There have been a lot of reports in the media regarding the features and specifications of the phone, but let’s take a look at its design. The Lumia 830 is a mid range smartphone having a screen size of 5 inches and a pixel density of 720p. It is powered by a 1....

Remzija Aljukic’s eyes were open and he was moving fitfully on the stretcher as his two brothers rushed him into Sarajevo’s Kosevo Hospital, just 500 yards from the Bosnian army position where he had been shot by a Serb sniper. The bullet barely left a mark–just a small, neat entrance wound above his right hip, and the brothers hoped he might survive. He died five minutes later, as the brothers waited outside the trauma unit....

May I call you Ronald? Thanks. You don’t know me, but I’ve got a few questions about your company. They’re about this new product that rolled out of Oak Brook last week - you know, the McLean Deluxe burger, the one that’s 91 percent fat-free. That just about makes burgers count as health food. I mean, what clown thought this up? Sure, I know why you did it. The nutritionists tell us we eat too much fat (it accounts for more than a third of the calories we take in) and hamburgers are the leading source of fat in the American diet....

Here is the story of how Beatriz Tinoco, 17-year-old girl from Rockville, Maryland, who battled cancer in 2011 and 2012, got to meet her idol Roger Federer. After reading this, no one can question why Federer is one of the most loved and admired personalities in the world today. Beatriz approached the Make-A-Wish foundation for making her dream of meeting Federer come true. And while the foundation did indeed help her achieve her dream, what Beatriz never expected was for Federer to go beyond mere completion of formalities and turn the meeting into the most cherished memory of her lifetime....

Security officials were concerned that terrorists may have decided to target individual senators. For an hour, until he got an “all clear” from the police, Bayh drove his twin 5-year-old sons around the leafy-but no longer idyllic-neighborhoods of Northwest Washington. This is now a global capital under siege. At another elementary school (my own son’s), kids on the playground hid under trees and behind bushes when they heard the news of the attack on the Pentagon....

“Jim, this is crazy!” she exclaimed one evening. “But you told me I should try to change the church,” he responded. “Jim,” she said, “I meant St. John’s Church in Wellesley, not the Roman Catholic Church!” Of course not: that would be heresy. For virtually all of its history, the church has been ruled only from above. As recently as April, the Vatican refused to allow Boston’s embattled Cardinal Bernard Law to resign–in part, one high-ranking cardinal admitted, because it didn’t want to appear to be giving in to lawsuits, pressure groups and the despised American media....

One of the most basic ones is cutting down on fat and carbs. For all those who believe in this, you will be surprised to see how a high-fat diet can actually help you reduce weight. This mostly happens because when you cut off carbs, your body uses your body fat as a source of energy and ultimately becomes extremely efficient in doing so thus leading to fat loss....

Mrs. Bacirovic anxiously scanned the prisoners for a glimpse of her husband, but she didn’t see him. “I have little hope left,” she said last week at a refugee camp in Tuzla. “Too much time has gone by.” Other women who rode the trail of tears out of Srebrenica had seen heaps of dead men, their throats slit, piled up beside the roads. Survivors called it the Srebrenica Death March....

Centr is an app that allows us to peek behind the velvet curtain. It’s the creation of Hollywood superstar Chris Hemsworth, who developed the app to give us an insight into his world and reveal the secrets behind his success. Centr shares the methods Hemsworth’s nutritionists, fitness trainers, and wellness coaches use to help him live his best life. Is it worth signing up? We take a closer look....

LEVY: There’s been a lot of rumors about your departure, including a story that Microsoft president Steve Ballmer wanted you out. MYHRVOLD: Steve had nothing to do with this. Two years ago, I told Bill I was thinking about taking a leave of absence, or doing something radically different, because I wanted to spend my time in a different way. Bill didn’t want me to do it, but said that if I waited another two years I could have an honorable discharge....

Let’s take a quick look at how to do each of these things. What Are Live Photos? Apple released Live Photos in 2016 along with the iPhone 6S, and the feature has been popular ever since. Live Photos on iOS allows you to record 1.5 seconds before and after taking a photo. As far as you’re concerned, you just snapped a photo, but when you view it in the Photos app later you can enjoy a little video clip either side....

Despite the fact they broke up years ago, they’re both back in the news after Guilfoyle recently ripped into her ex-husband, suggesting he “ain’t making it to the White House.” Speculation is rife that Governor of California Newsom is eyeing a run for the presidency, but sitting president Joe Biden stands in his way. To understand the context behind Guilfoyle’s comments about her ex, here’s Newsweek’s summary of the relationship timeline between the two....

Maria Shriver, the journalist niece of the former president and the cousin of his son, on Tuesday shared to Twitter a segment from MSNBC anchor Brian Williams that described followers of the conspiracy as “lost souls,” while urging viewers to remember the losses of the Kennedy family instead of showing “pity” for QAnon “cult members or conspiracy theorists.” “Well said, Brian Williams,” Shriver tweeted alongside a video clip of Williams....

The assault team, including investigators from the FSB, the domestic successor to the Soviet KGB, searched the premises for documents and videotapes. First they said they were seeking evidence on the alleged misdeeds of a former Finance Ministry official. Then they said they were investigating Media-Most itself, looking into charges of privacy violations and possible tax irregularities. Gusinsky, who flew back from Israel to manage the crisis, accused Putin of using Soviet-era tactics....