| Smoke causes evacuation at Clinton headquarters
A malfunctioning air conditioning unit on the roof of Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters caused an evacuation tonight before firefighters arrived and found no fire. Firefighters were called just before 8:20 p.m. after the malfunction sent smoke into the building at 701 E. Ben White Blvd., Austin Fire Department Capt. Rob Bredahl said. "There was never actually any fire or any real danger," he said. Bredahl said such malfunctions are common with air conditions on roofs. Between 50 to 60 volunteers and staff were in the building when they smelled smoke and someone called the fire department, campaign spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod said. After firefighters cleared the building, everyone went back inside and got back to work. "The only thing we're suffering from is a bad stench," Elrod said.
Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage
Members of the Thai navy row a Royal barge on the Chao Phraya River in front of Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok. Siriraj, a public hospital, was founded by the royal family more than a century ago to provide free care to the Thai people. STR/AFP/Getty Images .
January 2008
UV exposure is the leading cause of skin cancer and to avoid overexposure many people protect their body with sunscreen. Unfortunately, if people are protected the coral reefs suffer. A new study finds that chemicals in sunscreen wash off swimmers and awaken dormant viruses inside coral reefs. Researchers from the online journal Environmental Health Perspectives estimate that "4,000 to 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen wash off swimmers annually in oceans worldwide, and that up to 10 percent of coral reefs are threatened by sunscreen-induced bleaching." It's the BPP's Ramble. Swimmers' sunscreen killing off coral/ Cop's report that woman attends church with crowbar in her pants/ Space race anniversary / Playground for 60-year-olds Will Hoffman 6:16 AM ET | 01-31-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post .
Temple man’s rail artifacts on the block
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