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Mojave Desert tortoises dwindling despite years of protection

Desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert continue to decline, despite years of study and protection since the reptile was designated a threatened species in 1990, experts say.

Researchers say observations support a gloomy view of the animals' status.

Pitbulls found in Missouri being rehabilitated

By CYNTHIA HUBERT, Sacramento Bee

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Animal shelters across the nation are overloaded with pit bulls, muscular terriers with a reputation for violence and fighting.

Media reports on pit bull maulings are commonplace.

Corner-Books: Good new offerings from past Newbery, Caldecott winners

By KAREN MACPHERSON, Scripps Howard News Service

Here are some great new children's books by previous winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals:

-- Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry has just published her first picture book, "Crow Call" (Scholastic, $16.99). Based on a memory from Lowry's childhood, "Crow Call" tells the story of a special day that a young girl named Liz spends with her father, just back from World War II.

Walters: California insurance battle may reprise

By DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee

When California's political consultants share war stories, 1988's immensely expensive, multi-front battle between insurance companies and lawyer-backed consumer groups takes center stage.

Police investigate nasty video on YouTube

By ABBY SIMON, Minneapolis Star Tribune

A YouTube video of eight young men terrorizing bicyclists and pedestrians -- including children and older people -- in what appear to be the twin Minnesota cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul has triggered a police investigation.

Owen-TV: Disney, Cartoon Network seek elusive male viewer

By ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

They're almost like an endangered species: The elusive male TV watcher. Sure, they can be found in large numbers watching sports or "South Park," but when you move beyond that, it's more difficult to get them to tune in.

May: Lessons from Fort Hood

By CLIFFORD D. MAY, Scripps Howard News Service

When a military officer participates in a war against his own country, that is high treason, and that is the charge that ought to be brought against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. But it's not going to happen.

TV: Jon plus Kate equals holiday stress; other notes

By TIM GOODMAN, San Francisco Chronicle

Everything we know we learned from television:

-- Most wince-inducing holiday-themed headline ever: "Jon and Kate will reunite for Christmas."

Dangers of too much folic acid

By CARLY WEEKS, Toronto Globe and Mail

Questions are being raised about the safety of folic acid supplements after new research has found links between the B vitamin and increased cancer risk.

Researchers in Norway found that heart disease patients treated with a combination of folic acid and vitamin B12 had an increased risk of cancer and death compared to patients who didn't receive the vitamins.

Fighting for truth, justice and a high-fiber diet

By SAM MCMANIS, Sacramento Bee

As with many a great notion, the idea came to nutritionist Bronwyn Schweigerdt while she was doing something totally unrelated to her work.

"I was rock climbing," Schweigerdt says, "and I was doing one where you're basically horizontal. I'm hanging there upside down thinking, 'There needs to be a female superhero. There needs to be Fiber Girl. That's it!'

Delaisla: We need fundamental change in our schools

By JOSE DELAISLA, Hispanic Link News Service

I have an acquaintance that is so sarcastic -- should I say cynical -- that when I told him I was writing about education reform, he asked how would it affect high-school football.

After decades of studies about how the nation's children should be educated for the challenges of the 21st century, pom-poms should not rate very high.

Ask Carley: Registering for wine

By CARLEY RONEY, Scripps Howard News Service

Q: My fiance suggested that we register for wine. (No wonder I love this man!) Can we do that?

A: Yes. You really can register for anything you want. Just be sure to register for a variety of gifts at a variety of price points out of courtesy for friends and family who want to get you something you'll like, but can't spend a lot of money.

Religion: Tips for clergy who must deal with media

By TERRY MATTINGLY, Scripps Howard News Service

The Sunday service had just ended and the Rev. Larry Kroon couldn't believe what he was seeing.

A journalist was chasing Wasilla Bible Church members in the aisles, trying to convince somebody, anybody, to dish about his flock's most famous church lady. The craziness had started as soon as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin became the GOP's nominee for vice president.

Yount: Sexual revolution didn't destroy marriage

By DAVID YOUNT, Scripps Howard News Service

There is a widespread impression that the sexual "revolution" of the 1960s turned sexual morality upside down, devaluing marriage. Granted, easy access to contraception made extramarital sex safer, and the prevailing "If it feels good, do it" mantra also offered this corollary: "If it no longer feels good, end it" -- effectively squeezing the shame out of divorce.

Henry: In God's name, let's have a makeover

By REG HENRY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It is not often that a sappy show on TV spurs me to write a column about something, especially if that something happens to be one of the Ten Commandments.

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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE SPORTS BUDGET

Scripps Howard News Service's SPORTS sked for stories moving FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008. SHNS editors are available at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives visit our Web site at http://www.shns.com.BASEBALL: RINGO09 (Ringolsby, SHNS) -- Tracy Ringolsby's weekly baseball notes package. 900.

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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service LIFESTYLE budget for Friday, May 9, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.ENTERTAINMENT

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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE BUSINESS BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service BUSINESS budget for Friday, May 9, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives visit our Web site at www.shns.com.BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE OPED BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Friday, May 9, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives visit our Web site at www.shns.com.COMMENT

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SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET

Here is the Scripps Howard News Service NEWS budget for Thursday, April 17, 2008. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.WASHINGTON

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Ovarian cancer at a glance

New cases annually: 21,650Deaths annually: 15,520

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Scripps veteran Knap makes journalism hall of fame

Ted Knap, a longtime White House correspondent for Scripps Howard News Service who counted Robert Kennedy among his sources, has been inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.

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Details on the Olympic poll

The following are selected findings from a telephone survey of 1,012 adult residents of the United States contacted by the Scripps Survey Research Center of Ohio University from Feb. 10-28."The Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing, China, this August. Are you planning to watch at least some of the Olympics on television?"Yes ..................... 76 percent

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Stats on the 2008 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring

2008 MAZDA CX-9 GRAND TOURING TYPE: All-wheel-drive, five-door, seven-passenger, full-size crossover vehicle. PRICE: $34,655 as tested. WHERE BUILT: Hiroshima, Japan. KEY RIVALS: Toyota Highlander, Nissan Murano, Hyundai Veracruz, Honda Pilot, Saturn Outlook, Buick Enclave.

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NCAA Tournament free throw shooting at a glance

Season free-throw percentages by NCAA championsThe five best1. Marquette, 1977, 77.82. Indiana, 1987, 76.73. Kentucky, 1978, 75.94. Duke, 1992, 74.85. Indiana, 1981, and Florida, 2006, 74.4The five worst1. Oklahoma State, 1945, 56.42. CCNY, 1950, 57.73. San Francisco, 1956, 60.4

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A seven-month investigation into federal mortality records reveals hundreds of thousands of death certificates filed every year in the United States are wrong, meaning we don't really know what's killing Americans. A first-of-its-kind study also found that younger, well-educated and wealthy people are more likely to be autopsied when they die. More men than women are autopsied. And blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans are more likely to be autopsied than whites.

Autopsy rates differ by race, age, sex, education

Cause of death investigations often dead wrong

Accurate death certificates challenged by poor training

Poll: Doubts persist over accuracy of death certificates

Survey results among different groups

Death poll findings, by questions

What to do if you distrust the death diagnosis

Where to find death records

Deaths by heart disease by state

Editorial: We don't know what's really killing Americans

Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

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Market decides if you set the right price for a house

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Editorial: 9/11 planners to return to NYC -- for trial

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Editorial: But go ahead and make plans for next week anyway

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Erbe: Stupak-Pitts shoves women to back of bus

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Autos: Lincoln's flagship these days is the MKS sedan

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Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base

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Editorial: Cracking down on free speech in name of religion

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Debtadviser: Does making a debt deal clean up your report?

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Sugar cookies with a twist

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Recycled Radiation

Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactively tainted metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world. But because of haphazard screening, an absence of oversight, and substantial disincentives for businesses to report contamination, no one knows how many tainted goods are in circulation.

Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products

NRC wants to tighten oversight of often-lost radioactive devices

Same batch of radioactive metal from Mexico enters Calif. for 25 years

Radioactive cheese grater case shows lack of oversight

36 states have nowhere to dump low-level radioactive material

Radioactive mesh from China used to make 30,000 filters in Florida

Authorities scrambled to corral radioactive La-Z-Boy recliners

Only U.S. effort to collect radioactive material has 9,000-object backlog

Mandatory screening, reporting needed to stop recycling radiation

Radioactive materials surface in Tennessee scrap yards

Texas has highest number of radioactive metal incidents

Editorial: The hidden radiation around us

Scripps Howard News Service response to comments from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on SHNS' "Recycled Radiation"

The Doctor is Out

A special report by Scripps Howard News Service finds as many as one in five Americans does not have a family doctor. And this translates directly to higher rates of illness and death and higher costs.

Docs: In ERs, more sore throats than cardiac arrests

Interactive database showing U.S. doctors by county

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