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“He said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape or form, Sowell might be an influence.” Mayor Gary Norton of East Cleveland, Ohio, on the suspect in the deaths of three women found wrapped in plastic bags, a man that authorities say indicated he was influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, convicted of
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Thousands return home as fire ebbs
IDYLLWILD, Calif. - Thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes in Southern California mountain communities near Palm Springs on Sunday, after firefighters - aided by heavy rain - made substantial progress against a week-old wildfire that has burned across 42 square miles and destroyed seven homes.
The Riverside County sheriff’s office lifted evacuation orders at 11 a.m. for the communities of Idyllwild, Fern Valley and Pine Cove, from which some 6,000 had fled the advancing flames five days before. Authorities said only local residents and business owners would be allowed to return.
Evacuation orders for several smaller nearby communities had been lifted earlier in the day.
With the arrival of 1.5 inches of rain Sunday, firefighters began to beat back the flames and had the blaze about halfway contained.
Zoo to try to breed rhino with brother
CINCINNATI - With the survival of a species on the line, Cincinnati Zoo scientists are hoping to mate their lone female Sumatran rhino with her brother.
The effort comes after a recent summit in Singapore, where conservationists concluded as few as 100 of the two-horned, hairy rhinos might remain in their native southeast Asia. The species numbers have fallen by up to 90 percent since the mid-1980s as development takes away habitat space and poachers hunt them for their prized horns.
The Cincinnati Zoo this month brought back the youngest rhino born there, 6-year-old Harapan, from the Los Angeles Zoo and soon will try to have him mate with the zoo’s female - his biological sister - 8-year-old Suci.
Critics of captive breeding programs say they often do more harm than good and can create animals less likely to survive in the wild.
Injuries from falling TVs on rise for kids
CHICAGO - Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years, and the injury rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a study found.
Doctors and safety experts say better awareness is needed about the dangers - especially the risks of putting heavier, older-model TV sets on top of dressers and other furniture young children may try to climb on.
Most injuries are to children under 5. Head and neck injuries, including concussions, are the most common.
The study was published online today in the journal Pediatrics.
In 2011, 12,300 children nationwide got emergency treatment for TV-related injuries, compared with 5,455 in 1990. The injury rate nearly doubled, from 0.85 injuries per 10,000 children aged 17 and younger in 1990 to 1.66 per 10,000 in 2011, the study found.
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