Tuesday, May 13, 2003|
A New Age of Germs Mercury News by Seth Borenstein
Get used to SARS, West Nile, hantavirus, Ebola, Nipah, Hendra, AIDS and other nasty infectious diseases. Health experts say we're living in a new age of infections. 11:30:53 PM 
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U.S. Adds a Little Color to $20 Bills
Treasury and Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday formally unveiled the design for a revamped and more colorful $20 bill, as the United States attempts to stay ahead of ever more sophisticated counterfeiters. It was ironic to find this next to an Office Depot ad for printer supplies!
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Verizon Provides Customers Free Wi-FI Access In NYC
A service launched Tuesday by Verizon Communications Inc. that gives its Internet customers free wireless access in New York could accelerate the industry's plans for the burgeoning technology. 2:31:41 PM
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Saudi Arabia On The Brink
The suicide bombings in Riyadh which killed more than 25 people and injured scores more late Monday night are indicators of the dangerous level of anti-Western and anti-government fervour gripping Saudi Arabia, say Middle East commentators. 11:04:19 AM
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Pfizer Compound May Find SARS Drug. A laboratory study in Germany suggests that a drug now being tested for treating the common cold could be modified to treat SARS, a respiratory virus that has killed at least 577 people worldwide, and which has no known treatment. The compound, known only by its laboratory name AG7088, is not likely to itself be a treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome, said Rolf Hilgenfeld of the University of Luebeck in Germany, who led the study. [Source: BioSpace] 10:11:19 AM
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