...12 people to area hospitals, including four people taken by helicopter, according to Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department spokesman Robert Rasa. He said several people refused treatment at the scene and all the wounds were consistent with stabbing...
...number of hospitalizations due to flu also was down last week - 208, compared with 476 the week before. Health Department spokesman Doug Schultz says it will be another week before officials know if the flu season has peaked in Minnesota, But...
...confirm three cases of a rare fungal meningitis linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain. State Health Department spokesman Buddy Ferguson says like the previous two cases, the latest case in Minnesota is a woman in her 40s. In all three...
...of emails."In every instance cited here, a federal judge authorized the law enforcement activity," Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said. "As criminals increasingly use new and more sophisticated technologies, the use of orders issued...
...says the number of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in the state linked to tainted steroids has risen to five. Department spokesman Buddy Ferguson said he did not immediately have details on the fifth case. The higher number was reported Monday...
...department says at least 40 people have gotten sick after eating at the Greysolon Ballroom last weekend. Health department spokesman Doug Schultz said Friday the investigation is ongoing and there could be additional cases. The Duluth News Tribune...
...to Minnesota's state government shutdown, despite a last-minute insert in the state budget.Transportation Department spokesman Kevin Gutknecht said contractors can seek payment for costs related to the 20-day government stoppage in July...
...conducted hundreds of closed hearings, but it is impossible to know because there has been so much secrecy." Justice Department spokesman Dan Nelson said department attorneys would have no immediate comment.
...the Obama administration is right to stick to its policy of not rewarding North Korea for bad behavior, as State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley put it on Monday. Both the Bush and Clinton administrations offered the North political and economic...
...well have completed his ethnic cleansing. ''We could move the Apaches there extremely quickly,'' Defense Department spokesman Kenneth Bacon said. ''But right now, we are concentrating on primarily the humanitarian aid.'' Airlift capacity...
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