2008 hopefuls focus on West

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 06:03:21 -0500

NEWS

China tries to get people clear of flooding danger
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Chinese officials scrambled Tuesday to move nearly 160,000 people away
from a swollen mountain lake that could flood communities recovering
from a deadly earthquake.

2008 hopefuls focus on West
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Analysts on both sides have begun calculating the state-by-state
matchups between Obama and McCain.

Childhood lead exposure linked to adult crime
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In what may be the strongest link yet between lead exposure and crime
rates, researchers at the University of Cincinnati on Tuesday released
new evidence, spanning more than 20 years, that draws a direct
relationship between the amount of lead in a child's blood and the
likelihood he or she will commit crimes as an adult.

MONEY

Luxury vehicles dominate total quality survey
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Luxury brands once again dominated an annual U.S. automobile quality
survey taken this year by a California research company, but total
quality dropped for the first time in four years, the company said.

Child health care varies widely among states
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Only 46% of kids visit the doctor and dentist at least once a year in
Idaho, but 75% of Massachusetts children do. Infant mortality rates are
2.5 times higher in the District of Columbia than in Maine. And South
Carolina kids are 5.7 times as likely to wind up in the hospital for
asthma as those in Vermont.