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Illinois town to bury slain officer as police hunt killers

An 18-mile procession beginning after Gliniewicz’s funeral will wind its way from Fox Lake, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Chicago, through Lake County. The procession will end at Hillside East Cemetery in Antioch, where Gliniewicz will be buried. Gliniewicz, a decorated 30-year veteran of the Fox Lake Police Department and the father of four boys who was known around the village as “G.I. Joe,” was killed on Tuesday.

Obama orders government contractors to offer paid sick leave

By Jeff Mason and Lucia Mutikani BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday ordered government contractors to offer their workers seven days of paid sick leave a year and, without naming them, knocked Republican presidential candidates for advocating what he said were anti-union policies. Obama signed an executive order on sick leave during a flight on Air Force One to Boston, where he spoke at a union event. The

'5 Ways I Stay Positive Living With Epilepsy'

Epilepsy has one job, and one job only. To attempt to make our lives a living hell. We have one job too as epilepsy fighters. To return the favor. You see, I refuse to allow epilepsy to steal, kill and destroy my joy in life. Sure, epilepsy is here and it’s going to be here for a time. However, I’ve got my life to live and I’m going to live

Polio resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea: WHO

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Cases of a crippling vaccine-derived polio virus could spread in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and in Mali after a Guinean toddler traveled to Mali and became the country’s first polio case in more than four years, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Two cases were reported in Ukraine last week.. Preliminary tests showed the 19-month-old was paralyzed on July 20, seven days before being brought

Glowing in the dark, GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight

British scientists say they have genetically modified chickens in a bid to block bird flu and that early experiments show promise for fighting off the disease that has devastated the U.S. poultry and egg industries. Health regulators around the world have yet to approve any animals bred as genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for use in food because of long-standing safety and environmental concerns. Bird flu has become a global concern