Board OKs expansion of Calif. toxic waste facility – Miami Herald

Board OKs expansion of Calif. toxic waste facility – Miami Herald
LOS ANGELES — A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town. The Kings County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision to allow Chemical Waste

Experts: NY dog is 1st in nation with swine flu – Forbes
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A dog in suburban New York is the first in the nation confirmed to be carrying the same strain of swine flu that is infecting humans, experts said Tuesday. The 13-year-old mixed breed male, which is recovering, apparently caught the virus from his owner. But Michael San Filippo

Karzai orders investigation into cousin’s slaying – San Francisco Chronicle
American and Afghan relatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast doubt Tuesday on Afghanistan’s move to investigate the slaying of a young Karzai family member, saying the Afghan government does not want to bring the suspected killer to justice in part because of his U.S. military connectons