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A man has been charged with murdering a transsexual prostitute more than 10 years ago.

- Prostitute murder court hearing

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp introduced a new flash storage drive on Wednesday that also automatically backs up data to the Internet.

- SanDisk flash drive to offer automatic Web storage

A new study of nearly 600 people with hay fever symptoms, including sneezing, watery eyes and runny and itchy noses, found that workers missed an hour of work per week during peak hay fever season. [click link for full article]

- Hay Fever Can Send Work Productivity Down The Drain

If temperatures soar this summer, many nuclear plants could face a dilemma: Either cut output or break environmental rules.

- Climate change puts nuclear energy into hot water

British retailers say soft penalties and “weak sentencing” have led to a big increase in shoplifting.

- Penalty fines ‘boost shoplifting’

A Royal Welsh soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq is remembered as the “heart and soul of his platoon”.

- ‘Heart and soul’ soldier killed

In a scene reminiscent of Oliver Sacks’ book Awakenings, doctors have managed to partially rekindle the mind of a man who had been in a minimally conscious state for six years.

- Doctors ‘Awaken’ Man 6 Years After Severe Brain Injury

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Footballer Teddy Sheringham denies he gave false details to police in response to an alleged speeding offence.

- Sheringham denies police lie

Federal investigators said there were similarities between a fire this week at a suburban Houston manufacturing plant and the blasts last month at a Dallas gas facility that shot fiery debris in the city?s downtown area. The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it would investigate an acetylene fire Tuesday at the Hughes Christensen Company, a manufacturer of oil drilling bits, that the agency said forced the evacuation of 800 employees. At Southwest Industrial Gases Inc. in Dallas on July 25, three people were hurt when a chain reaction of exploding acetylene tanks sent cylinders shooting like missiles into the sky. In both cases, the board said a delivery trailer from Western International Gas and Cylinders Inc. appeared to be involved. Bob Schubert, a spokesman for the company, based in Bellville, said the company was cooperating with the authorities.

- Texas: Similarities Seen in Houston Fire and Dallas Explosions

Democratic presidential candidates former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) on Friday at an annual conference sponsored by the National Urban League said that they support universal health insurance for children, Long Island Newsday reports (Evans, Long Island Newsday, 7/28). [click link for full article]

- Democratic Presidential Candidates Express Support For Universal Health Insurance For Children At National Urban League Conference

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt (R) on Monday signed legislation (SB 577) that establishes MO HealthNet, which will replace the state’s Medicaid program, the Springfield Business Journal reports. The goal of the $6 billion program is to shift the focus of state-funded health care to prevention and early detection of diseases, according to a news release from the governor’s office. [click link for full article]

- Missouri Governor Signs Bill To Enact New State Health Care Program

It’s yet another example of how a good thing can go bad: Researchers have found evidence in laboratory studies that ‘good’ cholesterol, renowned for its ability to protect against heart disease, can undergo detrimental changes in protein composition that make it ‘bad’ for the heart. [click link for full article]

- The Most Detailed Analysis To Date Of The Protein Composition Of HDL And Why Good Cholesterol Goes Bad

Five people are arrested after a haul of weapons and chemicals are found at two properties.

- Five arrested over weapons haul