US troops, kin face cuts in base services (Park Hills Daily Journal)

February 8th, 2010
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Soldiers and their families on Army bases around the country could see cutbacks in trash pickup, lawn-mowing and other services as the military tries to hold down non-war spending while escalating the fight in Afghanistan.

Investigators search for answers to deadly phosphine gas poisoning (KSL Salt Lake City)

February 8th, 2010
A 4-year-old Layton girl died over the weekend from what's believed to have been exposure to a gas used to kill rodents. Now her 15-month-old sister is in intensive care for the same thing, and investigators still don't know how the gas leaked into their home.

Up for the challenge (Gold Coast News)

February 8th, 2010
PURE GOLD Local Sport Local People LAWN BOWLS: Top Premier League Bowls side Helensvale will lose more than half its playing squad this week to the Australian Open bowls tournament in Victoria.

Breathing new life into an old therapy (The Intelligencer)

February 8th, 2010
Two Bucks County hospitals are adding hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy as part of wound care programs. The practice of treating disease or injury with highly pressured air dates to the 17th century.

First ladies’ causes: Dolley’s orphanage and more (AP via Yahoo! News)

February 8th, 2010
A look at some first ladies past and their causes: