On August 4th Raleigh News & Observer announced that the Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms with defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky on a three-year contract.
A North Carolina woman has been charged with
killing her 2 1/2 -year-old daughter after she told a detective that
she shook, kicked and repeatedly punched the adopted Russian child Nina
(Viktoria Bazhenova).
A new analysis based on animal studies
suggests that showering in manganese-contaminated water for a decade or
more could have permanent effects on the nervous system. The damage may
occur even at levels of manganese considered safe by the Environmental
Protection Agency, according to researchers from Wake Forest University
School of Medicine (NC).