Royal Wedding: London Security Forces Brace for Threats

By the time Kate Middleton begins her journey to Westminster Abbey on the morning of April 29, snipers from London’s Metropolitan Police will have taken their positions on rooftops throughout the city. If a bomb explodes along the parade route, police will siphon crowds into areas that have been blocked to traffic, and ambulances will follow predetermined routes to get victims to various hospitals.

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Swayze’s 2 years with pancreatic cancer ‘an accomplishment’

Actor Patrick Swayze’s achievements include several feature films such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” as well as living with advanced pancreatic cancer for longer than most patients. That Swayze, who died Monday at age 57, survived nearly two years with the condition is “quite an accomplishment,” Dr

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Acid spill forces hundreds from Denver hospital, school

Nearly 500 people — including students with serious breathing problems — were evacuated from a Denver, Colorado, hospital and an affiliated school to escape the fumes from a hydrochloric acid spill, according to fire and school officials. Of those evacuated, at least 35 adults and children were taken to other hospitals to be treated for respiratory irritation, said Lt

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