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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The parent company of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus says the prognosis of eight acrobats who fell during an aerial performance yesterday hasn't been determined, but they hope to return to the show. A spokesman says the women suffered broken bones and other injuries when they plunged about 30 feet while performing in Rhode Island. The public safety commissioner in Providence told a radio station (WPRO) that a clamp for the rigging that held the women to the rafters snapped.
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — Health officials say they expect the first American infected with a mysterious virus from the Middle East to be released soon from an Indiana hospital. The man, who worked in health care in Saudi Arabia, has been hospitalized since April 28 with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Indiana heath officials say no health workers or family members who've had contact with the patient have tested positive for the virus. The respiratory illness has killed more than 100 people and sickened at least 400 in the past two years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it's OK to open a public meeting with prayers that stress Christianity, as long as there's no effort to proselytize or denigrate non-Christians. Today's 5-4 decision arose from complaints about meetings in the upstate New York town of Greece, where nearly every council meeting over an 11-year span opened with prayers that stressed Christianity. The town has few non-Christian places of worship.
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola says it will drop a controversial ingredient not only from Powerade, but from a variety of its drinks. It says it will replace brominated vegetable oil with other ingredients that serve the same purpose, which is to prevent certain ingredients from separating. BVO was the target of a petition by a Mississippi teenager. PepsiCo removed it from Gatorade last year.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal government efforts to make school lunches healthier are running into resistance from some school nutrition directors. They say the menu requirements are expensive, difficult to implement and, after all that, kids won't eat them. They say too often, fruits, vegetables and low-sodium, whole-grain foods just wind up in the trash can. Some schools say they need more flexibility and more time to get kids used to healthier fare.
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