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Tuesday, 25 April 2006
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David Pescovitz:
A massive hole suddenly opened up in the kitchen of an Alta, California home, swallowing the owner and killing him. From CNEWS:
Authorities say the home, built in the 1980s, may have been sitting atop a decades-old underground mine. Recent rains could have softened the ground under the home, in an isolated area near Lake Alta.
"It's unbelievable," Placer County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Dena Erwin said. "From the front of the house, it's absolutely normal. Then, in the middle of the house, is this enormous hole."
Funny, I was in a friend's kitchen recently discussing the possibility of this very thing happening to us as we spoke!
Link (via Fortean Times)
[Boing Boing]
9:51:53 AM 
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Diabetes Australia in WA has welcomed a recommendation by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) that the long-acting insulin Lantus be placed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The PBAC has recommended it be added to the scheme in an unrestricted capacity.
If the Federal Government agrees , it will bring the cost of Lantus down from $106 per phial to just under $30.
[ABC News: Health]
9:41:54 AM
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Last update: 4/5/06; 7:30:56 AM.
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