The airborne fungus Cryptococcus gattii has already killed fairly healthy six people in the Pacific Northwest and could be headed to California soon.
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His home was surrounded by police. Authorities are reporting this morning that they, at minimum, shot Maurice Clemmons, and at most killed him. Officers surrounded Clemmons’ home in Seattle this morning. He hasn’t been named as a formal suspect. source
Dude’s had a rough couple of months. Markoff, who was arrested in April after allegedly killing an erotic massage therapist he met on Craigslist, has been indicted on seven different charges involving that case and a robbery also involving the online classifieds service. Since we last left Markoff, he’s left grad school, lost his fiance, forced Craigslist to change its policy, indirectly provoked a passionate response out of us and been stuck in jail because he’s been held without bail. Pretty much what you expected. source
That’s what he told his brother in jail Friday. Philip Markoff, whose life turned upside-down pretty quickly, made the comment during his family’s first visit since his arrest. Markoff is in jail accused of attacking one victim he met on Craigslist and murdering another. “It is unclear if he meant more victims or more evidence,” said a law-enforcement official familiar with the case. By the way, his fiancée, Meghan McAllister, has yet to visit him in jail, and word is that the wedding’s off. source
