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6 killed by brain-eating amoeba
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PHOENIX -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer
amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks
the brain, where it feeds until you die.
Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are
extraordinarily rare, it has killed six boys and young men this
year. The surge in cases has alarmed health officials, and they are
predicting more.
"This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael
Beach, a specialist in recreational waterbor...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Brain-eating amoeba killed 6 swimmers this year
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; PHOENIX -- It seemed like a headache, nothing more. But when painkillers and a trip to the emergency room didn't fix Aaron Evans, the 14-year-old asked his dad if he was going to die. "No, no," David Evans remembers saying. "We didn't know. And here I am: I come home and I'm burying him," the
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London Bridge Spans Tranquil Lake Havasu On the Arizona Border
Chicago Sun-Times
; LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. "Step right up. Glide under world-famous London Bridge. Enjoy the wonders of Lake Havasu!" Like a circus barker, Capt. Claude beckons tourists aboard his cruise boat for a 45-minute trip up and down Lake Havasu bordering Arizona and California. Teasing passengers to get their
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME - COURTESY OF LAKE HAVASU.(Travel)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Marlene McLean Greer San Gabriel Valley Tribune Our kayaks floated past the beautiful red rock mountains with their jagged peaks and unusual rock formations with names like Leaping Dolphin and Praying Indian, and glided into the calmer backwaters of the Colorado River. Away from the
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City approves Lake Havasu stadium proposal.(NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM THE WORLD OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT)
Watercraft World
; Arizona's Lake Havasu took another step to solidify its moniker as the PWC capital of the world in late January. The Lake Havasu City Council voted unanimously to approve a proposal for a new state-of-the-art personal watercraft race stadium and safety and training center. (The city) is aware that
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Far from anywhere, a city blooms in the Arizona desert The weather is hot along Lake Havasu, but area's growth is even hotter
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; There really is no reason for this city to exist. First, foremost and above all, there's the heat. Mind-boggling, thermometer-busting, brain-baking, you-must-be-kidding heat. Summertime temperatures around 120 degrees. Overnight lows in the 80s. A relentless, endless dry sauna from May into
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