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By KIM BROWN World Scene Writer Don`t let your house make you sick Is your home trying to tell you something? Whether it is poor ventilation or moldy ceilings in the bathroom, if your home is under the weather, you are most likely the one feeling its symptoms.

Sniffles and sneezes may be some of the symptoms associated with the common cold — but “mite” is the operative word here.

Sniffles and sneezes might be some of the symptoms associated with the common cold -- but, actually, ``mite`` is the operative word here. That`s M-I-T-E, as in dust mites. Dust mites are microscopic organisms that feed on dead skin, animal hair and the like.

Excerpt: Updated at 12:35 a.m. EST, Feb. 23, 2007 At least 70 Iraqis were reported killed today and another 30 wounded in various incidents around the country. Also, the U.S. military reported that an American soldier was shot dead in Baghdad on Tuesday, and today in Diwaniyah one soldier was killed and three others wounded when their Humvee struck a roadside bomb.

Excerpt: Updated at 12:15 a.m. EST, Feb. 24, 2007 At least 40 Iraqis were reported dead today, most of them were found dumped in several cities throughout the country. Another 27 people were wounded. Fridays are relatively quiet because it is the Muslin prayer day and many journalists take the day off. Three American soldiers were also killed. A British soldier was seriously wounded north of Basra when his patrol came under fire.

Excerpt: In their whining, complaining, often maudlin closing arguments, Scooter Libby`s defense counsel averred that the prosecution had "cast a dark cloud over the White House" -- as if that was, in itself, a bad thing, and, in the current context, a very bad thing...

Excerpt: The warhawks might be perfectly charming people. But supporting the troops is not one of their virtues.

Excerpt: The international news media is flooded with images of a woman in a pink headscarf recounting a shattering experience of rape by members of the Iraqi National Police. Most of the coverage has focused on her taboo-breaking decision to speak publicly about the assault, but has ignored the context for understanding�and combating�sexual violence by Iraqi security forces.

Excerpt: A crazy woman stalks the streets near Afghanistan`s parliament. When a warlord`s rocket killed her family during the early 1990s she lost her mind. Now she moves between the cars and people looking for it, another of the living dead trapped in her own private hell.

Excerpt: If, as she insists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is determined to make concrete progress toward achieving George W. Bush`s vision of a two-state solution, one in which Israel would be required to make major territorial concessions, it appears that she faces a major foe in the White House: Elliot Abrams.