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Washington state public health officials are trying to track down at least 2,000 people who may have been exposed to the measles at a church event in March, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Three members of a Grant County family who attended the Generation Church Conference in Kirkland, Wash., in …

PARIS – Investigators at Societe Generale SA say they suspect former futures trader Jerome Kerviel was helped by an assistant to cover up massive trading positions that led to a multibillion dollar loss. They say the French bank’s management failures and culture of risk-taking were partly to blame for failing …

NEW YORK – Several leading child welfare groups Tuesday urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a “colorblind” approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families. Recommendations for major changes in the much-debated policy were outlined …