October 21, 2008

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Don't let the bedbugs bite (Isthmus)

Joseph Lancman thinks the little buggers may be a bigger problem than most people realize. He's right. In August, after finishing work on his Ph.D. in biological sciences from the UW-Madison, Lancman moved into a new apartment. His bed became infested with bedbugs, a once-common pest that's enjoying a worldwide resurgence. Lancman tried to get rid of the small, wingless insects, which like to …

Bedbugs Reported Again At Goucher Housing (WBAL-TV Baltimore)

Goucher College said that only weeks after students at one off-campus housing location had to be relocated because of bedbugs, the creatures have been reported at the hotel where the students were moved.

A Taste for Blood (New York Times)

Across the evolutionary tree, nature?s born phlebotomists have a difficult, dangerous meal plan.

A taste for blood (International Herald Tribune)

Across the evolutionary tree, nature's born bloodsuckers have a difficult, dangerous meal plan.

Site navigation (Rochdale Observer)

MORE than 6,500 complaints of pest infestation were made to the council between the summers of 2005 and 2007. There were also almost 4,500 reports of rodent infestations.

Motel cited for violations, including leaks, bedbugs (Ventura County Star)

Five rooms at a Ventura motel on Thompson Boulevard were yellow-tagged this week for substandard housing violations, including bedbugs and water leaks, authorities said.

Celizic: Manny must dump Boras to be a happy Dodger (MSNBC)

Celizic: In a town where celebrities are as thick as bedbugs in a flophouse mattress, Manny Ramirez stands out. In just over two months, he took over Los Angeles.

Family Evicted After Complaining About Bedbugs (KCTV 5 Kansas City)

A family new to the area say they complained about what was crawling in their sheets at a Kansas City motel and then found themselves evicted.

Pest control companies report a growing problem with bedbugs (Wahoo Newspaper)

Gail Banach will remember one thing about her visit to Omaha. Not the shopping. Not the restaurants. Not even the zoo. No, Banach, of Syracuse, N.Y., will remember the bedbugs.

Bedbugs should be declared a health hazard: councillor (CBC Toronto)

A Toronto municipal councillor wants the city's health board to take steps to declare the growing problem of bedbugs a "health hazard."

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Late breaking news

Don't let the bedbugs bite (Isthmus)

Joseph Lancman thinks the little buggers may be a bigger problem than most people realize. He's right. In August, after finishing work on his Ph.D. in biological sciences from the UW-Madison, Lancman moved into a new apartment. His bed became infested with bedbugs, a once-common pest that's enjoying a worldwide resurgence. Lancman tried to get rid of the small, wingless insects, which like to …

Bedbugs Reported Again At Goucher Housing (WBAL-TV Baltimore)

Goucher College said that only weeks after students at one off-campus housing location had to be relocated because of bedbugs, the creatures have been reported at the hotel where the students were moved.

A taste for blood (International Herald Tribune)

Across the evolutionary tree, nature's born bloodsuckers have a difficult, dangerous meal plan.

A Taste for Blood (New York Times)

Across the evolutionary tree, nature?s born phlebotomists have a difficult, dangerous meal plan.

Site navigation (Rochdale Observer)

MORE than 6,500 complaints of pest infestation were made to the council between the summers of 2005 and 2007. There were also almost 4,500 reports of rodent infestations.

Motel cited for violations, including leaks, bedbugs (Ventura County Star)

Five rooms at a Ventura motel on Thompson Boulevard were yellow-tagged this week for substandard housing violations, including bedbugs and water leaks, authorities said.

Family Evicted After Complaining About Bedbugs (KCTV 5 Kansas City)

A family new to the area say they complained about what was crawling in their sheets at a Kansas City motel and then found themselves evicted.

Celizic: Manny must dump Boras to be a happy Dodger (MSNBC)

Celizic: In a town where celebrities are as thick as bedbugs in a flophouse mattress, Manny Ramirez stands out. In just over two months, he took over Los Angeles.

Pest control companies report a growing problem with bedbugs (Wahoo Newspaper)

Gail Banach will remember one thing about her visit to Omaha. Not the shopping. Not the restaurants. Not even the zoo. No, Banach, of Syracuse, N.Y., will remember the bedbugs.

Bedbugs should be declared a health hazard: councillor (CBC Toronto)

A Toronto municipal councillor wants the city's health board to take steps to declare the growing problem of bedbugs a "health hazard."

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