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Illinois lawmakers pass law to make Obama’s birthday a state holiday

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state of Illinois will be getting another holiday on its calendar: a day to honor former President Barack Obama’s birthday. The bill which names Aug. 4 an honorary holiday passed 87-0 Friday in the state House. The state Senate passed the law in March. It is on the way to the Republican governor for him to sign,  The Associated Press reported . Obama started his public career in the Illinois Senate in 1997. He served in the U.S. Senate in 2004 before running and eventually winning the presidency. United States former President Barack Obama salutes after giving his speech at the "Seeds&Chips - Global Food Innovation" summit, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Obama delivered a keynote speech on food security and the environment, two issues that he has long worked on. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Light’ cigarettes make SMOKERS more VULNERABLE to most common LUNG CANCER

'Light' cigarettes can make smokers more vulnerable to most common lung cancer Researchers investigated why rates of adenocarcinoma, a cancer that occurs deep in the lungs, had increased over the last 50 years. During same period, the number of people developing other forms of lung cancer had fallen in relation to more smokers quitting tobacco.

Zimbabwean Pastor, Paul Sanyangore “Calls God On Phone” During Service

We’ve heard of a pastor spraying congregants with insecticide. We’ve also heard of a pastor who asked his members to eat grass and another who made them drink rat poison. The latest religious stunt

World Health Organization Suspects A Fourth Person Died Of Ebola In Congo

A fourth person is believed to have died of Ebola in an outbreak of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. The WHO first confirmed the discovery of the new outbreak on May 12, after a 39-year-old man who had died on his way to the hospital in a remote region of Bas-Uele province in late April was confirmed to have suffered from the deadly disease. 

World Health Organization is OPTIMISTIC, controlling the EBOLA outbreak in Democratic Republic of CongoC

The World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good.