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Bedbug hoax rattles school

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 12:33pm

AUGUSTA, Ky. -- Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.

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Sanctions, fines imposed on assisted-living facilities in Fla.

Mary Ellen Klas, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:47pm

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After years of failing to crack down on abuse and neglect in Florida’s homes for the elderly and disabled, the state agency that regulates assisted-living facilities quietly imposed sanctions and $125,000 in fines on 46 of the worst abusers in May in response to an investigation by McClatchy Newspapers.

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April 2, 2011 -- The Florida Canine Academy trains dogs to sniff out bedbugs. They have a mock hotel room. (SHNS photo by Jim Damaske / St. Petersburg Times)

Bedbug-sniffing dogs do battle against spreading scourge

Joey Flechas, St. Petersburg Times

Last updated Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 1:34pm

SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. -- Jet scurried into the room, eyes wide open and tongue hanging out of his mouth as he panted. The white and brown rat terrier knew it was time to eat -- but lunch was not served. He had to earn it.

Obeying his trainer, he calmly walked around a carousel of plastic containers with blue lids. He sniffed a series of small plastic containers one at a time until the scent of one made him quickly sit up, like a soldier being called to attention.

"Show me," said his trainer, Steve Price.

Jet lowered his nose to the lid of the container to show Price that he can quickly sniff out what it usually takes humans hours to find: bedbugs.

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