Liberty Gold Corp. Acquires Interest In McCord Creek Gold Project In Prime Alaskan Region

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PHOENIX, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty Gold Corp. (OTCBB: LBGO; "Liberty Gold" and/or "the Company") is pleased to announce it has acquired a 60% interest* in the ~2,218-acre McCord Creek Property gold project in central Alaska's Tolovana Mining District. Liberty Gold will be the project's operator.

The McCord Creek project is comprised of 14 State mining claims located 70 miles northwest of Fairbanks in the Tintina Gold Belt, which has produced nearly 30 million ounces (Moz) of gold to date[1] and has experienced accelerated gold exploration, development, and mining activity over the years.[2]

The McCord Creek property is also located within the eastern extension of the Livengood gold district, and immediately adjoins the eastern side of International Tower Hill Mines' (ITH) Livengood Property. The Money Knob deposit on ITH's Livengood Property represents a resource estimate of 20.6 Moz gold (16.5 Moz Measured & Indicated; 4.1 Moz Inferred),[3] making it one of the largest gold deposits discovered in 20 years.[2] To the southeast of the McCord Creek property is Kinross Gold's Fort Knox mine, which produces over $1 million of gold equivalent per day.[4] Also to the southeast is the Pogo mine, which produced 324,722 troy ounces of gold in 2011.[5]

According to a 2012 technical report by David Adams, B.S., M.S., CPG, Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property exhibits 5 gold-in-soil anomalous zones with the maximum soil value exceeding 100 ppb gold. The 2 largest anomalies lie within the same sedimentary and volcanic package of rocks that contain ITH's Money Knob deposit.[2] All anomalous zones warrant additional exploration to pursue a deposit of similar nature to the Money Knob deposit.

As such, the Company is currently developing an exploration plan to evaluate the prospect's mineral potential. A phased exploration approach involving at least 2 field seasons will be necessary to accomplish an evaluation of the prospect. The target for the McCord Creek property is a dispersed gold system similar to ITH's Money Knob deposit, and possibly a nickel-platinum disseminated deposit. A minimum target size for gold would be 3 to 5 Moz contained in a bulk tonnage grading in the order of 1 gram per tonne (gpt). The potential net present value (NPV) for geological exploration targets of this magnitude is in the order of $1B to $3B.[2]

To the immediate east of Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property, ITH has announced plans calling for drilling 3,000 meters in 10 core holes focused on making new gold deposit discoveries on their Livengood property, with results expected throughout the summer and fall of 2012.[3] ITH's planned initial exploration drill holes lie within ~1 to 2 miles of Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property.

Lynn Harrison, Liberty Gold's President and CEO, commented: "The McCord Creek Property acquisition has enabled us to effectively establish a presence in this proven region of Alaska. Now we can proceed to build on our knowledge of the property's full mineral potential through further exploration and development activities."

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To learn more about the McCord Creek Property, and to read more about the Company and its latest news, visit Liberty Gold's website at http://www.libertygoldcorp.com.

ABOUT LIBERTY GOLD CORP.

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Thou Shall Not Steal, Not Even from the State

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Maybe instead, Spangler, after Kevin Carson and other collectivist anarchists, has very high standards for what it means to homestead land (or property in general), and a very low standard for accepting newcomers as new owners against the claims of previous occupants. I have questioned at length this approach in the past (see for instance my comments on another blog: if these standards mean that you lose rights to any property any time that you stop watching it personally, then it's not much of a property right approach. Are you forfeiting part or all of your property if you invite some people in? If some people move in without your permission? If you go on a trip? If you visit your family? Visit a doctor? Go to the market? Shop at a store (assuming there are any left)? What if you stop watching your belongings while in the bathroom? What if you fall asleep? Can you still claim your property five seconds after it's been seized by newcomers? Five minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Decades?

If somehow any greedy newcomer can seize the property of previous legitimate owners, then this spells the economic death of the society that adopts such standards for the involuntary transfer of ownership, as no one will take pains to create, build, grow, develop, trade, or otherwise produce anything, for that thing would as soon be taken away by the first-come greedy claimant, specialized in looting producers. Unless some loophole is quickly found in such standards and massively exploited, this society will soon be overrun by neighbours with less absurd laws, who will defend their property against the claims of these anti-propertarians, no doubt under complaints by would-be looters that their defence is "violent" and "aggressive." In any case, such rules would imply a considerable regression as compared to the already quite imperfect respect for property rights in current western societies.

Rothbard may have been a great philosopher, economist and historian, but he was far from infallible, and often ventured with miserable results into fields in which he wasn't qualified. In practical politics especially, whether domestic or international, his tentative alliances led him nowhere except to condone criminals and unsavoury people on both sides of the political spectrum. Contra Rothbard, I will thus paraphrase one of my favourite authors:

It is no crime to be ignorant of politics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on political subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.

Of course, the original author of the quote is Rothbard himself, although he was discussing economics, not politics.

Politics is the science of force. Force follows its own laws. The study of force certainly isn't completely unrelated to the study of law, in which Rothbard excelled; but it is nevertheless quite distinct. (I briefly discussed this relationship in my essay Capitalism is the Institution of Ethics.) And so any applicable solution to abolishing monopoly mismanagement of resources should take into account the balance and dynamics of existing forces, and offer a way out that is a win-win proposition to all the existing parties that will partake, and a win-lose proposition for said parties against those that won't. You cannot wish away the costs of politicking and then claim you have an economical solution; you cannot side with some political group and suppose its opposition will magically disappear (if it disappears, it will be through murder); you cannot support violence without expecting a retaliatory escalation of violence.

Now, in all his political endeavours, Rothbard's basic stance has been that the United States government is his first and greatest enemywhich is correctand he therefore supported any enemy of his enemy as his friendwhich is absurd. The czar may have been the first enemy of the Russians he dominated, but in a rivalry between the czar and the Bolsheviks, the latter were hardly the friends of the people, and as tens of millions discovered to their dismay, were several orders of magnitudes more murderous and oppressive a regime than the one that preceded it. Similarly, the US government may be an evil exploiter, but its violent enemies can be a worse threat if they win, and even when they don't, their violent actions cause the situation to become more violent rather than less so. Sometimes, it is better to recognize that you have no dogs in the fight; and sometimes even, it is indeed better to help quickly put to death the rabid dog rather than let it either win or infect the other one.

As such, for instance, Rothbard's infamous praise of the Vietnam communists as enemies of the US government is particularly disingenuous. Rothbard is no authority at all in the realm of politics. In the particular piece linked to by Brad Spangler, he is naive at best in his praise of Tito's policies as an improvement over not just the Stalinist status quo (which they may well be in this particular case; though one should be wary of praising his policies in general, for as a whole they have led his country to civil war), but also the American status quo (which is demonstrably absurd, whichever way you measure things).

The privatization that happened in many countries of Eastern Europe as they abandoned communism, however imperfect, at least recognized some sound principles that Rothbard seems to ignore, and that could be systematized: there have been attempts to return property to previous owners in the few cases when they could be identified; sometimes, the new regime identified a class of legitimate creditors of the State (there is a justification for offering compensation to distinguished victims of State oppression, and for considering currently occupied possessions and promises of future welfare payments, if not as ownership titles of said resources, nevertheless as claims of credit against assets to be liquidated). Otherwise, it was recognized that the remaining capital goods should be distributed among the mass of undistinguished victims, the former taxpayers and oppressed subjects of the State.

One could endlessly argue how much each one should be entitled to as compared to other people; an equal distribution amongst people without a distinguished title is but a good first approximation, and one that is easier than others around which to gather political consensus. Workers and managers in a company were often recognized to have a title to some of its assets, but not all of them (and hopefully, no bigger a share than workers and managers have through stock grants in a typical free-market company); for inasmuch as the capital was provided by taxes and oppression imposed on the population at large, that population has a title to this capital. Basically, as Mencius Moldbug points out, the proper treatment of the State is to declare its bankruptcy and liquidate its assets to the benefit of its victims and other legitimate creditors.

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Could Libertarian Johnson hurt Romney in the West?

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Republican Mitt Romney's bid for the White House, there are the obvious obstacles: namely a sitting president, Democrat Barack Obama, and his massive campaign organization. And then there are the less predictable hurdles - such as Gary Johnson, a self-effacing former New Mexico governor who could complicate Romney's efforts to challenge Obama in New Mexico, Colorado and ...

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Argentina's president urges talks with British over Falkland Islands

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updated 5:23 AM EDT, Fri June 15, 2012

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

Taste of UK 7,000 miles from home

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United Nations (CNN) -- Thirty years after hundreds died in a fight over the disputed Falkland Islands, the Argentine president on Thursday urged Britain to once again try to resolve the conflict -- this time, at the negotiating table.

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Coventry Health Care About To Put More Money In Your Pocket

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/19/12, Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE: CVH) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.125, payable on 7/9/12. As a percentage of CVH's recent stock price of $32.88, this dividend works out to approximately 0.38%. Click here to find out which 9 other stocks going ex-dividend you should know about, at ...

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Health care reform: Issues roundup

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By Hannah Weinberger, Special to CNN

updated 10:13 AM EDT, Fri June 15, 2012

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the health care reform law this month.

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(CNN) -- While many changes to Americans' health care outlined in the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act don't take effect until 2014, a Supreme Court ruling expected this month could stop those changes from coming at all.

The act, often referred to as "Obamacare," is a step toward guaranteeing insurance coverage for all Americans and received enough support to pass in Congress in 2010. However, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on several of its core issues in March. The court may rule on the issues by the end of this month.

Basics: Health care reform issues

No matter the ruling, most Americans will be affected. Here are some of the issues being discussed right now:

Business owners

One hundred and sixty million Americans receive health care from their employers, many of whom set their own rates for their employees. If the court rules against the act, employees might face higher premiums, fewer network providers, higher-deductible plans and more stringent regulations on adding adult dependents.

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Maybe health-care growth is really slowing

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Earlier this week I wrote about new projections on health spending, from the Medicare actuaries. It predicted that health-care cost growth would be slow through 2013 just as it has been in 2010 and 2011 but then start growing faster as the economy recovers.

What I didnt look at there was exactly how much faster, and that turns out to be important. When you crunch the numbers, you find that the Medicare actuaries expect health-care costs to grow 0.9 percent faster than the rest of the economy between 2015 and 2021. For health care, thats actually a relatively low number, especially when you consider what health-care costs growth looked like in the past.

To put that in perspective, a lot of health-care plans often aim to limit health-care cost growth to Gross Domestic Product plus 1 percent, and thats usually seen as a lofty goal. Thats the target Massachusetts is trying to hit in the cost control bill its now debating. And the Medicare actuaries think that could be the road were headed down.

Harvard Universitys David Cutler passes along this chart that shows historical cost growth rates for health care, dating back to 1960.

These numbers suggest that, over the course of five decades, health-care cost growth has come more in line with the overall growth of the economy. There is a blip in the 2000s that as you can see in the above note likely has to do with the economys slower growth during the recession.

Its also worth noting here that the Medicare actuaries tend to overestimate health-care cost growth. They went back and did an analysis of their work recently, and found that they tend to predict costs growth thats 0.4 percent higher than actually occurred. If the Medicare actuaries perform similarly with this report or even if 0.9 percent growth turns out to be the case the country would have the slowest rate of health cost growth that its seen in decades.

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Court ruling won’t alter costs

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The upcoming Supreme Court decision on health care reform will have littleimpact eitherway on the rising cost of health care in the United States, according to a new federal study.

The report by independent economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, estimates that America's annual health care costs are expected to continue to climb over the coming decade, regardless of the fate of health care reform.

By 2021, our annual health care bill is estimated to reach $4.78 trillion if the Affordable Care Act is upheld by the court or $4.72 tillion if the justices toss it out. Both are more than double the $2.8 trillion we're projected to spend onhealth care thisyear.

The findings take some steam out of the election-year rhetoric regarding the immediate economic impact of the Affordable Care Act. Critics claim health care reform will drive up health care costs significantly while supporters claim it will lower costs eventually. The study suggests that the truth lies somewhere in between.

"The growth rate of national health spending is projected to be fairly similar with or without the Affordable Care Act," according to Sean Keehan, lead author on the report.

Between 2014 and 2021, CMS estimates that per-household spending on health insurance premiums will increase 6.8 percent on average every year.

Medicare spending is projected to grow by 6.9 percent annually between 2014 and 2019 as more and more baby boomers sign on. That number would have been worse, the report says, but for provisions in the health care law and a 2011 budget deal that cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program over the coming decade.

At the same time, Medicaid spending is projected to surge 7.3 percent annually as more lower-income Americans qualify for federal health care subsidies. An estimated 30 million uninsured Americans are expected to gain health coverage under the Affordable Care Act beginning in 2014. Many of those will be eligible for Medicaid subsidies that will be available to those making up to four times the federal poverty line, or $92,200 for a family of four.

The report says that after 2014, total health care spending is projected to grow more slowly with health care reform than without, due to the law's "medical loss ratio" provision, which requires insurers to spend at least 80 percent of premiums directly on health care, and a new tax on high-cost "Cadillac plans" scheduled to begin in 2018.

As for the potential cost savings of other health care reform provisions, including establishing Accountable Care Organizations designed to help doctors and hospitals work together more efficiently, Keehan says it's too soon to predict their impact.

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Health care reform issues

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updated 10:13 AM EDT, Fri June 15, 2012

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the health care reform law this month.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- While many changes to Americans' health care outlined in the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act don't take effect until 2014, a Supreme Court ruling expected this month could stop those changes from coming at all.

The act, often referred to as "Obamacare," is a step toward guaranteeing insurance coverage for all Americans and received enough support to pass in Congress in 2010. However, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on several of its core issues in March. The court may rule on the issues by the end of this month.

Basics: Health care reform issues

No matter the ruling, most Americans will be affected. Here are some of the issues being discussed right now:

Business owners

One hundred and sixty million Americans receive health care from their employers, many of whom set their own rates for their employees. If the court rules against the act, employees might face higher premiums, fewer network providers, higher-deductible plans and more stringent regulations on adding adult dependents.

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In Health Care Ruling, Vast Implications for Medicaid

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ENGLAND, Ark. As a construction worker and logger, Bryan L. Mashburn does what he describes as backbreaking, muscle-pulling work, laying concrete foundations for water towers and felling 3,000-pound trees. He has no health insurance, and he tried to avoid going to doctors when he crushed a finger on one occasion and metal shavings flew deep into his eye another time.

Brian Mashburn, 39, is a construction worker and logger without health insurance. Changes in Medicaid scheduled to occur under the new health care law will help people like Mr. Mashburn gain access to affordable health care.

Mr. Mashburn, 39, is exactly the kind of person who stands to benefit from changes in Medicaid scheduled to occur under the new health care law a vast expansion of the program that is expected to add 250,000 people to the rolls here in Arkansas and 17 million across the country.

The expansion of Medicaid if it is upheld by the Supreme Court is among the most significant parts of the law, as it will provide coverage to people with the greatest financial needs. Many health care advocates support the expansion, saying it will allow poor people to receive needed care, while many state officials, especially Republicans, worry that it will bring budget-breaking new costs.

The expansion may also strain the health care system, given the shortage in some places of primary care doctors, who will be vital to expanded coverage.

The Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on the health care law this month, devoted more than an hour of argument to the Medicaid provision.

Arkansas illustrates not only the potential benefits but also the major challenges facing states as they plan for a larger Medicaid program. The state does not have enough doctors and other health care workers to care for all the new beneficiaries, experts say, and state officials worry about the costs.

The expansion of Medicaid is a sea change, and its occurring at the most difficult fiscal time in the history of the program, said the Medicaid director in Arkansas, R. Andrew Allison, who is the president of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. States are preoccupied with the challenge of sustaining the Medicaid program we already have.

Arkansas officials have discussed cutting Medicaid services in the coming year to help close a gap between Medicaid costs and expected state appropriations. The gap up to $400 million represents more than one-fourth of state spending on the program.

Medicaid is jointly financed by the federal government and the states, with Washington paying 50 percent of the costs in higher-income states and about 70 percent in lower-income states like Arkansas. States have historically had leeway to define eligibility and benefits within guidelines set by federal law.

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Unborn genetic tests being perfected at UW for 3K disorders

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With a blood sample from the mother and a swab of saliva from the father scientists could soon be able to screen unborn babies for more than 3,000 genetic disorders.

Currently the only routine test if for Downs Syndrome.

This might give peace of mind if they dont find problems. On the other hand what do you do about problems? Can you treat them? Will lit lead to more abortions? said CNN Medical Correspondent Dr. Bruce Hensel.

Scientists at the University of Washington were able to map the genetics of a fetus with 99 percent accuracy. The breakthrough can detect genetic mutations like if a child is predisposed to cancer.

If you think of a genome as a book and a healthy person has two copies of every chapter. We are trying to pick up the typos and single words on a single page, explained UW researcher Dr. Jay Shendure.

Some of the mutations are certain, telling if a child will be born with a disability. Others are less certain, indicating a baby has a greater likelihood of developing a disorder.

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Research and Markets: Gene Therapy – Global Strategic Business Report – 2012

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g2sg6b/gene_therapy_glo) has announced the addition of the "Gene Therapy - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

This report analyzes the Global market for Gene Therapy in US$ Million. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2017. The report profiles 98 companies including many key and niche players such as:

- AnGes MG, Inc.

- BioSante Pharmaceuticals

- GenVec

- Oxford BioMedica

- Shenzhen SiBiono GeneTech Co., Ltd.

- Transgene

- Vical Inc

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14 free events | June 16-22

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Classical fans line up outside St. James Cathedral for a Rush Hour Concerts gig.

Summer is officially in full swing, and what better way to celebrate the warm weather than by getting out in the city? TOC has 14 free events lined up, so you can experience all Chicago has to offer this season without going broke. Enjoy!

Saturday 16

Planet Earth Performance 10pm, Late Bar With a track record stretching back to 1994, Dave Roberts's Planet Earth night is a Chicago staple. His new wave selections have taken him from Club Foot to Exit to Neo. It's now found a permanent home here.

Sunday 17

"Bang!" with DJ Terry Hunter 10pm, The Shrine Rising out of the South Side in the early 90s, DJ Terry Hunter has been synonymous with Chicago house ever since. The past few years have seen a lot of action between him and Masters at Works Kenny Dope, but at this Sunday residency, its all Hunter.

Monday 18

Show Tunes Night8pm-2am, Sidetrack BarGet showered in napkins, scream at Madonna's Eva Peron or just whistle along to Wicked at this culty, reverent and usually bustling Broadway tribute night.

Chances Dances 9pm, SubterraneanAccept no substitutes. This mega-inclusive party kicked off a renaissance in indie queer nightlife and is still thriving more than five years later. Always free, always fun.

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Payments to eugenics victims looking doubtful

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Published: Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 6:59 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 6:59 p.m.

Potential compensation of the state's victims of involuntary sterilization is tangled in a web of politics and General Assembly rules, putting its passage in question during this year's legislative session.

As a result, the budget negotiations process between the state House and Senate may be the best if not only hope remaining for living victims of the state's former eugenics movement who hope to receive cash payments in the coming fiscal year.

"While this isn't the most desirable outcome, it might be the most politically feasible one that will allow for its implementation this year," said Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., D-Durham, a primary proponent of victim compensation.

In an interview with reporters Thursday afternoon, Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said compensation for eugenics victims likely would be among the issues discussed as the House and Senate meet to iron out the differences between their versions of the budget during the next several days. Among the other issues will be Berger's controversial education reform package.

The Senate budget passed this week without compensation for survivors of the movement, which sterilized thousands of state residents last century. The House budget included money for one-time, tax-free payments of $50,000 per victim. Questions have arisen in both chambers about whether $50,000 is too much.

Berger said he personally would support compensation for living victims but said Senate Republicans have concerns about the timing and the proposed payment amount. Democrats, he said, had years to pay victims when they controlled the Legislature, in better times for the state economically.

"Never once did they pass a bill," he said. "Never once did they appropriate a dollar. Why now when we're in the deepest recession that we've seen in our lifetimes?"

It also became clear Thursday that there may not be enough votes in the Senate to pass a eugenics compensation bill outside of the budget process, meaning a special budget provision part of a deal between House and Senate Republicans may be the only option. Earlier this month, the House passed a standalone measure to place about $10 million in a fund to compensate victims but the Senate hasn't touched it.

Republican state Sens. Thom Goolsby and Bill Rabon both said Thursday that they don't support payments to victims in the coming budget year.

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10 Massachusetts beaches closed to swimming

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BOSTON -- State environmental officials have closed 10 South Shore beaches to swimmers after testing showed elevated bacteria counts in the water due to recent heavy rains.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Conservation and Recreation says the beaches in Quincy, Duxbury, Hull and Marshfield will be tested again on Friday.

In Duxbury, Residents Beach had 30 times the recommended level of bacteria according to a Save the Harbor/Save the Bay spokesman.

Beaches are tested on a regular basis during warm weather months to ensure the water is safe for swimming. High levels of bacteria in the water are not uncommon after heavy rain.

More than an inch of rainfall was recorded in the past 10 days.

Bacteria in the water can cause upset stomachs, diarrhea, rashes, or earaches.

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BOSTON (AP) - State environmental officials have closed 10 South Shore beaches to swimmers after testing showed elevated bacteria counts in the water due to recent heavy rains.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Conservation and Recreation says the beaches in Quincy, Duxbury, Hull and Marshfield will be tested again on Friday.

In Duxbury, Residents Beach had 30 times the recommended level of bacteria according to a Save the Harbor/Save the Bay spokesman.

Beaches are tested on a regular basis during warm weather months to ensure the water is safe for swimming. High levels of bacteria in the water are not uncommon after heavy rain.

More than an inch of rainfall was recorded in the past 10 days.

Bacteria in the water can cause upset stomachs, diarrhea, rashes, or earaches.

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BOSTONState environmental officials have closed 10 South Shore beaches to swimmers after testing showed elevated bacteria counts in the water due to recent heavy rains.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Conservation and Recreation says the beaches in Quincy, Duxbury, Hull and Marshfield will be tested again on Friday.

In Duxbury, Residents Beach had 30 times the recommended level of bacteria according to a Save the Harbor/Save the Bay spokesman.

Beaches are tested on a regular basis during warm weather months to ensure the water is safe for swimming. High levels of bacteria in the water are not uncommon after heavy rain.

More than an inch of rainfall was recorded in the past 10 days.

Bacteria in the water can cause upset stomachs, diarrhea, rashes, or earaches.

Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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