Question: Texas man latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria, loses leg
A Texas man is the latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria.

Keith Korth, 44, of Brenham, Texas, lost his leg due to the necrotizing fasciitis, click2houston.com reported.

Korth was on a fishing trip in Port O’Connor this past weekend competing in a tournament, according to family and friends. They believe that is where he contracted the flesh-eating bacteria.

Korth’s leg was amputated two inches above the knee.

Dr. Luis Ostrosky, of UT Health/Memorial Hermann, who did not treat Korth, told the news station it’s important to note that 99 percent of people will not contract a flesh-eating bacteria – it’s that rare.

But the bacteria can seep into a wound as small as a paper cut, he told click2houston.com.

Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston have not commented on Korth’s condition to the TV station.

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A Texas man is the latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria.
Miss Rhode Island leaves hospital after collapsing during Miss America preliminaries
Miss Rhode Island Ivy DePew contestant walks the runway during the swimsuit portion of the preliminary first night of the Miss America pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Sept 9, 2014.AP

Miss Rhode Island is out of the hospital after collapsing onstage during the Miss America pageant's first night of preliminary competition.

Ivy DePew apparently fainted during an awards presentation Tuesday night in Atlantic City.

Pageant officials have not said what was wrong. But a host told the audience that DePew "got a little overheated."

The second round of preliminary competition will take place Wednesday night.

In Tuesday night's preliminary round, Miss Florida Victoria Cowen won the swimsuit competition, while Miss Ohio Mackenzie Bart won the talent competition for a ventriloquism routine.
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Miss Rhode Island is out of the hospital after collapsing onstage during the Miss America pageant's first night of preliminary competition.
House prices fall for second month in a row
Published: 6:38AM GMT 14 Dec 2009

Property asking prices fell for the second month in a row during December as the market suffered its traditional seasonal slowdown, research showed today.

The 2.2pc drop left the average property put up for sale in England and Wales during the four weeks to December 5 nearly £5,000 cheaper at £221,463, according to property website Rightmove.

But despite the fall, which came as the number of homes for sale hit its lowest level for 21 months, house prices are still 1.7pc higher than they were 12 months ago.

All areas of the country saw a fall in asking prices during the month, except East Anglia, where they rose by 0.5pc.

The North saw the biggest price slide at 5.8pc, followed by the North West and South East, both at 4.3pc.

The group said it expected to see a further price drop during the coming month, as winter sellers generally ask for lower prices in a bid to secure a sale.

It is then predicting a burst of activity and price rises in the early spring, before the housing market enters a "more challenging period" after the General Election.

Overall, it thinks asking prices will remain flat during 2010, after rising by around 2pc this year.

But the group expects to see big geographical and socio-economic variations, with desirable areas where there continues to be a shortage of homes for sale seeing further price increases.

Miles Shipside, commercial director of Rightmove, said: "Sales volumes are still set to remain well down on historic norms, with the consequent thin-market danger of relatively small changes in economic fundamentals having a marked impact on asking prices.

"We have already seen how some local markets have been adversely affected by over-supply of property and a lack of mortgage-ready buyers, and more areas could become similarly blighted if forced sales increase later next year as expected."

The group expects only around one million homes to change hands during 2010, half the level seen in 2007.

But it warned that there could be more forced sales during the year, particularly if lenders showed less forbearance to borrowers who are in arrears after the election.

While the housing market is expected to have a subdued year during 2010, the rental one is expected to benefit from rising demand from people who are unable to buy their own home.

At the same time, the supply of rental properties is expected to fall as accidental landlords, who rented out their home after being unable to sell it, put their property on the market again.

Mr Shipside said: "Existing landlords will find themselves in an increasingly privileged position in 2010, where competition from new landlords is frozen out by a dearth of buy-to-let mortgages.

"In addition, tenant demand and landlords rental returns will grow due to demand from those who are unable to buy."
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Answer: Property asking prices fell for the second month in a row during December, 
  according to Rightmove.