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India's health minister announced that 2,900 suspected cases of dengue fever have been reported in the country, with the death toll currently at 38. Female Aedes mosquitoes transmit dengue, whose symptoms include high fever, joint pain, headache, and vomiting. Outbreaks of dengue come at the end of monsoon season, when puddles of stagnant water allow for mosquitoes to breed. India's annual outbreak normally dies off in November.

DEFINITION: (noun) The top stone of a structure or wall. SYNONYMS: stretcher, coping stone, copestone. USAGE: When the structure's capstone was finally in place, the builders threw themselves a party to celebrate their achievement.

Lemieux is considered one of the greatest players in National Hockey League history. As center for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he won two Stanley Cup titles and frequently vied with Wayne Gretzky for scoring titles in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is one of only nine players to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame without the mandatory three-year post-retirement waiting period. What are the nicknames given to him by the media?

Founded in 1969, PBS is a non-profit, private corporation which is owned collectively by its member stations and largely funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), itself funded mainly by federal appropriations. All of the programming carried by PBS, whether news, documentary, or entertainment, is created by (or in most cases produced under contract with) individual member stations. Why did Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the chair of the CPB board, resign in 2005?

The Taj Mahal, a monument located in Agra, India, is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian Islamic architecture. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan ordered it built as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The building's white marble exterior is inlaid with semiprecious stones arranged in Arabic inscriptions, floral designs, and arabesques. What is the origin of the Taj Mahal's name?