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HOUSTON, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hill & Knowlton announced today that Michael J. Moore is joining H&K as a senior vice president and Houston general manager. He will report directly to Dan Bartlett, US president and CEO. Michael will be involved in client service, business development and operations for the Houston office. A Houston resident for more than 30 years, Michael has served as Mayor Bill White's chief of staff during his entire six year term from 2004 to 2009...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sperm whales routinely dive more than two miles below the ocean surface to hunt for giant squid, but a study shows the huge mammals suffer a chronic loss of bone tissue from the bends, a painful condition well-known to human divers. It has long been believed that sperm whales and other deep-diving mammals are immune from decompression illness, or the bends, which human divers encounter when they surface too rapidly and force nitrogen bubbles into their blood and tissues....