Columbia Disaster Report Faults NASA Culture and Safety Practices
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board found NASA's safety culture flawed and warned another catastrophe is likely without drastic changes. It criticized conflicting goals of cost, schedule and safety, lack of independent safety programs, and used of sleight of hand to downplay foam strikes. NASA pledged reforms as Bush and O’Keefe urged continued space exploration.
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NASA
Columbia
Texas
Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Space Agency
John Barry
Sean O'Keefe
Bush
Woman seeks birth mother in long awaited reunion
Joyce Gamm keeps mementos in her Aiken office while awaiting contact with Karen her birth mother who gave her up 45 years ago. A Montreal Social Services worker located Karen in July but she has not agreed to meet Joyce and she is separated from her husband.
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Rob Novit
Joyce Gamm
Gamm
Aiken
American Express
University of South Florida
Karen
Debra Lynn
Social Services
Montreal
Joyce
South Carolina lottery funds to back tissue research alliance
South Carolina's three universities USC Clemson and MUSC will jointly raise private dollars to match $6 million in lottery funds for a regenerative medicine project. The plan creates the South Carolina Center for Regenerative Medicine under the endowed chair program aimed at attracting top sciences and boosting high tech business.
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Jerry Odom
Odom
Pump prices rise in Aiken as relief hopes fade
Gas prices in Aiken increase to 1.51 to 1.55 per gallon for regular and 1.71 to 1.75 for premium. AAA Carolinas official Tom Crosby notes prices near year’s record while residents report travel plans affected and local businesses worry about higher fuel costs for fleets.
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Tom Crosby
AAA
Quinstone Merritt
Tennessee
Tony Morone
Cherokee Construction
Columbia
Morone
Shell
York
Dark chocolate may lower blood pressure in small study
A German study in JAMA reports thirteen adults with mild hypertension ate 3-ounce chocolate bars daily for two weeks. Half received dark chocolate, suggesting potential BP reduction but requiring larger trials.
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Franz Messerli
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans
Dark chocolate may benefit heart health says study
A new study finds dark chocolate with higher cocoa content may protect arteries and reduce clotting risks. Flavonoids in chocolate could guard the heart from oxygen damage and help prevent heart attack or stroke, per Journal of the American Medical Association and the Chocolate Information Center.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Chocolate Information Center
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