Train collision kills 110 people in Bangladesh
In Mandi Khan, Bangladesh, a fast passenger train collided head-on with a mail train while carrying pilgrims to a religious festival. Officials report at least 110 dead, about 1,000 injured, with many bodies buried under wreckage and operations paused to clear debris. The disaster follows three major incidents in six months amid floods and cyclones.
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Mandi Khan
Bangladesh
Sunil Daniel
Susanna
White inflatable roof covers Nimes arena interior
In a historic venue, a white inflatable roof rises to shelter performers and spectators while preserving the exterior of the 1,900-year-old Nimes arena. The structure provides modern cover without altering its ancient facade.
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Nimes
Weather Outlook: Sunny Skies With Upper 30s Temperature
The forecast calls for today to reach the upper 30s with becoming mostly sunny and tonight clear with lows in the 20s. A-8 provides the details.
Blaze orange law credited with safer Virginia hunting season
In Richmond, authorities say Virginia’s blaze orange hunter safety law produced a record safe season with only three hunting deaths, down from a long-term average of 12. Accidental woundings fell to 47, the third lowest on record as Capt. Herbert Foster notes the program’s success. Legislators Shirley Cooper and Daniel Bird Jr. led the push for the mandate.
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Richmond
Virginia
Herbert Foster
State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Blaze Orange
Patio
Foster
Del
Shirley F. Cooper
D-York
Daniel W. Bird Jr
D-Wythe
Maternity wards boost security at Princeton facility
After last year's baby abduction at Cabell Huntington Hospital concerns rose across hospitals about nursery security. Anita Webb of Princeton Community Hospital cites implemented measures including OB staff dress changes and higher security visibility. At PCH and Bluefield Community Hospital parents are warned and nurses wear IDs while mothers are urged not to hand their babies to strangers, even with ID.
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Princeton
Cabell- Huntington Hospital
Huntington
Anita Webb
Princeton Community Hospital
Cabell-Huntington
C.A. Littlejohn, Jr
PCH
Littlejohn
Bluefield Community Hospital
Barbara Bird
BCH
Caperton to Deliver Inauguration Speech in Charleston
Gov elect Gaston Caperton will give a 10 to 15 minute inauguration address at noon after taking office from Gov Arch Moore. About 5,000 attend, weather near 40 with sun. Oath by Oliver Kessel, reception in the Capitol rotunda, inaugural ball at the Charleston Civic Center.
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Charleston
Arch Moore
Administration
Ken Hechler
Moore
Ed Esposito
Hechler
Esposito
Gaston Caperton
Caperton
Capitol
Moores
Capertons
Governor’s
National Weather Service
Supreme Court
Oliver Kessel
Cially
Charleston Civic Center
Count Basie Orchestra
Four Tops
van Dells
Cross Country Band
Still Portrait
Tuxedo Junction
Bob Thompson
Heart disease still the nation’s biggest killer
Monterey AP report: heart and blood vessel disease deaths fell 24 percent in a decade but remain the leading cause, claiming one life every 32 seconds. Dr Bernadine Healy says trends are dramatic. Weisfeldt cautions much work remains to improve care and prevention, with 978,500 Americans dying in 1986 from heart and vascular diseases.
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Monterey
Calif
American Heart Association
Bernadine Healy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The
Heart Association
Vital statistics on cardiovascular disease declines
Between 1976 and 1986 death rates from all cardiovascular diseases fell 24 percent, with heart attacks down 28 percent and strokes down 40 percent. The most common ailment is high blood pressure affecting 60 million Americans. About 200,000 CVD deaths occur yearly in people under 65. Heart transplants reached 1,418 in 1987, nine times 1983. Angina affects about 2.5 million Americans with 300,000 new cases annually, and up to 1.5 million may have a heart attack this year.
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United States
Association
Nature Conservancy preserves protect West Virginia wildlife
Ed Maguire, Nature Conservancy director, discusses the organization's West Virginia expansion since 1963 with about 12 000 such areas nationwide. The group owns or protects sites including Brush Creek Gorge in Mercer County to conserve Canby’s Mountain lover, a rare evergreen shrub. Fifty more sites in WV are protected through voluntary agreements. many programs later transfer to government agencies.
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Nature Conservancy
United States
West Virginia
Ed Maguire
Brush Creek
Mercer County
Canby
Maguire
Department of Natural Resources
National Park Service
Native Conservancy
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Islamorada
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Middleboro
Emilio “Moe” Ciriello
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Lexington
Old North Church
Paul Revere
Sean Een Meen
Bath
Inturn
Phil Farme
Science Writers
Myron L. Weisfeldt
Johns Hopkins University
Weisfeldt
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
James Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Ed Maguire Nature Conservancy
King
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