Police seek witnesses after stadium shootings in San Francisco
Police interviewed witnesses and searched for suspects after two men were shot and wounded following a San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders preseason game. The victims, a 24 year old hospitalized in serious condition and a 20 year old treated for wounds, were among weekend attacks as officials urged an end to violence at sports events.
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San Francisco
San Francisco 49Ers
Oakland Raiders
NFL
Chavez supporters shave heads in show of solidarity
In Caracas supporters of President Hugo Chavez shaved their heads to back his cancer battle. Hundreds prayed and sang at a televised event as barbers cut hair from several men and one woman while Chavez, bald from chemotherapy, smiled and waved to the crowd.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Wing walker dies in fall at Michigan air show
A wing walker died after falling about 200 feet during a stunt at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township Michigan. Todd Green fell while moving from a Stearman aircraft to a helicopter around 1 30 p m.
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Detroit
Michigan
Dan Heaton
Selfridge Air National Guard
Todd Green
Harrison Township
Heaton
Green
Stearman
Boy Trapped Inside Chimney After Hours Long Thirsty Misadventure
An 8-year-old boy, eager for a drink, climbed a tree to reach a house roof and slid feet first into a chimney. He became wedged between the basement and main floor for more than four hours before rescuers freed him. Police say the family returned home to the crying boy in the chimney.
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West Valley City
Utah
Robert Hamilton
Clinton laments Iran jails two hikers eight years
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States is deeply disappointed that Iran sentenced Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal to eight years for espionage and illegal entry. She urged immediate release so the hikers can return home and reunite with their families.
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Washington
Hillary Clinton
United States
Iran
Clinton
Shane Bauer
Joshua Fattal
Disability claims surge as economy trims jobs and ages
The Social Security disability program faces insolvency risk as laid off workers and aging boomers flood applications. Claims rise nearly 50 percent in a decade, creating backlogs and forcing trustees to consider shifting funds from the retirement program to shore up disability funding.
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Washington
Social Security
Congressional Es
Congress
Michael Astrue
Pope urges youths to spread faith at World Youth Day
Benedict XVI urged more than 1.5 million young Catholics in Madrid to share their faith and stay in church communion during World Youth Day. A thunderstorm damaged tents and chapels, injuring six, and some could not receive Communion at Mass.
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Pope
Madrid
Benedict XVI
Rio de Janeiro
Benedict
Yago de la Cierva
Pope Benedict XVI
Cuatro Vientos
Window falls injure 9000 children yearly
A study finds more than 5,000 U.S. children and teens suffer injuries annually from falls from windows, spanning beyond urban high rises. Dr. Gary Smith of Nationwide Children's Hospital notes the risk in suburban homes as well.
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Chicago
U.S
Gary Smith
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Beth Harlan
Sidney Dillon
Galloway
Harlan
Sidney
Researchers create bulletproof skin prototype with spider silk
In Salt Lake City AP reports bio art pairing Utah State researcher Randy Lewis and Dutch artist Jalila Essaidi developed a skin like lattice of human cells and silk designed to stop bullets at reduced speeds. They engineered silk from goats and silkworms carrying spider genes to splice with human skin cells for a wounded tissue model and potential artificial tendons.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Randy Lewis
Lewis
Jalila Essaidi
Randy
Essaidi
Experimental skin graft stops bullet impact in test
A high speed camera study at the Nether lands Forensic Institute shows a bullet piercing skin woven with ordinary worm silk but fails to break when a genetically engineered worm silk graft is placed between the epidermis and dermis, suggesting enhanced protection.
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Netherlands Forensic Institute
Corporations shield hiring data on overseas jobs
Multinational firms keep a hidden tally of domestic and overseas hires. Between 2000 and 2009 they cut 2.9 million U.S. jobs while adding 2.4 million abroad, yet some report to statisticians only an aggregate figure. Executives urge public scrutiny and accountability to reveal which firms drive job growth.
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Washington Post
United States
Apple
Pfizer
Ron Hira
Rochester Institute of Technology
General Electric
Jeff Immelt
Greensboro
N.C
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