Flu Epidemic Reaches Epidemic Levels in U S Last Dec
The CDC reports flu deaths reached epidemic levels in late December and early January across 121 cities. About 7 percent of deaths, mainly among elderly and chronically ill, are linked to flu. This is the first U S flu epidemic since 1989. A separate DoD plan creates a genetic identification system using blood and oral swabs to identify service members. Maj Victor Weedn describes stored DNA cards in vacuum sealed, frozen form for future identification.
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Atlanta
United States
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Larry Schonberger
Washington
Department of Defense
Army
Victor Weedn
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Man pleads insanity in New Year attack after vampire movie
Stephen Wilhelm, 35, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges he cut his girlfriend and tried to suck blood from her wounds during a New Year’s Eve assault at Katherine Zielski’s Milwaukee home. The incident followed an argument after Dracula died in a vampire film.
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Milwaukee
Stephen Wilhelm
Katherine Zielski
Zielski
Wilhelm
Dracula
Unrest and secession moves ripple through former Yugoslavia
Bomb blasts and gunfire hit a Muslim city in Bosnia as President vows to resist Serb secession. Croatia fears spillover as Bosnia plans independence from Yugoslavia. In Lebanon, Israeli jets strike a Palestinian base near Beirut killing nine civilians and wounding eight.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Croatia
Bosnia
Lebanon
Naameh
Beirut
IRA detonates small bomb near Major’s office in London
The Irish Republican Army set off a briefcase bomb near the War Office in London, injuring no one. Prime Minister John Major and opposition leader Neil Kinnock condemned the attack as counterproductive while police reported five pounds of explosive. The blast disrupted offices briefly and Whitehall reopened within hours as Scotland Yard warned such incidents may recur.
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Whitehall
John Major
London
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Britain
IRA
Neil Kinnock
Labor Party
War Office
National Liberal Club
Agriculture Department
Dublin
Ireland
Bush hails dramatic progress on Japan trip
President Bush returned from a 12 day Asia mission claiming dramatic progress that would spur jobs and aid the economy. He acknowledged mixed reviews and noted unemployment rising to 7.1 percent in December as critics called the trip a failure.
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Bush
Japan
Washington
Air Force One
Tokyo
Asia
Austraia
Labor Department
Congress
United Auto Workers Union
Australia
Singapore
Korea
Warning of defections as Ukraine and Russia clash over fleet
Soldiers threaten to defect with jets from Ukraine to Russia and mutiny if Ukraine and Russia split the armed forces. CIS ministers meet to review claims to warships, coordinate foreign policy, and defer limits on each state’s military. Yeltsin vows Russia won’t surrender the Black Sea Fleet.
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Ukraine
Russia
Moscow
Commonwealth of Independent States
Black Sea
Andrei Kozyrev
Central Television
Kozyrev
Soviet Union
Anatoly
Boris Yeltsin
124 Greyhounds Found Dead in Arizona Citrus Grove
Deputies and state racing officials investigate after 124 greyhounds are found buried or discarded in a Chandler Heights citrus grove near Phoenix. Dogs likely shot or bludgeoned with ears cut off, with owners potentially liable only if humane death standards are met. Citations note previous abuse cases and a reward offers.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Sheriff's Department
State Racing Department
Empire Fruit Co
Chandler Heights
Susan Netboy
Greyhound Protection League
In Defense of Animals
San Francisco
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Richard Gephardt
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Zlenko
Adm
Igor Kasatonov
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Mats Jonasson
Austin
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