Monument to MLK to rise on National Mall site
President Clinton signed a measure directing the King memorial be placed on federal land on the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Alpha Phi Alpha will fund the project, with creation authorized in 1996.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Washington Monument
Capitol
Clinton
Congress
Interior Department
National Mall
Alpha Phi Alpha
Lockheed Martin cancels 83 billion merger with Northrop Grumman
Lockheed Martin ends its 8.3 billion deal to buy Northrop Grumman amid government opposition. The Pentagon and Justice Department argued the merger would reduce competition in electronics and missile warning systems. Trial had been slated for September 8.
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Baltimore
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman Corp
Pentagon
Justice Department
Joel Klein
Antitrust
United States
Ancient quakes raise Los Angeles seismic risk
Geologists report evidence of two magnitude 7.2 to 7.6 quakes near the Sierra Madre fault within 15 000 years, 12 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Findings imply the region is more vulnerable than previously thought, with potential southward energy release toward the LA basin.
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Los Angeles
Charles Rubin
Central Washington University
Science
Sierra Madre
Altadena
Rubin
Northridge
Los Angeles Basin
Nail in brain injures Wisconsin worker’s math skills
A 21 year old construction worker in Eau Claire was struck by a nail gun and a 3 1 2 inch nail lodged in the right side of his brain. Surgeons removed the nail after six days and doctors say the area affected is involved in processing math.
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Eau Claire
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Travis Bogumill
Bogumill
Chippewa Valley Technical College
John Lamoureux
Study Finds Patients' Rights Would Raise Premiums 4 Percent
Washington report outlines a Congressional Budget Office analysis on Democrats push for broader patient protections. The study estimates overall cost increase of about $2 per person monthly and 1.2 percent added by malpractice suit access, sparking GOP and industry pushback.
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Washington
Congressional Budget Office
House
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Brook Simmons
Charles N. Kahn III
Health Insurance Association of America
Dung DNA Reveals 20000-Year-Old Sloth Diets
German scientists report 20000 year old sloth dung contains usable DNA fragments. The team from Munich and collaborators in the United States unlocked DNA trapped in sugar and protein, revealing the sloth and its plant meals including grasses grape yucca and mint.
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Hendrik Poinar
Science Magazine
Poinar
Svante Paabo
The
University of Mu
Nich
United States
Gypsum Cave
Nev
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