Former nurse convicted of murdering four patients
Springfield mass AP Kristen Gilbert, 33, a former nurse at a veterans hospital, was found guilty on four counts of murder after a 12 day jury deliberation. Prosecutors said she killed patients with drug injections to impress her boyfriend with her handling of emergencies.
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Kristen Gilbert
Study suggests memory suppression aligns with Freud theory
University of Oregon researchers report that college students who practiced pushing away half of a memorized word pair showed reduced later recall of the target word. The experiment, part of two memory studies in Nature, supports repression ideas as participants paid to remember still lessened recall when instructed to forget.
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Sigmund Freud
University of Oregon
Nature
SAT and ACT use drops among U S colleges in survey
FairTest reports 383 of 1 788 four year schools do not require entrance exams or exempt some applicants, up from 280 three years ago as colleges relax testing. Also, jurors begin deliberations in Sean Combs bribery and weapons case with Jaamal Barrow charged in the Times Square nightclub shooting.
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Puffy” Combs
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Shyne” Barrow
Miami girl receives pair of bionic arms
Diamond Excell, an 11 year old born without arms, gains electronic limbs after fund raising. The arms, built by Ivan Yaeger and Eugene Silva, are opened by chest and back muscles and linked to torso sensors. Diamond can grasp small objects and hug her mother as she trains for longer use.
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Diamond Excell
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Delia Excell
Ivan Yaeger
Eugene Silva
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Silva
Advanced Motion Control
Education gap narrows but earnings still favor men
The Census Bureau reports the college education gap between men and women is the smallest in a generation, yet women earn about 70 percent of men across full time work. In 1999 median earnings were 26,300 for women versus 36,500 for men, and high school grads earned 21,563 versus 30,868.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Census Bureau
Renee Spraggins
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