Government seizes $619 million in child support via tax refunds
The government reported a $619 million year in tax refund intercepts for delinquent child support, a 14 percent rise from last year, as states extend enforcement tools. Bush proposed drivers license revocation for arrears and cross state enforcement to boost collections, while critics urged caution on penalties.
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Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
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Larry Spinelli
Thomas Downey
D-N.y
Spinelli
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Dan Quayle
Murphy Brown
Downey
Henry Hyde
R-Ill
Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan
Susan Long
Sullivan
Legal Services Corp
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Internal Revenue Service
Bradley
Treasury Secretary
Kathy Patterson
The
American Public Welfare Association
Nitrous Oxide Linked to Fertility Issues in Dental Staff
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that dental office workers exposed to high levels of nitrous oxide may have reduced fertility. Researchers urge cautious use and mask containment, noting no harm found for regular patients, while editorialists call for restrained gas use.
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Andrew Rowland
Patricia Baird
University of British Columbia
Rowland
New England Journal of Medicine
Saudi forces attack Qatari post in border region
Qatar News Agency reports a Saudi military unit attacked a Qatari border post at al Khafous, about 80 miles southeast of Doha, killing two soldiers and a corporal, with a prisoner taken. An Egyptian soldier also died. the post was heavily damaged and no Saudi comment was issued.
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Doha
Qatar
Qatar News Agency
al-Khafous
Saudi Arabia
Gulf
Persian Gulf
Gulf Cooperation Council
Bahrain
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Cocaine exposure may disrupt fetal body clock study says
An AP report says cocaine-using pregnant rats show disruption in the fetal brain's circadian clock. Researchers led by David Weaver of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School link cocaine to altered suprachiasmatic nucleus activity, potentially affecting birth outcomes. The findings, set for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, emphasize acute fetal brain responses to maternal cocaine exposure.
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Washington
David Weaver
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston
National Academy of Sciences
Weaver
Study links pregnancy problems to undersize black babies
A Harvard led study in Boston St Louis and Mississippi finds black mothers face multiple pregnancy problems causing very low birth weight, with four factors accounting for 90 percent of risk. Black infants remain twice as likely to die in first year as white peers.
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Boston
Howard Spivak
New England Medical Center
Allison Kempe
Harvard Medical School
New England Journal of Medicine
St. Louis
Mississippi
Scientists map human chromosomes in new landmark study
New York AP reports scientists have produced the most complete maps of individual human chromosomes. The work covers large portions of the Y chromosome and chromosome 21 linked to Down syndrome and some Alzheimer's cases. The studies show detailed maps can be generated quickly, aiding gene discovery and advancing the Human Genome Project.
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New York
Mark Guyer
National Center For Human Genome Research
National Institutes of Health
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