Miami Abolition Plan Defeated in City Election
Miami voters rejected a proposal to abolish the city and fold governance into Dade County. With half precincts reporting the measure had 1,149 votes (16 percent) and retention supporters 5,817 (84 percent). Voter turnout was about 23 percent.
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Bomb blasts kill seven in Jerusalem crowd
Three suicide bombs exploded on Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street killing seven people including the bombers. At least 192 wounded many tourists. Hamas claimed responsibility as Israel pressed for crackdown on militants and tightened borders. Probed link to Lebanon raid reported with casualties.
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Scientists create viruses to destroy HIV cells
Researchers craft virus killing viruses that target only HIV infected cells. The approach works in lab tests but has not been tried in animals or humans yet. If successful it could act as an anti virus by attacking HIV infected cells while sparing healthy ones.
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Nuns admit destroying documents tied to cash for Gore event
Nuns from the Hsi Lai Temple in California testified before a Senate panel under immunity that they panicked and destroyed or altered records to hide temple donations and reimbursements tied to a July 1996 Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles where Al Gore spoke. They said Clinton knew nothing of the reimbursements or document destruction.
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Gene map of E. coli promises new drugs and vaccines
Researchers led by Frederick Blattner at the University of Wisconsin Madison decoded the genome of a common E. coli strain, sequencing 4 288 genes in 4 6 million base pairs. The map enables studying deadly versus harmless strains and could aid drug and vaccine development. The team edged a Japanese rival to publish first.
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