Packwood to address charges in public news conference
Senator Bob Packwood plans a morning news conference to address allegations of improper conduct. The Oregon Republican has been in seclusion for over two weeks as aides report he prepared with friends and advisers for a Senate ethics probe into the claims.
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Big asteroid hit may split Gondwanaland claim
Scientists at the American Geophysical Union meeting presented evidence that a giant asteroid struck Earth 250 million years ago, breaking a supercontinent into Africa and Australia and contributing to a mass extinction. NASA Ames geologist Verne Oberbeck and NYU researcher Michael Rampino led the study, with coauthors to be published in the Journal of Geology amid skepticism from others.
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