Second firefighter killed as West wildfires burn
United Press International reports wildfires in the West. two crews halted wilderness blazes in California and Utah as 1.5 million acres burn statewide. A New Mexico man, Ernie Cachine of Zuni, was killed by lightning in Arizona. California and Colorado suffer the worst blazes. Roosevelt National Forest fire remains out of control near Denver.
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Fraud allegations target landmark Science paper on vision
Science magazine acknowledges a June 26 1987 paper by Dr. C David Bridges now accused of serious wrongdoing. NIH panel says Bridges pilfered ideas from Harvard researchers led by Dr. Robert Rando and failed to credit the Harvard work in a study on the eye’s visual cycle. Bridges, then at Baylor College of Medicine, denies the charges and plans an appeal while being with Purdue University.
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Bush air plan weakened by draft changes
The Washington Post reports U S President Bush's clean air plan has been softened in the draft act. Standards for toxic pollutants loosened toward best available technology plus cost considerations. Sulfur dioxide cuts fall from 10 to 9 million tons, while nitrogen oxide targets shift to year 2000 projections.
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Japan screens for eruption as quake tremors perk alert
Japan placed its military branches on alert after a two hour meeting of the Volcanic Eruption Prediction Liaison Council. Chairman Daisuke Shimozuru said tremors near Tokyo may be caused by molten rock rising from the Pacific seabed twelve miles offshore. No direct signs of volcanic activity yet, but surveillance continues.
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Thunderstorms and tornadoes lash North Dakota and Midwest
Powerful storms toppled trees and power lines in North Dakota with a tornado west of Drake. Damage reported in Burlington Minot and Williston as hail battered Burlington Watford City and Carson. Illinois airports briefly suspended flights amid thunderstorm activity and a lightning strike hospitalised three. The NWS warned for Kankakee as heat, power outages, and severe weather spread across the region.
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Illinois forecast and lottery updates in Chicago area
Dixon temperatures noted highs around 93 degrees and a low near 67 with a trace of rain. Illinois forecast through Sunday calls for fair, cooler conditions with mid 70s to low 80s in the north and 80s in the south, cooler overnight in the north. Lottery results show Illinois State Lottery daily game winning number 1 5 2 and Pick Four 5 2 1 3 with a $6 million Lotto grand prize estimated for Saturday.
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Commodity market quotes brighten trading day
Noon commodity quotes from Merchants Trading Company list live cattle with August at 70.22 and October 73.57, hogs with July 46.95 and October 39.10, pork bellies with July 29.45 and August 29.07, soybeans and corn futures across several months, plus gold, cotton, and other commodities.
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