Bionic Bug Probes Forests Tundra in Ohio State Project
An OSU engineer Dr. Robert B. McGhee develops a 200 pound six legged bot named the Nexapod Vehicle for hazardous terrains. The prototype uses 18 sensors and 18 quarter horsepower motors to walk five inches per second and aims to reduce ground damage in forests and permafrost regions with future computer steering and broader applications.
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Uncertain Swine Flu Epidemic Seen in Southern Hemisphere
Atlanta reports indicate influenza has struck parts of the Southern Hemisphere this summer but the CDC says it is too early to tell which variant may prevail in U.S. outbreaks this winter. Officials deem a widespread swine flu unlikely though past scares, including the 1976 Ft Dix outbreak, influence vigilance.
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New Jersey
Ft. Dix
N.J
Free Meals Easy CHARLOTTE
AP report shows Charlotte restaurant managers often extend credit to a cashless Michigan businessman. Reporter Alan Cowan posed as a walletless diner, paying some bills later, while managers offered sympathy and asked for name and address for mailed payment.
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Charlotte Observer
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Eugene
Man Charged With Killing His Family in North Carolina
In Smyrna North Carolina Robert Edward Wade Jr. 24 was charged with murder in the deaths of his wife Mary Jean Wade 24 son Robert Edward Wade III 22 and daughter Sue Anne Wade 5. Police found the family at their mobile home off U S 70 Saturday night with stab wounds. Wade Jr was injured and hospitalized in stable condition.
Hillsborough Mayor Warns Of Legal Fight Over Lake Orange Water
Hillsborough Mayor Fred Cates warns the Orange Water and Sewer Authority it will face legal action if it siphons water from Lake Orange. He cites a 1968 resolution restricting pumping to prevent cross watershed transfers to University Lake, the CH-Carrboro area's drought source. Authority leaders dispute the restraint while Hillsborough offers a $1.5 million treated-water pipeline and rejects a raw-water contract.
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Orange Water and Sewer Authority
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Carrboro
Authority
Paul Morris
Mebane
Orange County
U.S. Moves to Consolidate Crime Statistics
Attorney General Griffin Bell proposes a new Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics to unify the government’s fragmented crime data. The agency would absorb work from the FBI and other offices, ending a 54 statistics set mosaic across 17 departments.
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Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics
Bell
Department
FBI
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
America
Villa Alegre aims to model bilingual learning on PBS
PBS launches Villa Alegre a year old children's show to teach energy and human relations using animation Latino music and bilingual actors. The program promotes cultural differences and bilingual benefits while exposing English speaking kids to diverse American cultures through sketches in a village setting.
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Calif
Don Quixote
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Cervantes
Sesame Street
Electric Company
National Education Association
Villa Alegre
United States
Happy Village
el Capitan
Dona Luz
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Quixote
Cardenas
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