Powerball jackpot dwindles as no six‑number match found
Des Moines players failed to match all six numbers in the Powerball drawing leaving the $12 million jackpot intact and rolling to an estimated $14 million for Wednesday. Four tickets won the top five numbers but not the Powerball in Arizona Connecticut Montana and New Mexico. Meanwhile Florida faced a surge in wildfires with 64 fires statewide, 23 mopped up, and a Carlton Reserve blaze in Sarasota County 80 percent contained, though not expected to be controlled until Friday.
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Skipper faces punishment in open hearing for fatal crash
Cmdr. Scott Waddle faces an admiral's mast after the USS Greeneville collision with a fishing boat on Feb 9 killing nine. He expects retirement with full pension and an honorable discharge. The punishment ends his Navy career without prison. Separately a Global Hawk drone seeks to fly from California to Australia, then reports say San Francisco may cover sex-reassignment benefits for city employees, with costs around 37000 to 77000 dollars.
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Royal Australian Air Force
Adelaide
Pacific
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Board of Supervisors
Delta pilots approve tentative contract ending strike fears
Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Assn reach a tentative pact after 19 months of bargaining. The deal includes pay raises of 24 to 34 percent to 2005 and 63 percent for Delta Express pilots, plus retirement and job security gains. The agreement requires union rank and file approval.
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National Mediation Board
Washington
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Ments
Leo Mullin
Air Line Pilots Assn
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Charles Giambusso
Canadian Astronauts Install Giant Robot Arm on ISS
Two spacewalking astronauts completed the installation of the billion dollar Canadarm2 on the international space station. Chris Hadfield and Scott Parazynski connected power data and cables, then unfolded the 58 foot arm, which will serve as a construction crane for the station.
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Canada
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Montreal
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Newfoundland
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Scientists ID sweet taste receptor gene
New York scientists report identifying a gene that may code a receptor in taste buds responsible for sweetness. Led by Linda Buck and Jean Pierre Montmayeur, the research suggests multiple receptors exist and could guide better artificial sweeteners. variants may influence sweetness sensitivity and even obesity risk.
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New York
Linda Buck
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Harvard Medical School
Jean- Pierre Montmayeur
Nature Neuroscience
Robert Margolskee
Hughes Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Nature Genetics
Margolskee
Teacher of the Year pleads for support
Michele Forman the 2001 teacher of the year says teachers need more encouragement and mentorship to prevent burnout and attrition. The Vermont social studies teacher will be introduced by President Bush at a White House ceremony and plans to travel the country advocating for teachers for the next year.
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Michele Forman
Middlebury Union High School
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National Education Assn
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Middlebury
McVeigh execution spurs Terre Haute T shirt sales
With thousands expected to travel to the execution site, Terre Haute vendors race to profit from commemorative T shirts. Local sellers offer four designs including a Hoosier Hospitality McVeigh Terre Haute May 16 2001 Final Justice image of a syringe and a Hangin Times theme.
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