World leaders press for total nuclear disarmament
Former President Carter and a diverse group of world leaders call for negotiations to eliminate all nuclear weapons stockpiles. The appeal aligns with the Hiroshima anniversary and includes Mikhail Gorbachev, Mark Hatfield, Alan Cranston, Oscar Arias, and Joseph Rotblat.
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Gunman kills courthouse worker in Kimball County
A Kimball County Court House janitor was killed by a gunman who roamed the courthouse, shot at police, then surrendered after a 20 minute standoff. Sheriff Marv Jensen said the attacker, arrested earlier in a bar fight, is in custody. The victim was identified as Mark Clinton.
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Fieger Narrowly Wins Michigan Democratic Primary for Governor
Geoffrey Fieger, Jack Kevorkian’s attorney, clinched a tight Michigan Democratic primary win over Larry Owen and Doug Ross after spending over 1 million of his own money. He vows an anti establishment, civil rights focused bid against Gov. John Engler, who seeks a third term.
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Fugitive murder suspect captured after six day search
James Finley Jr. 21 of Hickory was nabbed near a hunting lodge in Pekin after a six day manhunt for the killings of Derek Marston and Tommi Byrd, both 24, whose bodies were found shot and slashed at a Linville Gorge campsite in western North Carolina. He was confronted by deputies and Rockingham Police, transported to a Pekin command post, and then to jail.
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Drug cuts breast cancer deaths in high risk women
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the bisphosphonate elodronate capsules, used with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, reduced breast cancer deaths by two thirds and prevented spread to bone marrow and other organs. Clodronate is sold in Germany but not available in the United States.
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American Cancer Society
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