Oklahoma school bus crash kills student and injures 20
A bus carrying 21 children to Forest Grove School collided with a logging truck in rural Oklahoma. A 13 year old boy died and 19 others including the driver were injured. The driver of the truck attempted to avoid the bus, reducing potential deaths.
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Navy accounting flounders over foreign sales losses
Congressional GAO report finds Navy bookkeeping errors in the foreign military sales program. About 582 million dollars in delivered goods and services remained uncharged to foreign customers as of October 1998, including 54 million paid by Kuwait for three F 18 jets. Greece Japan and Canada invoicing confusion cited.
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German Tourist Dies By Own Action At Atlantic City Casino
A German tourist jumped from a ten story parking garage at Resorts Atlantic City, about 100 feet to the ground. This follows two similar suicides in eight days, including a Trump Plaza gambler and a Caesars dealer. It is not known if gambling was a factor. The incident was reported by J W Wire Reports.
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Heroin use rising prompts treatment center concerns
The 1997 federal treatment data show heroin and other opiates admissions at 232000, up 29 percent since 1992, passing cocaine admissions which declined to 222000. Alcohol remains the top reason for treatment while marijuana admissions remain low. Heroin is most concentrated in the Far West and Northeast as methamphetamine spreads nationwide.
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Center For Substance Abuse Treatment
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Drug treatment admissions rise for heroin opiates in 1997
The data show heroin and other opiates surpassed cocaine as the top cause of substance abuse treatment admissions in 1997, while alcohol remains the leading substance. Cocaine figures are provided with a value of 17.9, and methamphetamine is noted as a rising issue, especially on the West Coast, spreading to the West and Midwest.
Turkey quake death toll swings then drops amid criticism
ISTANBUL AP report shows the Turkish quake toll fluctuating from over 17,997 to 12,514 and 12,594 as opposition parties question accuracy. Prime Minister Ecevit blames local officials for inflated counts while Izmit officials cite human error. UN warned of up to 45,000 but later says revised needs.
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Islamic Virtue Party
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Walking cuts heart disease risk for women study says
Harvard researchers report brisk walking of three hours weekly lowers heart disease risk in women by up to 40 percent, matching the protection from vigorous exercise. The study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, followed 72,488 female nurses aged 40 to 65 from the Nurses' Health Study.
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C. Everett Koop
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New England Journal of Medicine
Actor collapses from heat during jog in Los Angeles
LA actor Martin Lawrence collapsed in 100-degree heat while jogging to shed weight for a movie role. He spent three days in a coma, regained consciousness, and remains in critical but stable condition at Los Robles Regional Medical Center. He was ventilated and not yet able to speak. paramedics rushed him to hospital.
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Martin
Los Robles Regional Medical Center
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Faz
Kris Carraway
DiCaprio battles ice cream shop name claim
Leonardo DiCaprio won a court ruling stopping the German ice cream parlor from using his name but failed to secure a total ban on borrowing his identity. The item also notes birthdays for Geraldine Ferraro, Michael Jeter, Branford Marsalis, and Macaulay Culkin compiled by Phil Wilke from HIV Wire Reports.
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Michael Jeter
Branford Marsalis
Macaulay Culkin
Phil Wilke
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