Mars Polar Lander in Doubt After Mars Descent Failure
NASA investigators face uncertainty over the Mars Polar Lander failure. With the $165 million spacecraft lost on descent to Mars 157 million miles away, the team has scant final-moment data and no wreckage to study. Experts doubt recovery and warn it may be impossible to know what happened. Mission control braces for another signal check as two microprobes also failed to land.
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More remains found at ranch near Juarez
Investigators uncovered the remains of two more people on Monday, raising the total to eight bodies found in the search for alleged Juarez cartel victims. Mexican authorities and FBI agents are digging on four ranches near Ciudad Juarez after a tip from a former federal officer. The two bodies were found at site No 2, buried over five feet deep, with no additional details released.
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Baltimore killings: suspect arrested in multiple murder case
Police identified Ismael Malik Wilson, 27, as the suspect in the shooting deaths of five women including a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter found at a Baltimore home. Arrest warrants were issued for three other men. One escapee led investigators to the four suspects. the house was tied to drug activity, though the women were not believed involved.
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ValuJet maintenance firm SabreTech found guilty in 1996 crash case
A federal jury convicts SabreTech on eight counts of transporting hazardous materials and one count of failing to train in handling them for mishandling oxygen generators blamed for the ValuJet DC-9 fire that killed 110. Two former SabreTech workers are acquitted, and the company faces potential fines and restitution.
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Banker's nurse admits setting fire to Monte Carlo home
American nurse Ted Maher 41 confessed to starting the blaze that killed banker Edmond Safra in Safra's penthouse. Prosecutors say he aimed to appear as the hero who saved the billionaire, acting alone with a plan to incite panic, injure himself, and gain authority within the household.
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GlucoWatch recommended for diabetic glucose monitoring
FDA advisers in Gaithersburg unanimously backed approval of the wristwatch like device for adult diabetics, saying it could measure glucose far more often than finger pricks. They cautioned about readings in perspiration and the need for confirmatory finger tests, noting imperfect accuracy and limited low-glucose detection.
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Spice Girls kick off tour in Manchester crowd roars
The Spice Girls opened their first tour in over a year in Manchester at the Evening News Arena, performing Spice Up Your Life and new songs. Mel C cried as the group saluted fans, while Victoria Adams, newly a mother of a son born in March, was cheered by husband David Beckham. They plan four Manchester shows before heading to London.
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