Cord blood transplant used to treat sickle cell in boy
Keone Penn, a 12 year old from Snellville, received an unrelated newborn cord blood transplant at Emory University in a possible first for sickle cell disease. The boy, who was paralyzed after a stroke at five, has undergone monthly transfusions and iron chelation. Dr. Andrew Yeager cited a hoped 50-50 chance of cure and noted the procedure’s novelty for sickle cell treatment.
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Keone Penn
Snellville
Keane
Andrew Yeager
Emory University
Florida
Brendon Ednie
Daytona Beach
Fla
Jorge Reyes
Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh
Brendon
Fireworks plant blast leaves seven workers missing in Michigan
An explosion Friday at Independence Professional Fireworks Co. near Hillsdale Michigan destroyed the plant and sent debris up to 300 yards away. Seven workers, six women and one man, were missing while 13 others were treated for injuries, mainly smoke inhalation, as officials described a scene likened to a bomb drop. The plant lies near the Michigan Ohio Indiana borders about 90 miles southwest of Detroit.
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Michigan
Hillsdale Countty
Stan Burchardt
Independence Professional Fireworks Co
Hillsdale
Ohio
Indiana
Detroit
Burchardt
Dozens survive Thai jet crash in Surat Thani rainstorm
A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 with 245 seats crashed in a swamp near Surat Thani Airport while attempting a landing in a rainstorm. At least 45 of 146 aboard survived. 87 were confirmed dead and 11 of 25 foreigners survived. Rescue workers combed waterlogged wreckage as investigators prepared.
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Surat Thani
Thailand
Thai Airways
Bangkok
Beatice
Pornsak Jaratrae
Pornsak
Akradej Pudemba
AP Proto
Pinochet defies British court in first appearance
Ex Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet faced a London magistrate in a defiant first court appearance denying British jurisdiction. He sat in a wheelchair, spoke through an interpreter, as Chilean crowds outside demanded extradition to Spain for murder and torture charges linked to over 3,000 deaths or disappearances during his 17 year rule.
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London
Augusto Pinochet
Spain
Pinochet
Chile
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte
Astronauts close hatches after space station visit
Five Americans and one Russian left Unity and Zarya after a 27 hour stay aboard the international space station. They turned off lights, removed launch bolts, and sealed hatches as they prepared for the station to be released from the shuttle. Krikalev cleared a blocked air duct, while a missing pivot pin for a rack remained unfound. The crew plans to return to the station in January 2000 as permanent residents begin arriving in a year.
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Cabana
Mission Control
Sergei Krikalev
Jerry Ross
James Newman
Versace Kin Says No Anger At Killer Cunanan
Donatella Versace tells Dateline NBC she does not hate the man who killed Gianni Versace, calling Cunanan’s crime a result of a sick mind. The interview notes Cunanan’s July 1997 Miami Beach shooting spree and his death by suicide days later. Versace now runs the fashion house while preserving her brother’s legacy.
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Donatella Versace
Andrew Cunanan
Dateline Nbc
Cunanan
Gianni Versace
Versace
Miami Beach
Ms. Versace
Gianni
Local News Digest Compiled by Phil Wilke
Phil Wilke compiles a brief from J W Wire Reports covering notable notices and updates across city beats. terse items summarize events, dates, and officials involved in routine civic news and community happenings.
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J-W Wire
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Mars
Rice
McMurtry Papers
Larry McMurtry
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Chopin
Chris Isaak
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San Francisco Examiner
Louvre
Blass
Bill Blass
Houston
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Carmen Electra
Dennis Rodman
People Magazine
Rodman
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Electra
Hard Rock
L.A
Jay Leno
Dennis
Bruce Springsteen
E Street
Late Night With
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Max Weinberg
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Springsteen
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