El Nino flood storms lash California coast and drought relief
El Nino enhanced storms roll ashore adding rain across California with as many as four more systems possible this week. Officials say the wet pattern could rival the 1982-83 record and dam levee safety is a growing concern as counties report extensive damage and evacuations continue along the Russian River.
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Sacramento
Calip
California
James Bailey
State
Bailey
Australia
South America
South American
San Joaquin
Central Valley
Pete Wilson
California Farm Bureau Federation
Sacramento Valley
Rio Nido Canyon
Russian River
San Francisco
Rio Nido
Barge Strikes Platform In Gulf Storm Injuring Eight
A barge pushing a tug struck an offshore oil platform 15 miles south of Southwest Pass Louisiana in rough weather. Fire on both units spread while six crewmen evacuated by helicopter and escape capsule but five remained on the barge due to low visibility. Two other platform workers were hospitalized. The platform blaze burned hours as the barge headed for Southwest Pass. No pollution spill reported.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Southwest Pass
India Roderick
Gulf
Walters Oil & Gas of
Houston
Safe
Forooham Shipping Co
Germany
Mississippi Sound
Mobile Bay
Ala
Seabrook
Lake Pontchartrain
Early AmericansMigrated in Several Waves Across Asia
Discoveries push back the first arrivals to as early as 33 000 years ago, with Monte Verde in Chile dated at 12 500 years. Researchers say Asians crossed the Bering Strait in multiple waves over millennia, shaping the peopling of North and South America. Linguists cite roots of 140 languages indicating at least four migration waves.
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Philadelphia
New World
Bering Straits
North
South America
Bering Land Bridge
Clovis
Nlm
Dennis Stanford
Smithsonian Institution
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Monte Verde
Chile
America
Tom Dillehay
University of Kentucky
Asia
Dillehay
Johanna Nichols
University of California, Berkeley
Justice backs more neutral experts in court cases
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer urged broader use of neutral scientific experts to aid judges in technical cases. He praised AAAS help to connect courts with independent specialists, noting pilots in medicine and tech, while cautioning his stance is a gentle push not a cure-all or wide adoption.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer
Breyer
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Endangered language fund backs Native tongue preservation
Linguists warn half of the roughly 6,000 languages could vanish this century while a Yale funded Endangered Language Fund supports ten projects with $1,000 each to save tongues like Kuskokwim Klamath and Jingulu. Linguist Douglas H. Whalen notes social pressure and discrimination accelerate language loss as children shift to English and other dominant languages.
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New Haven
Conn
Alaska
Oregon
Australia
Yale University
Douglas H. Whalen
Whalen
United States
Guage
Arizona
Mexico
Ofelia Zepeda
Zepeda
University of Arizona
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