VA chief medical officer not shown to dictate study outcome
Federal auditors found the VA chief medical officer did not attempt to improperly dictate a GAO study on death rates in VA hospitals. The GAO notes concerns raised by Dr John Grenvall may have led people to think instructions were given. Senator Cranston requested the probe after The Washington Post reported a methodology change to lower abnormal death rates.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
General Accounting Office
John Grenvall
Don Smith
Department of Veterans Affairs
Alan Crans
Extradition fight over New Jersey killer faces California death option
Malcolm Robbins, 28, now jailed in New Jersey for the 1981 Vineland killing of a 9 year old, resists California's bid to extradite him for execution in the murder of a Santa Barbara boy. Authorities note the case would be a first where a state seeks execution rather than trial. Robbins was previously extradited to California in 1983, where he received a death sentence, and remains under a life term in New Jersey pending parole eligibility in 2020.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
California
Malcolm Robbins
Trenton State Prison
State Corrections Department
Jim Stabile
Robbins
Santa Barbara
Mercer County
Edward Bertucio Jr
Robert Obler
Salmon Diet Study Shows Fat Loss From Salmon Focus
A U S Department of Agriculture chemist reports a 100 day trial where 12 male volunteers ate salmon for lunches and dinners and saw leaner bodies and lower fat. Participants enjoyed salmon teriyaki and salmon with dill while salmon lasagna flopped. full results await months.
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San Francisco
Gary J. Nelson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National survey finds acceptance of homosexuality in theory
A San Francisco Examiner poll shows 73 percent of heterosexual adults say homosexuality should not be illegal while 57 percent disapprove of two people of the same sex living together as a married couple. The study, by Teichner & Associates, surveyed 3,748 heterosexual and 400 gay or bisexual individuals with margins of error 2 to 5 points.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Steve Teichner
San Francisco Examiner
Teichner & Associates
Fullerton
Ethnic Riots Rage Across City Sparks Protests
Riot violence erupts in multiple neighborhoods as police curb clashes between groups. City officials urge restraint while emergency services treat dozens of injured. Community leaders call for dialogue to prevent further confrontations and restore order.
Voyager 2 Nears Neptune Photos Before Closest Approach
Voyager 2 has closed to 73 million miles from Neptune and begun taking about six pictures every three hours as it speeds toward its August 24 closest approach, about 3,000 miles above the planet. Data now travels nearly four hours to Earth as the craft records atmospheric detail unseen before.
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Calif
Voyager 2
Neptune
NASA
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Mercury
Ellis Miner
Voyager
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Miner
JPL Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Solidarity Rejects Coalition After Victory in Poland
Solidarity said it would not join a governing coalition with the Communist Party despite its big win in parliamentary elections. It would, however, honor April's agreement to give the government a majority in the Sejm and allow vacant seats to be filled by authorities. The union warned against reserved seats and urged total free elections in four years.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Communist Party
Free Trade Union Movement
Mieczyslaw F. Rakowski
Senate
Sejm
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Union
Onyszkiewicz
Sejior Senate
Bronislaw Geremek
Jan Bisztyga
Discovery threatens superconductor use in high temp materials
Researchers at Bell Labs and IBM Watson warn that new copper oxide based superconductors fail under large currents and strong magnetic fields. Flux lines distort with heat or current, threatening practical applications like energy storage, power transformers, and medical imaging.
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At&t Bell Laboratories
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
IBM
Weather outlook by zones with storms risk and temps
Zone based forecast shows widespread thunderstorm chances tonight and through Wednesday across zones 1 to 17 with varied lows from mid 50s to around 75. Highs range from mid 60s to around 80, southeast to southwest winds, and mixed shower activity continuing into Thursday.
Greenpeace report cites sunken nuclear weapons in sea
Greenpeace says U.S. and Soviet naval accidents since World War II litter the ocean floor with at least 50 nuclear weapons and 10 nuclear reactors, mostly Soviet. Analyst William Arkin notes limited data from Soviets and U.S. intelligence. The study lists 1276 accidents in the postwar era, causing over 2800 deaths across vessel types including aircraft carriers and combat ships.
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Washington
U.S
Greenpeace Environmental Group
William Arkin
Greenpeace
Arkin
Institute For Policy Studies
Travel outlook for Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado
Missouri shows a mainly clear night with lows in the 50s to 60s and a Wednesday that is partly sunny with a risk of thundershowers in the west. highs near 80. Nebraska forecasts partly cloudy tonight with storms possible, and Wednesday partly sunny with storms likely, near 80s. Oklahoma expects thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday, with a low around 60. Colorado features a mostly sunny Wednesday with highs in the 70s to 80s, cooler 60s to 70s mountains and 40s in the high plains, with 50s in the Grand Valley. Road numbers for Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority provided.
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Oklahoma
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Grand Valley
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