Oklahoma Stripper Leaves Baby In Sweltering Car
In Tulsa a 23 year old stripper Ladale Bowman allegedly left her eight month old son buckled in a hot car for about an hour while she auditioned for a job at a strip club. A dancer found the infant crying and gasping. The outside temperature was 86 with internal car heat estimated at over 100. Bowman is jailed on felony child endangerment with bail set at 25000. The baby received fluids at a hospital and was placed in state custody.
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Boston Globe fires columnist for fabrications
Patricia Smith admitted fabricating six instances of fictitious material in four Globe metro columns after a routine review by senior editors. The 42 year old poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist and award winner faces resignation as editor Matthew Storin calls the move a tragic development. Some staff fear racial repercussions from the dismissal of the first black woman metro columnist at the paper.
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House panel backs contraceptive coverage for federal workers
In a 28 to 26 vote the House Appropriations Committee attached language to a fiscal 1999 bill requiring federal employee health plans to cover prescription contraceptives. Advocates say current plans poorly cover birth control with few plans offering all methods while Viagra reimbursements draw critique. Rep. Nita Lowey framed it as a public health issue, not a pro choice battle, and supporters cite broad implications for women's reproductive management.
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Nita Lowey
D-N.y
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Olympia Snowe
Maine
Jim Greenwood
Kate Michelman
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Stress chemical difference seen between Black and White groups
A small study finds healthy Black volunteers show a weaker reaction to nitric oxide during stress than White participants, suggesting a physiological factor for higher blood pressure risk. Lead researcher Dr. Julio Panza cautions results from only 12 Black and 14 White subjects warrant further study.
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American Heart Assn
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Julio Panza
Severe reactions seen from switch in medications
Doctors warn that patients with high blood pressure who stop Posicor, withdrawn from the market June 8, risk shock if immediately switched to other calcium-channel blockers. At Oregon Health Sciences University four patients aged 55 to 79 went into shock within 12 hours. one died, three survived after hospital care. The findings will appear in the July 8 Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Michael Mullins
Oregon Health Sciences University
Mullins
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Train collision kills three near Portage Indiana
A Chicago bound commuter train rammed a two trailer tractor truck at Portage crossing. The 20 ton steel coil crushed three passengers and injured six others. Truck driver Keith Lintz faces multiple violations and potential criminal charges pending. Train engineer Bill Sims acted to warn and evacuate passengers as the train struck about 4:30 am. Portage lies southeast of Chicago along the South Shore line.
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