AMA proposes patient rights and care directives for end of life
The American Medical Association unveiled a dying patient Bill of Rights and an option for Medic Alert bracelet members to leave final care instructions to prevent unwanted intervention. Dr Linda Emanuel stressed the right to be free of unwanted care, while pilots of a KLM flight faced questions over radiation exposure, and researchers warn of a looming granny glut that could push global population past 10 billion by mid century.
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American Medical Assn
AMA
Linda Emanuel
Chicago
Medic Alert
Developing World
Wolfgang Lutz
Nature
Lutz
Inmate population growth slows after decade of prison surge
The Justice Department reports 1996 saw federal and state prisons add 35,876 inmates, a 5 percent rise to just over 1.18 million, slowing from earlier double digit gains. Local jails held 518,492 as of mid 1996, while state and federal systems operated well beyond capacity.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Allen Beck
Bureau
Beck
Explosion and fire at Shell Chemical plant in Deer Park
An explosion and ensuing fire at a Shell Chemical Co unit in Deer Park Texas sent thick black smoke across miles. Officials said benzene smoke within federal safety limits and urged residents to stay indoors while investigators from EPA and OSHA probe the blast that injured one employee and left about 2,400 workers in the plant safety status.
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Deer Park
Tex
Shell Chemical Co
Houston
Shell
Darren Martin
Shell Oil Co
Martin
Pasadena
Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Belpre
Ohio
Pol Pot seen under house arrest after jungle base visit
Pol Pot and Nuon Chea were carried into a jungle base by Khmer Rouge rebels who pledged to sever ties and back Cambodia’s constitutional government. General Nhek Bun Chhay described Pol Pot as elderly and ill, under rebel custody with about 1,000 fighters, amid negotiations with Cambodia’s ruling coalition.
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Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot
Anlong Veng
Nhek Bun Chhay
Nuon Chea
Norodom Ranariddh
Son Sen
Norodom Sihanouk
China
Ranariddh
Hun Sen
Bun Chhay
McConaughey mindful of fame as he stays grounded
Hollywood heartthrob Matthew McConaughey voices concern that his easygoing nature could clash with sudden fame. He cites aims to avoid cynicism, stay sincere, and decipher others' intents while pursuing a varied acting path including Dazed and Confused and A Time to Kill.
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New York
Hollywood
Matthew McConaughey
McConaughey
Lone Star
Prison Blues Incarceration Rate Near Global High
The latest figures show more than 1.6 million adults were behind bars in the United States as of June 30, yielding an incarceration rate of 615 inmates per 100000 residents. The U S rate ranks second globally after Russia at 690 per 100000 in 1995.
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U.S
Russia
Marines accused in assault on couple
A camping couple were attacked in a Marine Corps bivouac at Mount Hood National Forest. Sgt Rudolph Jackson and Sgt Clinton Bergmann, both Marines recruiters, were arrested and faced arraignment on assault kidnapping and rape charges. The victims reported being beaten, taped, and threatened. Capt Robert Rice of the Portland Marine recruiting office stated the conduct was not representative of the Marines.
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Obe
Marine Corps
Henry Thompson
Clear Lake
Mount Hood National Forest
Wasco County
Bill Lennox
Thompson
Rudolph Jackson
Jackson
Robert Rice
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