White House orders intelligence agency changes
President Bush granted the new national intelligence chief expanded power over the FBI and directed dozens of spy agency reforms. The plan endorses most of the commission's 74 recommendations while creating a National Counter Proliferation Center and a National Security Service inside the FBI. Congress is asked to reform oversight amid potential turf battles.
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Reporters refuse to reveal sources in CIA leak case
Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper and New York Times journalist Judith Miller defy a judge and face possible jail after declining to disclose sources in the Valerie Plame CIA leak. A National Academy of Sciences panel warns that even very low radiation doses raise cancer risk, challenging assumptions of harmless exposure.
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Interval Training Gains Strength in Short Sessions
A McMaster University study finds 20 minutes of intense interval training three times weekly can match five to six hours of jogs or moderate cycling for strength and endurance. Experts warn the method may not help the average overweight American due to low calorie burn and high effort, possibly leading to quitting.
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Journal of Applied Physiology
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California murder patriarch to be executed
Marcus Wesson, 58, the dominering patriarch of a clan he bred through incest, was sentenced to death for nine murders. Convicted earlier after bodies found in a bloody pile at his home ending a police standoff. Victims aged 1 to 25 were shot in the eye. Prosecutors said the killings aimed to prevent authorities from breaking up the clan.
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Migration pushes Americans to smaller affordable cities
Census data show migration from San Francisco, Boston, and other big cities to midsize centers in Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Gilbert Arizona tops growth, up over 46,000 residents in four years. Miramar Florida and North Las Vegas Nevada follow. Boston and San Francisco lose residents as housing costs rise. experts cite cost and housing availability driving moves.
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House GOP vows fall vote on Social Security accounts
Washington Republicans promise a fall vote on a plan to create individual Social Security accounts funded by surplus funds and auto invested in Treasury bonds. The plan would blend a worker's own accounts with traditional benefits, aiming to preserve benefits but prompting Dem critique of privatization and debt.
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