Pathfinder Mars craft declared dead after months of silence
NASA scientists at JPL in Pasadena declared the Pathfinder spacecraft dead after a final, unsuccessful effort to contact the rover Sojourner. The $266 million mission, which began with a July 4 landing and yielded thousands of images and weather data, ended as engineers reflected on their achievements and the loss.
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Blacks and Latinos higher Alzheimer’s risk study
A Columbia University study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports blacks have about four times and Latinos about twice the risk of Alzheimer's compared with whites. The research, tracking 1,000 Bronx seniors, suggests additional ethnic-specific genes beyond the apoE4 variant influence disease onset.
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Public officials face scrutiny as email openness debated
North Dakota officials confront an open records issue after attorney general Heitkamp ruled the Board of Higher Education held illegal secret meetings aided by email discussions. The AP exposed straw votes on firing UND President Baker amid a multmillion deficit, prompting a public meeting and a formal apology.
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