Caffeine Tracer Maps Domestic Waste Along Rivers
USGS researchers find caffeine from coffee tea and cola travels through water treatment and urban waste patterns, using it to separate domestic from industrial pollution. The study shows rising river quality in the Mississippi but higher pollution concentration in the upper stretches near Twin Cities confluence with Illinois River and around St. Louis.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Larry B. Barber II
USGS
Mississippi River
Barber
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Illinois River
Chicago
St.Louis
Los Angeles Cinco de Mayo clash injures 18 and 6 officers
Police and crowd clashed at a crowded Cinco de Mayo festival in downtown Los Angeles injuring at least 18 people including six officers. A stampede followed shield line dispersal as police fired rubber bullets and 600 officers and 800 guards cleared the 36 block area.
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LA Police
Los Angeles
Don Cox
Cox
U S weighs African peacekeeping for Rwanda
Washington officials say the Clinton administration is studying options to back African nations sending peacekeeping forces to Rwanda to halt the bloodshed. No final decisions, cost, feasibility, or willingness of nations have been determined. A Tanzania camp housed 250000 refugees fleeing weeks of ethnic violence near Rwanda.
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Washington
U.S
Rwanda
Clinton
Tanzania
United Nations
Cougar hunted after fatal jogger attack in CALIF
Authorities treed and killed a 2 to 3 year old female mountain lion suspected of killing jogger Barbara Schoener 40 on April 23 in the Auburn State Recreation Area east of Sacramento. Officials say the cat was at the scene and autopsy will confirm. The park remains closed until confirmatory tests and safety.
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Coot
Calif
Barbara Schoener
Schoener
Auburn State Recreation
Sacramento
Barbara
Ryan Broddrick
California Fish and Game Department
Choener
California
Broddrick
Sierra Foothills
Kevorkian trial panels weigh intent in assisted death case
In Detroit jurors weigh why Dr. Jack Kevorkian helped Thomas Hyde die by own action and whether the act fell under a medical procedure exception. They review where Hyde died, the consent form, and whether the death occurred in Wayne County or Oakland County.
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Detroit
Jack Kevorkian
Michigan
Kevorkian
Thomas Hyde
Hyde
Lou Gehrig
Detroit Recorder’s Court
Thomas E. Jackson
Wayne County
Belle Isle
Oakland County
Geoffrey Fieger
CBS
Low tar nicotine labeled cigarettes mislead consumers
FTC and experts say testing lags cigarette design changes of 20 years and fails to reflect actual intake. Machines dilute smoke with puffing patterns. smokers compensate by deeper puffs, so nicotine and tar intake match or exceed machine readings. Debates consider new testing or agency shifts.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Gallup Organization
Tobacco Company
FTC
Judith D. Wilkenfeld
Jack E. Henningfield
National Institutes
FTG
Food and Drug Administration
National Institutes On Standards and Technology
Bureau of Standards
Tobacco
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