Eureka Trucker Faces Murder Probe Over More Possible Victims
A trucker from Eureka, Wayne Adam Ford, 36, confessed to four killings and is under investigation for additional California cases. Detectives say Ford boasted rough sex, binding, and abandoning women along highways, and two more victims described rape and abandonment after reviewing state records. Ford is jailed on one murder count.
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Microsoft Targets Intel in Antitrust Trial Testimony
Microsoft accuses its longtime ally Intel of abusing market power to punish competitors and withhold technology, aiming to undermine Steven McGeady's testimony about Intel pressuring rivals to drop competing software. The cross examination highlights the famed Windows and Intel partnership that underpins most personal computers.
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Suspect arrested in San Francisco homeless slashings
Joshua Rudiger, 21, accused of slashing four homeless people over three weeks near Chinatown. Police found a bloody knife, and one victim died. A source said he calls himself a vampire. No formal charges yet as investigators probe symbols at crime scenes.
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FBI whistleblower protections face early criticism after 9 years
Nine years after Congress authorized a whistleblower system for FBI employees, the Justice Department posted a new framework on Tuesday amid a claim safeguards are inadequate. Attorney General Janet Reno issued an eight page description in the Federal Register explaining protections added to implement 1989 amendments extending general federal employee safeguards to FBI workers previously excluded due to job sensitivity.
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Washington slave heritage claim aims to link to Washington
Janet Allen of Peoria and five sisters seek DNA proof to connect their lineage to George Washington. They cite a slave named Venus who bore a son, West Ford, at Mount Vernon, challenging the mansion’s stance that Washington had no children. The Mount Vernon estate has refused DNA testing.
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Mice Grow Elephant Egg in Step Toward Endangered Species Aid
Purdue University researchers transplanted African elephant ovarian tissue into mice engineered to accept foreign tissue. Some mice formed egg follicles and one mature but misshapen egg. While not viable, the advance suggests mice could become factories for eggs of other species to help endangered animals in the future.
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States, tobacco near deal eyed by AGs and industry
A group of state attorneys general and tobacco companies neared a national settlement over sick smokers. Talks continue with aims to total up to 200 billion dollars over 25 years in exchange for suits dropped. Washington state seeks about 2.2 billion for Medicaid costs.
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Alternative medicine in scientific study shows mixed results
The JAMA study found some alternative therapies work while others do not. Chinese herbs helped irritable bowel, yoga may aid carpal tunnel, acupuncture failed for HIV pain, and chiropractic manipulation did not ease tension headaches. About 83 million Americans use alternative therapies, more than in 1990, highlighting the need to separate effective treatments from quackery.
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Health care spending slows to 4.8 percent rise
The 1997 health care bill grew 4.8 percent, the smallest increase since 1960. Managed care expansion and Medicare cost controls drive the slowdown, with prior years at 4.9 percent in 1995 and 1996 and a 12.2 percent jump in 1990.
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Heart attack times studied reveal daily and seasonal risks
Reports synthesize findings from at least 30 studies showing winters and Mondays carry higher heart attack risk, with mornings being the riskiest period. Rising blood pressure and stress hormones upon waking may trigger events, and fatalities are more likely at night.
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