Space pioneer Maxime A. Faget dies at 83 in Houston
Maxime A. Faget, a NASA engineer who designed the original Mercury spacecraft and influenced every human spaceflight since, died at 83. He joined the Space Task Group in 1958, later part of Johnson Space Center, after starting at Langley in 1946. NASA praised his innovative designs and problem solving.
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Maxime A. Faget
NASA
Agency
Faget
Houston
Space Agency
Space Task Group
NASA Johnson Space Center
Max Faget
America
Sean O'Keefe
Langley Research Center
Hampton, Va
DoD Action Week Protest Planned by Government Union
Washington DC government employees launch DoD Action Week to oppose Pentagon plans for a new National Security Personnel System. Rallies are scheduled at Warner Robins Air Force Base Fort Hood Rock Island Arsenal Norfolk naval yards and other bases as the union denounces changes to hiring pay and discipline for Defense civilians.
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American Federation of Government Employees
Dod
Pentagon
Defense Department
Federal Register
Warner Robins Air Force Base
Fort Hood
Texas
Rock Island Arsenal
Norfolk
Few Americans Buy Prescriptions Online Study
A Pew Internet report finds only 4 percent of Americans have used the Internet to buy prescription drugs and even fewer use foreign pharmacies. Most respondents, 62 percent, view online drugs as less safe than local pharmacy purchases despite state sites aiding import from Canada. FDA warns it cannot guarantee safety of drugs from foreign pharmacies. States including Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota New Hampshire Rhode Island Illinois had set up or linked sites before or during the survey period.
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Canada
Pew Internet
American Life Project
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Pew
Rhode Island
Illinois
Arkansas bus crash claims 14 dead near Interstate 55
Investigators in Marion Arkansas comb the grass near I 55 as a Chicago to Mississippi tour bus drifts off the road and overturns killing 14 and sending 15 to hospitals in critical condition. Names of the victims include driver Herbert Walters and passengers Mareen Walters Sandra Clark John Hawkins Fannie Jacobs Charlie Lowe Maxie Lyons Mamie McCormick Genise Meekins William Morris Derrick Poole Cornelia Roseborough Joyce Drain Eurelia Vaughn.
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Marion
Ark
Chicago
Mississippi
Little Rock
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Herbert Walters
Sandra Clark
John Hawkins
Fannie Jacobs
Charlie B. Lowe
Maxie Lyons
Mamie McCormick
Genise Meekins
William Morris
Derrick Poole
Cornelia Roseborough
Joyce Drain
Eurelia Vaughn
Incentives urged to boost flu vaccine makers in U S
Experts say the United States needs incentives to entice drug companies back into flu vaccine production to avoid shortages. They cite reliance on two manufacturers, regulatory costs, and unpredictable demand, proposing government purchases and insurance coverage to create a steadier, larger market.
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New York
United States
Gregory Poland
Mayo Clinic
Chiron Corp
Liverpool
Richard Webby
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Poland
William Schaffner
Vanderbilt University
Memorial Medical Center
Las Cruces
N.M
Mount St Helens vents steam like 1980s dome growth
Mount St Helens released a column of steam from the crater as a dome bulge grows, sending a plume hundreds of feet high toward the south and southeast. Scientists note the emission resembled dome-building years after the 1980 eruption, with minor ash from earlier eruptions and increased quakes preceding Sunday.
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Mount ST. Helens
Wash
Willie Scott
U.S. Geological Survey
Half-Week Flu Vaccine Shortage Hits U S Supply
Federal officials say the United States will receive about 55 million flu shot doses, only half of prior expectations, due to contamination at a Liverpool plant. High risk groups number about 94.9 million, but use cannot be predicted. past years show roughly half get vaccinated.
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Webby
Liverpool
U.S
Niranjan Bhat
Federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
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Washington, D.C
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Nancy Stone
Chicago Tribune
Magdie Muse
New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Mary F. Taylor
Schaffner
Norm Dettlaff
Rick Bowmer
Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center
Food and Drug Administration
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Perfect Balance Weight Management Center
Iowa
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