CIA report declassification request over 9/11 failings
Intelligence leaders press CIA Director Porter Goss to release a public version of the inspector general report on pre 9/11 failures. The letter cites accountability and future steps, noting calls for disciplinary reviews for former Director George Tenet and others. The request accompanies wider congressional interest in declassification.
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DNA Stem Cell Pioneers Win Major Lasker Prizes
Two stem cell researchers Ernest McCulloch and James Till from Ontario Cancer Institute and the University of Toronto share the basic medical research prize for identifying a stem cell. Sir Alec Jeffreys and Sir Edwin Southern from the United Kingdom win the clinical prize for DNA fingerprinting and gene mapping. Nancy Brinker receives the Lasker public service award for founding the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Two Killed as Metra Train Derails On Chicago South Side
A Metra commuter double decker derailed five miles south of downtown Chicago injuring more than 80 and killing two women aged 22 and 30. 185 passengers were aboard, with 17 in serious or critical condition. Investigators from the NTSB will probe as trains on the Joliet to Chicago route resume unclear.
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