Harvard commits $50 million to women scientists
Harvard President Lawrence Summers announced a $50 million, decade long program to support women in science. Initiatives include mentoring child care late night transport and faculty diversity, with new advisory and training measures and a senior administrator on diversity.
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Low Fat Diet May Cut Breast Cancer Return For Some
Results from a large study suggest reduced recurrence for women with estrogen receptor negative tumors who followed a low fat diet after treatment. But experts caution the finding applies to about one fifth of participants and may be due to chance. The study involved 2437 women at 37 sites, with 975 given intensive dietary counseling versus 1462 on usual diets.
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Fla
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Eric Winer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston
National Cancer Institute
Rowan Chlebowski
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Len Lichtenfeld
Neverland guard testimony adds wine claim in Jackson case
A security guard testified he caught the teen accuser and his brother with wine at Neverland. A maid reported adult magazines in the brother’s backpack. Defense argues items found by the youths, not exposure by Jackson. Witnesses rebut alleged captivity claims about the family.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Michael Jackson
Neverland Ranch
Jackson
Neverland
Inmate Dies After Guard Fight at Baltimore Jail
In Baltimore a 52 year old inmate Raymond Smoot died after a fight with guards at the overcrowded Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center. Six guards were placed on leave as investigators probe the homicide ruled by the medical examiner. A struggle drew 25 to 30 guards into the cell, with Smoot injured and dying at a hospital.
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Raymond Smoot
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Chief federal prosecutor quits in Detroit terrorism case collapse
The chief federal prosecutor in a Detroit terrorism case resigns amid a case that collapsed after key questions about evidence and charges. The withdrawal raises questions about the investigation and future prosecutions tied to the alleged plot.
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Jury awards death penalty in Runnion slaying
A Santa Ana jury sentenced Alejandro Avila to death for the 2002 killing of 5 year old Samantha Runnion after convicting him of murder kidnapping and sexual assault. The panel deliberated about seven hours over two days deciding the death option over life without parole with sentencing scheduled for July 22.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Samantha Runnion
Alejandro Avila
Mary Role in Bible Studied by Catholic and Anglican Leaders
Seattle leaders from Roman Catholic and Anglican circles said after years of talks that Catholic doctrines of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption are consistent with Anglican biblical interpretations.
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Vatican
Anglican Communion
Seattle
Forecast predicts active Atlantic hurricane season
BAY ST LOUIS Mississippi government forecaster predicts 12 to 15 tropical storms, 7 to 9 hurricanes, and 3 to 5 major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or more. He cautions landfall predictions are uncertain but urges preparation for two to three storms to reach land this season.
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Miss
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States
Divers Find Remains of Boy in Whitefish Lake Tragedy
Divers pulled a sack from Whitefish Lake containing human foot bones as a lifelong search for 14 year old David Almos resumed after a fisherman's snag. Almos and 15 year old Jay Richardson drowned in June 1972. his brother identified eyeglasses among the recovered items.
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Whitefish Lake
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Rifaximin May Prevent Travelers Diarrhea in Study
A study reported in Annals of Internal Medicine shows rifaximin prevented traveler's diarrhea in about 85 percent of 210 American students studying Spanish in Guadalajara in 2003. Two weeks of treatment reduced diarrheal cases to under 15 percent vs 54 percent on placebo, offering a preventive option alongside its existing use as treatment.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Food and Drug Administration
Annals of Internal Medicine
Herbert DuPont
University of Texas Health Science Center
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Herbert
Phyllis Kozarsky
Emory School of Medicine
Atlanta
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