FDA approves Proscar to treat enlarged prostate
The FDA approves Proscar a drug to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia an ailment affecting men over 50. Doctors say it could spare many from a surgery costing 7000 to 8000 dollars and avoid repetition after five years. Merck will price about 1.75 dollars per day roughly 640 dollars yearly.
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Food and Drug Administration
New York Times
Merck & Co
Rahway, N.J
FDA
Carhenge loses Japanese autos replace with American models
In Alliance Nebraska a summer solstice event at Carhenge saw two Japanese cars substituted by American makes. Subaru and Toyota were replaced by a Cadillac and a Ford Galaxy as part of Jim Reinders' Stonehenge inspired sculpture. A Honda will also be swapped for a Jeep.
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Wheat Fields
Here
Honda
Jeep
Two get prison for setting fires in state park
BECKLEY West Virginia two men John W Vance and Ricky Lee Horton both of Beaver were sentenced to one year in prison for setting four fires November 21 in Grandview State Park now part of New River Gorge National Park The fires caused 30000 in damage and the judge ordered three months for each of the four counts to run consecutively as part of a larger pattern of fires across southern West Virginia last fall burning more than 350000 acres.
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Elizabeth Hallanan
Beating prompted by King verdict in Columbus
Rep. Michael Fox said he was assaulted outside a Columbus movie theater by three men who asked if he remembered Rodney King. He suffered a broken cheekbone, swollen eye, loose teeth and cuts, and was released from hospital yesterday. Police had no suspects.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rodney King
Michael Fox
Fox
Military lost millions in property in fiscal 1990
The GAO found the Defense Department misplaced or failed to track more than 15 million in property and freight in 1990. Pistols left for years went missing, and five mine clearing launchers valued at 7 000 each were found abandoned alongside a road. The report urges overhaul of in transit property controls and carrier performance monitoring. Senator Levin criticized the system and pressed for immediate remedial action.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Fort Benning
Marine Corps Logistics Base
Albany
California
GAO
Defense Department
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Governmental Affairs Panel
Pentagon
Levin
United States
Department of Defense
Department
David Berteau
Tokyo stocks plunge below 16000 for first time in 50 years
The Tokyo Stock Exchange 225 Nikkei fell 598.65 points to 15921.22 as investors await action from the government. Prime Minister Miyazawa urged a supplementary budget without deficit-financing bonds while noting no plan to prop up stock prices. He cited improving housing starts but slow inventory clearance amid weak earnings outlook.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Kiichi Miyazawa
Kazuyuki Kan
Kokusai Securities
Satoru Ishihara
Miyazawa
Increased dolphin deaths baffle Texas researchers
PORT O'CONNOR Texas AP Dolphins have been found dead or dying along the Texas coast at about twice the normal rate this year with more than 220 bottlenose deaths since January primarily in Calhoun and Aransas counties near Corpus Christi. Scientists cite record rains and runoff pollutants as a possible factor while noting no single cause has emerged.
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Texas
Yee
Calhoun
Aransas
Corpus Christi
Tom Wagner
State Parks and Wildlife Department
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gerald Scott
Scott
Nina Young
Center For Marine Conservation
Washington
Florida
Young
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