Pier Collapse Kills Three At Philadelphia Dock Side Club
Rescue teams comb tangled planks and debris after a pier hosting Heat bar and ballroom near the Moshulu collapsed into the Delaware River. Three people died, 37 injured, including eight rescue workers. authorities closed river traffic as coast guard boats searched overnight. Eleven hospitalized, two in serious condition. Investigators from police fire licenses and inspections and the Army Corps of Engineers began inquiries. A related New Jersey pier collapse last month caused vehicle damage and $10 million in losses.
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Delaware
Joseph Capaci
Bartholomew Tortella
MCP
Hahnemann University Hospital
Coast Guard
Schuylkill River
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Gregory Adams
Army Corps of Engineers
Heat
Stephanie Franklin- Suber
Eve McCarney
Department of Licenses
New Jersey
Delaware River
APA
New e mail virus surges through networks in mutated form
Reports from New York describe a smarter destructive computer virus that mutates its subject line with each spread and overwrites files. Symantec and Trend Micro warn it can infect thousands of machines by sending itself to address books via Outlook and disguising itself as attachments with .vbs endings.
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New York
Symantec Corp
Cupertino
Calif
Dave Perry
Trend Micro Inc
Perry
Microsoft
Outlook
Anita Chen
Trend Micro
Philippines
Breast cancer deaths fall with improved treatments
London AP reports researchers note a 25 percent drop in breast cancer deaths over a decade in the United States and Britain among young and middle aged women. About 60,000 deaths have been prevented due to therapies including chemotherapy and tamoxifen, with tamoxifen praised by Sir Richard Peto of Oxford University. He calls it the first time cancer treatments have rapidly reduced national death rates.
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London
United States
Britain
Richard Peto
Oxford University
Lancet
Atlantis lifts off to fix the space station on fourth try
NASA sent Atlantis with seven astronauts to repair the international space station as parts fail and power systems falter. The crew aims to reach the station early Sunday, with the mission prioritizing replacement of four faltering batteries and a Russian charging device. The station’s orbit has decayed due to solar activity, and docking for six days will raise it about 26 miles toward Mir’s level, amid delays and a late crew schedule.
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Fla
Atlantis
International Space Station
Europe
NASA
Scott Horowitz
Horowitz
Space Station
Russia
Mir
Suburban family steps forward to claim Big Game prize
The Rainz family of Tower Lakes Illinois identified by the Daily Herald as the other half of last week's record 363 million Big Game jackpot winner. The Lake Zurich store sold the ticket. Winners face a choice between a lump sum near 90 million or 26 annual payments totaling 181.5 million before taxes. The other half was sold in Michigan to Larry Ross.
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Chicago
Lake Zurich
Ill
Daily Herald
Arlington Heights
Joe
Sue Rainz
Tower Lakes
Wild Onion Brewing Co
Lake Barrington
Tony Cantieri
Michael
Patrick
John
Illinois
Michigan
Larry Ross
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