High court weighs same sex harassment under Title VII
The Supreme Court signaled readiness to rule that federal Title VII bans sexual harassment applies regardless of the attacker and victim's sexes. Justices questioned a lower court ruling that same sex harassment is not covered, noting discrimination could occur between any two people including homosexuals.
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Supreme Court
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Clarence Thomas
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Bomb blast kills pregnant woman in Louisa
A pregnant woman, Lynn Baker aged 24, was killed by a bomb outside her Louisa apartment around 4:30 a.m. The blast damaged her home and a nearby car as police investigated with no suspects. Baker was due to give birth soon and worked for a Charlottesville construction company.
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Charlottesville
Fortune
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Richmond
Extinction fears for world’s tigers rise in report
Washington AP National Geographic Society warns tigers are vanishing fast. Geoffrey Ward notes about 5,000 to 7,000 remain, roughly half in India, with three subspecies already extinct or near extinction and four others endangered. Calls for major human intervention by nations in 14 range countries.
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National Geographic Society
Geoffrey Ward
India
Ariane rocket places Japanese and German satellites in orbit
An Ariane 4 from Kourou French Guiana placed a Hughes built Japanese telecom satellite above New Guinea for Japan Satellite Systems. A Max Planck Equator-S satellite built in Germany will study solar wind effects on Earth. A Russian Proton-K also launched a Luxembourg direct TV satellite from Baikonur in Kazakstan.
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France
Ariane Space Consortium
Kottrou
French Guiana
South America
Luxembourg
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakstan
Hughes Space & Communications
New Guinea
Japan Satellite Systems Inc
Max Planck Institute
Germany
Earth
Estrogen May Help Men Stay Fertile in Mice Study
A mouse study found estrogen helps male fertility by preventing a reproductive tract problem. Rex Hess of the University of Wisconsin led the work, which suggests estrogen has a role in the male reproductive system and could inform future research on male contraception amid concerns about environmental chemicals.
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New York
Rex Hess
University of Winois
Half the Amazon at risk as fires rise in dry forests
A seven year study warns the Amazon could suffer a catastrophic shift as logging and deliberate burns, aided by El Nino, dry the jungle. About 12 percent of the 2 million square mile forest is already gone and fires flare even in pristine cores.
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Associated Press
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Amazon
Daniel Nepstad
Woods Hole Research Center
Steve Schwartzman
Environmental Defense Fund
Study finds stark US life expectancy gaps by region
Harvard scientist Chris Murray reports men in parts of South Dakota and eastern cities of Baltimore and Washington living as long as men in India and Bolivia. The study notes 61 year life expectancy for men in five South Dakota counties, 56.5 for Native American men in the state, and 83 for some women in other counties, with Asian men in affluent counties reaching 89.5 years.
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