Margarine to offer cholesterol lowering health boost nationwide
Washington AP reports a margarine designed to cut cholesterol called Benecol will reach U S groceries next year. Sitostanol from pine trees blocks cholesterol absorption and liver production, with Finland’s success cited. McNeil promises broader nutraceutical foods as experts cite potential for wide heart health impact.
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Ta Nguyen
Mayo Clinic
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University At Texas Southwest Medical Center
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Michael 5. Goodman
Boston
Decision Resources
Campbell
Benecol
Jodie Foster Delivers First Child in Los Angeles
Actress Jodie Foster becomes a mother for the first time as her son Charles Foster arrives at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center weighing 7 1/2 pounds and measuring 20 1/2 inches. Publicist Pat Kingsley says Foster is happy, though she has not revealed the father’s name.
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Charles Foster
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Ms. Foster
Five-baby family gets free home in Washington
Linden and Jacque Thompson and their five children, surviving siblings of the first U S black sextuplets, move into a 4100 square foot pink stucco house near Capitol Hill. Freddie Mac bought the home for 210000 dollars and arranged 100000 dollars in donated renovations. The quintuplets are 14 months old, born May 8, 1997, gaining public notice after the McCaughey septuplets last November.
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Jacqueline Thompson
United States
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Richard
Octavia
Stella
Ann-Marie
Capitol Hill
Freddie Mac Corp
Freddie Mac
Washington Area
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Bobbi McCaughey
Carlisle
Iowa
Hanks Says He Is Glad He Missed War Role
Tom Hanks says he is glad he did not go to war and did not have to fight or kill in combat. He discusses storytelling logic and his role in Saving Private Ryan with Matt Damon, noting the film left him thankful for avoiding war.
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Tom Hanks
USA
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Tulsa Weather Coalition aids heat victims with window units
Tulsa Weather Coalition volunteers install window air conditioners for seriously ill residents who cannot afford cooling. Amid a summer heat wave blamed for 13 Oklahoma deaths, about 100 units have been placed, with 15 to 25 requests daily and 300 refusals since June due to medical, income, and expense eligibility.
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Okla
Tulsa Weather Coalition
Weather Coalition
Oklahoma
Joyriders injured after railroad flatcar crash in New Hampshire
Six young Cog Railway workers aged 17 to 23 rode a mattress on a flatcar for a nighttime joyride on the Conway Scenic line and crashed into a maintenance tie replacer. Four hospitalized, one in critical condition. Officials note steep track grade and limited visibility contributed to the accident.
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Conway
White Mountains
William King
Cog Railway
Mount Washington
Cog
Passengers cite delay between fire start and alarm on Ecstasy
On the cruise ship Ecstasy passengers report smoke entered cabins before alarms. They note an hour and 20 minutes elapsed before the first fire alarm, while TV coverage showed smoke and a slow crew response was criticized. The fire spread quickly two decks toward a mooring area, injuring 54 of nearly 3,000 aboard. Carnival faces NTSB probe into cause and crew actions.
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Ecstasy
Carnival Cruise Lines
Bob Dickinson
Mr. Dickinson
National Transportation Safety Board
Carnival
Ms. Palmer
Chris Whipple
Dallas
WTM
Mr. Whipple
Winery fined for gifts to Espy and ethics education
California's Robert Mondavi winery agreed to pay 120000 in fines and costs to resolve an independent counsels investigation into gifts to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. The civil settlement requires a 30000 education campaign on government ethics and details gifts valued at 394 dollars including wine.
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Agriculture
Mike Espy
California
Robert Mondavi Winery
Espy
Donald Smaltz
Oakville
Mark MacDougall
Robert Mondavi Corp
Mondavi Winery
Fast track revival tests trade agenda in Senate
Senate Finance Committee revived President Clinton's 1997 fast track plan to negotiate trade deals, attaching it to a House bill expanding Africa trade. The move, led by Sen. Roth, drew Democratic criticism as labor and environmental groups oppose fast track, while the White House calls the vote political mischief.
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White House
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Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Africa
Sen
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R-Del
Dick Gephardt
D-Mo
Mike McCurry
Senate Committee
Bodies Burned and Buried as PNG Tsunami Toll Grows
Rescue efforts grimly continued in Papua New Guinea after a magnitude 7 quake-triggered tsunami left at least 1,200 dead and 6,000 missing. Cremations by gasoline were held on the shore as scavengers attacked corpses, while Prime Minister Bill Skate discussed evacuations and officials warned of disease and rising fatalities in remote coastal villages.
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Papua New Guinea
Pacific
Bill Skate
Skate
Sissano Lagoon
West Sepik
John Tekwi
Associated Press
Island
New Guinea
Australia
Headache relief through longstanding chiropractic care
Chiropractic has treated headaches for over a century, including migraine sinus tension and stress headaches. New studies link skull base muscles to the spine explaining pain relief from adjustments. Relief is lasting and safer than medications, with many seeking alternatives to pills. Call for information.
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Chiropractic
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