Pigeons vanish in two East Coast races mystery grows
About 2 200 homing pigeons compete in two East Coast races and 890 percent of birds fail to return. In the 200 mile race from northern Virginia to Allentown 1 600 pigeons went missing and 600 of 709 vanished in the 150 mile race from western Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. Experts, handlers, and organizer Gary Moore seek explanations as hawks or winds. Meanwhile Alistair Cooke tops BBC listener poll as Best Living Speaker of English. He is 89 and based in New York.
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Drug adds inhaled drug cuts asthma hospitalizations
A Norfolk study shows adding ipratropium bromide to standard albuterol and steroid therapy lowers hospitalization by 28 percent in severe childhood asthma. The benefit is strongest with timely treatment, per Dr Faiga Qureshi of Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters and Eastern Virginia Medical School.
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New England Journal of Medicine
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Plants Harvest Gold From Ore via Phytomining
Massey University researchers report that certain plants absorb gold from ore using ammonium thiocyanate to solubilize the metal. Indian mustard and chicory yielded up to about 20 parts per million by weight, with higher yields in sand mixed with gold, in the journal Nature.
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Robert R. Brooks
Massey University
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New Zealand
Nature
Cranberry juice shown to prevent urinary infections
Scientists from Rutgers University report that concentrated tannins in cranberry juice, proanthocyanidins, block E coli from sticking to urinary tract lining. funded by Ocean Spray, the study appears as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Milosevic Offered Chance to Avoid NATO Strikes
U S envoy Richard Holbrooke pressed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to acquiesce to international demands to halt the Kosovo crackdown. Milosevic remained defiant as Clinton urged an end to police actions and resumption of negotiations. NATO could act without U N approval per Solana as divisions widen among allies and Russia warns of bloodshed.
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Senate ready to approve spending bill amidst rush to finish year
The Senate moved toward passing a $93.4 billion fiscal 1999 package covering housing veterans and environmental programs with Clinton expected to sign. It would be only the sixth of 13 annual spending bills approved this year as White House and Republicans clash over abortion contraception and budget gaps.
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House probes 1.7 million in Democratic donations
GOP investigators say the Democratic National Committee kept 1.7 million in suspect or illegal foreign or straw donations, citing bank records, wire transfers, and testimony. The DNC has returned 3.2 million in questioned funds and says donors charged with crimes have had their contributions returned. party defends its practices amid election scrutiny.
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