Muscle cells from leg tissue may mend damaged heart
Duke University researchers report leg muscle cells transplanted into damaged hearts showed functional integration for up to 16 weeks and may have learned to behave like heart cells. Experts caution that definitive cell transformation is unproven, but the study in Nature Medicine suggests one muscle type can aid cardiac performance.
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Indiana University
Clinton vows veto over budget lacking summer jobs education
President Clinton, recalling fed funded summer jobs, pledges to veto any House budget that cuts funds for summer jobs and education programs. He lauded a $871 million summer jobs effort at Prince George's Hospital Center, warns that eliminating it harms youth futures and school programs.
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Cat's fastest car ferry cited for imprudent speed
BAR HARBOR ME AP The Cat owners call it North America's fastest car ferry a 44 million vessel capable of 55 mph linking the United States and Canada. Harbor Master Eddie Monat cited captain Kenneth Smith for imprudent speed after two Massachusetts boaters were injured by its wake Saturday afternoon Smith faces arraignment September 19 The boat reportedly dropped from under the boaters sending them five feet into the air Debra Kelley landed on her face Joanne Kelley injured an ankle Both treated at sea hospital says the vessel only reaches top speed on open ocean
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Kenneth Smith
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Monat
Debra Kelley
Joanne Kelley
Truck crashes into courthouse igniting blaze
A stolen red 1979 Ford pickup slammed through two glass doors of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette Indiana and ignited an improvised device. The bomb did not explode and no one was hurt. the driver fled as investigators hunted for suspects and motive. Police described the act as a terrorist attack and said no ammonium nitrate was found. Local residents watched as emergency crews and authorities assessed the damage and collected evidence.
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Marine aviators to plead innocent in Italian ski lift crash
CAMP LEJEUNE N C AP Two Marine aviators face manslaughter and negligent homicide charges after a jet struck a ski lift cable killing 20. Capt Richard J Ashby and Capt Joseph P Schweitzer will plead not guilty at arraignment and seek trials set for December and January. They could face life in prison if convicted on all counts.
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Richard J. Ashby
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Schweitzer
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N.Y
Italy
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Four networks back Nielsen rival to spur competing ratings service
ABC CBS NBC and Fox join to fund Statistical Research Inc in Westfield New Jersey with 60 million dollars seeking startup capital of 100 million. Six ad agencies may contribute. SRI promises an electronic eye based system to measure who watches and what they watch while networks cite flaws in Nielsen ratings and aim for ongoing competition.
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NBC
Fox
Statistical Research Inc
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N.J
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Michael Drexler
One
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Philadelphia
Hooper
Wall Street Journal
Jack Loftus
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