Heroin Revival Proves Fatal in Odessa Area
Odessa area faces a spike in heroin related deaths with three fatal overdoses in 10 days. Medical examiner Dr. Sparks Veasey notes unusual pattern while officials cite the rise of black tar heroin and cross state trafficking links to Arkansas and possibly Mexican routes. Drug Task Force director Tom Finley warns nationwide surge and evolving smuggling dynamics.
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Odessa
Sparks Veasey
Amarillo
Veasey
United States
Tom Finley
Permian Basin
Finley
Arkansas
Odessa/Midland
AZT Becomes Less Effective As Virus Evolves
Washington AP reports rising AIDS patient resistance to AZT, the main treatment. UCLA expert Dr. Wendell T. W. Ching notes blood tests show infections in patients never treated with AZT carrying naturally resistant virus or acquiring it from treated patients. Resistance may occur without prior AZT use or spread from treated to untreated patients. Azidothymidine known as zidovudine remains primary anti viral therapy with other drugs ddl and dC in development.
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Washington
Wendell T. W. Ching
Ucla School of Medicine
Windy Wet Weather Delays New Year Travel Across Regions
A strong cold front swept the Permian Basin bringing windy, wet conditions and a potential freeze as temperatures plummeted from 58 to 41 by mid morning. In the Northwest a second snowstorm snarled travel with blizzard conditions and interstate closures. Airports reported fog delays but operations resumed, while Amtrak and airline services faced scattered delays of up to 30 minutes and minor punctuality issues.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Odessa
NWS
Chang
Eula Huffman
American Airlines
Dallas-Fort A
Ace
J.D. Wingrove
Northwest
Clifford Black
Amtrak
Magee Lm
Park landmark Pine Spring Cafe faces closure dispute
Pine Spring Cafe, a 61 year pit stop near Guadalupe Mountains National Park, faces closure by the National Park Service which calls it an eyesore and hazard. Gooch Sanders says she will reopen Friday, continuing a decades long battle begun in 1982 and 1986 with Interior secretaries and park authorities.
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Pine Springs
West Texas
Pine Spring
National Park Service
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
Gooch Sanders
Sanders
Mary Hinson
el Paso
Park Service
Pine Spring Cafe
Hinson
Cancer cells made visible to immune system in rat brain tumors
Case Western Reserve University researchers in Science describe turning on genes in rat brain tumor cells to induce killer immune cells. The method aims to flag cancer cells so the body's defense can attack them. Human applicability remains uncertain and needs further study.
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Washington
Science
Case Western Reserve University
Mark L. Tykocinski
Case Western Institute of Pathology
Bush views suffering of Somalis firsthand
President Bush visited Mogadishu on New Year’s Eve and praised the 18,000 American troops aiding Somalia as they work to relieve famine. Shelling by rival clans erupted in western Mogadishu as Bush’s party stayed aboard a ship offshore and officials reported the largest firefight since U.S. forces arrived on December 9.
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Somalia
Bush
En Oa
Fred Peck
U.S
Cepa Beh
Acoon
Washington
Saudi
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