NASA sets February 7 launch for Atlantis shuttle flight
Cape Canaveral AP NASA picks February 7 as launch date for Atlantis delayed to reach space station Alpha on flight day three. Atlantis was in hangar for wire inspections after booster cable checks cleared for launch and Destiny lab was the originally planned target. Sara Lee to cut 7000 jobs, mainly in underwear and foods, restructuring to focus on core brands.
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Fla
NASA
Atlantis
International Space Station
U.S. Space Station Laboratory
Destiny
Chicago
Sara Lee Corp
Sara Lee
Ball Park
Wonderbra
Hanes
Endust
Julie Kenny
13 year old convicted of murder in Florida
A 13 year old boy, Lionel Tate, was found guilty of first degree murder in Pembroke Park for the July 1999 death of 6 year old Tiffany Eunick. He faces life in prison without parole at sentencing March 2, with his appeal plan to seek manslaughter.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lionel Tate
Jim Lewis
Lionel
Florida
Tiffany Eunick
Tiffany
Pembroke Park
Florida wildfire threatens homes near Orlando
A 2100 acre fire in central Florida forced voluntary evacuation near a subdivision 20 miles southwest of Orlando as dense smoke spread. The blaze started Tuesday when a tractor-trailer hit a power pole and sparked brush. About 150 firefighters and volunteers fought to contain it as it moved into a swampy area and is expected to burn about 4000 acres of dry underbrush before dying out.
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Eva
Fla
Florida
Orlando
Diabetes epidemic grows in United States CDC says
The CDC reports a roughly 6 percent rise in diabetes in 1999, with diagnoses climbing from 6.5 to 6.9 percent. Obesity has surged to about 20 percent, up from 12 percent in 1991, driving the epidemic across ages and races.
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United States
CDC
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Ali Mokhar
Jeffrey Kaplan
Diabetes Care
Bigger babies show higher average intelligence later in life
A long term British study of 3900 people born in 1946 finds that birth weight above 5.5 pounds correlates with higher IQ scores into adulthood up to age 26, then factors like education and environment lessen the effect. Lead researcher Marcus Richards cautions that birth weight is only one influence among many.
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London
Marcus Richards
Britain
Medical Research Council
PTA
Richards
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