Mapes Hotel in Reno demolished amid preservationists’ fight
The 12 story Mapes Hotel, a landmark of Reno’s modern gambling era, collapsed after years of lawsuits and protests. Thousands crowded downtown for the implosion, while preservationists organized a wake and noted the building’s historical significance.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Mapes
Nevada Supreme Court
Sherrie Clark
Ed Dybowski
Pam McDowell
National Trust For Historic
AIDS deaths among US priests four times national rate
The Kansas City Star reports that US Roman Catholic priests die of AIDS-related illnesses at about four times the general population rate. Hundreds have died since the mid 1980s and many more live with HIV. The series cites surveys, expert interviews, and cases like Bishop Emerson Moore to illustrate concealment and silence around sexuality and AIDS in the church.
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Kansas City
United States
Thomas Gumbleton
Archdiocese of
Detroit
The
Star
Gumbleton
John Keenan
Trinity House
Chicago
the Star
Emerson Moore
Archdiocese of New York
Minnesota
U.S
Vatican
Raymond Boland
Kansas City-St. Joseph
Dennis Rausch
St. Maurice Catholic Church
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Rausch
Ron Gouthro
Kansas City Star
Train derailment kills teen in Bloomington Maryland
A coal train derailed near the Maryland West Virginia border and one car struck a two story house, killing Eddie Lee Rogers 15 and injuring four family members. Rescue teams found the boy 12 hours after the crash as Libby Holstein 35 Brandy Holstein 18 Eugene Liller 32 and Amanda Liller 13 were treated. Crew members were unharmed.
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Bloomington
Maryland-West Virginia
Eddie Lee Rogers
Potomac River
CSX
Gary Wollenhaupt
Libby A. Holstein
Brandy N. Holstein
Eugene F. Liller
Amanda M. Liller
Libby Holstein
Cumberland Memorial Hospital
Ortho Tri Cyclen Pill Sees Acne Use Boost and Top Market Share
In New York AP report, Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho Tri-Cyclen, already a leading oral contraceptive, has tripled in sales over three years and is promoted as an acne treatment. FDA cleared the acne use in 1997, with doctors noting dermatology prescriptions remain a small share. The firm holds about 40 percent of the market as 15 million U.S. women use oral pills.
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New York
Johnson & Johnson
Darla Brown
Houston
Ashley Wesson
Texas
Food and Drug Administration
Arthur Caplan
Center For Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
Mark Monseau
U.S
IMS Health
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Mapes Hotel-Casino
Free “Wheels
West Iaswheels.com
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N. Grandview
Weigh of Life
G.R. Albertson
D.O
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