Philadelphia transit strike ends after drivers vote deal
The SEPA transportation authority and union negotiators reached a tentative three year contract ending a two week strike that disrupted service for 400,000 riders across five counties and idled 5,800 workers. Service resumed Monday afternoon and by Tuesday the system was largely normal.
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Japanese comedy team risks lives for laughs in grotesque stunts
Reuters reports the Tokyo Shock Boys perform danger filled routines with fire cracker injuries and face gluing tricks for laughs. The act includes scarring groins and buttocks, missing teeth from scorpion bites, and Danna Koyanagi’s milk squirting from his eyes. The group’s slogan proclaims Please laugh. We’re risking our lives.
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White House panel may bar part of Pennsylvania Avenue
A security panel likely will propose closing part of Pennsylvania Avenue to cars and pedestrians in front of the White House. President Clinton would probably approve, with the Secret Service urging tighter controls after a 1994 shooting and a December incident where police fatally shot a knife-wielding homeless man near the residence.
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Experts say standard Cytoxan doses safe for heart injury risk
Researcher Dr. Jeffrey Abrams notes no heart failure seen at standard doses of Cytoxan, while deaths and severe heart damage occurred in a study where patients received four times the normal dose. The standard dose is 500 mg to 1 g per m2, with ongoing trials exploring higher dosing for advanced breast cancer patients. Betsy Lehman and a 52-year-old Dana Farber patient died from overdoses in a fourfold dosing arm.
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