Women emerge as leading protectors in environmental poll
A Roper Starch poll finds women more pro environmental than men, with 51 percent of women saying regulation not far enough versus 38 percent of men. The survey notes a persistent gender gap in attitudes toward air quality and environmental policy, and 72 percent support compensation for landowners when environmental rules reduce land value.
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Ashington
Roper Starch
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
Washington D.C
Kevin Coyle
The
Foundation
Coyle
American Rivers
Times Mirror
Recall bias clouds abortion breast cancer link says Dutch study
Researchers interviewed 918 breast cancer patients and 918 controls in the Netherlands to test reports of abortions and contraceptive use. They found region influenced risk estimates, suggesting underreporting in conservative areas and recall bias in studies linking abortion to breast cancer. Experts caution results do not prove no link and call for more research.
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Ashington
Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
Matti A. Rockus
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam
Rockus
Netherlands
Douglas L. Weed
Weed
Olivia Gans
National
Right To Life Committee
Gans
Interplanetary rover Pathfinder launches toward Mars
A NASA rocket carries the first interplanetary rover on a 310 million mile journey to Mars. Pathfinder lifts off after weather and computer delays, aiming for a July 4, 1997 landing with a direct entry and a dozen bounces to cushion impact. The mission, valued at 196 million dollars, follows the Global Surveyor launch a month earlier as part of a broader Mars exploration effort.
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Fila
Mars
Mars Pathfinder
Pathfinder
Earth Orbit
Red Planet
Cheick Diarra
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Califor
NASA
U.S
Global Surveyor
Tony Spear
Moon may hide water in polar icebogs as radar hints
Pentagon scientists reported in 1994 that radar from a military satellite detected a strong water ice signature in the moon's deep south polar crater. Lunar Prospector later planned to orbit for a year with instruments including a neutron spectrometer to confirm hydrogen presence.
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Ashington
Moon
South Pole
Pentagon
Paul Spudis
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Rice University
Spudis
NASA
Lunar Prospector
Lunar
Clementine
Earth
Lunar South Pole
Hawaii Judge Orders Same Sex Marriage Licenses Issued
A Hawaii judge ruled the state must issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, aligning with a 1993 Hawaii Supreme Court decision. The state plans to appeal, keeping licenses on hold pending a stay. Baehr and Dancel, among plaintiffs, said they plan to marry in Hawaii once possible.
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Hawaii
Onolulu
Ninia Baehr
Geneva Dancel
Maui
Congress
Baehr
Dancel
Baltimore
Kevin Chang
Supreme Court
Chang
Gugino exits Spin City for film career on hold
LOS ANGELES AP Carla Gugino 25 leaves Spin City to pursue The War At Home film with Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. Final appearance Dec 17. Lauren Bacall headlines comedy praise in Mirror Has Two Faces interview from London AP. Sotheby's sells Britt Ekland wedding dress for 820 dollars as part of a 140000 dollar collection. Copperfield Magic Underground planned near Disney World opening in 1998 with Disney's Michael Eisner announcing the venture.
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Los Angeles
Carla Gugino
Spin City
Ms. Gugino
Michael J. Fox
ABC
Stephen Havane
New York City
Emilio Estevez
Martin Sheen
Mriday
Lauren Bacall
Ms. Bacall
Hannah Morgan
Barbra Streisand
the Mirror
Humphrey Bogart
Bette Davis
London
Paul Welford
Britt Ekland
Peter Sellers
Welford
Christie's
Sellers
Rod Stewart
Christie’s
Lake Buena Vista
Fla
David Copperfield
Disney
Magic Kingdom
LateNite Magic Inc
Copperfield Magic Underground
Walt Disney World Resort
Orlando
Michael Eisner
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Tom Russell
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