EPA panel links passive smoke to cancer in nonsmokers
An EPA advisory panel says cigarette smoke causes cancer in nonsmokers and may trigger bronchitis pneumonia and asthma in children. The finding could shape OSHA indoor air rules and workplace smoking restrictions while drawing criticism from the tobacco industry.
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Paul Raeburn
Arlington
Environmental Protection Agency
Morton Lippmann
New York University
Coalition On Smoking Or Health
Fran du Melle
Coalition
American Lung Association
Washington
EPA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Roy Clason Jr
OSHA
Clason
Lippmann
Benedict Arnold as complex figure in new Randall biography
The review portrays Benedict Arnold as more than a traitor, highlighting his roles as merchant, sea captain, and tactician. Willard Sterne Randall uses unpublished letters to trace Arnold from youth through later years, offering insight into Revolutionary life and how events shaped the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Willard Sterne Randall
University of Ver
Ments
Ticonderoga
Saratoga
Lake Champlain
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Randall
Ottawa
Two Kansas Women Named Rhodes Scholarship Candidates
Kansas selections for Rhodes scholarships announced with two women from the Kansas City and Wichita areas. Molly Graver of Overland Park, Davidson College pre medical student, and Kristy Parker of Valley Center, American social history major at Kansas State University, led nine finalists from an original 25 entries after state committee interviews.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Wichita
Kansas
Molly Graver
Overland Park
Davidson ‘College
North Carolina
Kristy Parker
Valley Center
Kansas State University
Kasparov Karpov Chess Title Duel Tied After Game 17
In Lyon France Kasparov and Karpov resume the world championship match with Karpov winning game 17 to pull the score to 8 half points each The next game is set for Saturday The title will go to the first to reach 12 5 points with a $1 7 million share of a $3 million purse If tied Kasparov keeps the title.
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Lyon
France
Garry Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
Karpov
Kasparov
Caring Award honors Kansas City figure and teen
Ewing Kauffman chair emeritus of Marion Merrell Dow and Royals owner is named a Caring Award recipient in Washington for his community programs. Kathy Perron, 18, of Topeka, earns a Kids Caring for Kids honor for volunteer work with the Capper Foundation for Crippled Children. The Caring Institute recognizes the dying, disabled and disadvantaged.
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Kansas City
Ewing Kauffman
Marion Merrell Dow Inc
Kansas City Royals
America
Caring Institute
Dirksen Senate
Washington
Kauffman
Kathy Perron
Topeka
Capper Foundation
Kids Caring For
Study finds doctors overuse imaging for profit in Boston
A study shows doctors who own X-ray and ultrasound machines take four times as many diagnostic images than those who refer to radiologists. Ownership yields a profit on every image, raising concerns that financial incentive shapes medical practice beyond patient need.
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Boston
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TEPA
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