Congress presses on as election looms in waning session
Washington AP reports Congress remains in session with limited agenda as House Republicans pledge to stay through the election to finish spending bills. The Senate approved 24 hour funding moves and a transfer to a possible November 14 adjournment, while Democrats decry the stalemate and the risk of unfinished business.
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Intervention urged to curb police misconduct nationwide
The U S Commission on Civil Rights says civilian review boards and local prosecutions fail to curb misuse and calls for easier lawsuits against abusive officers and broader federal oversight. It urges national statistics on racial profiling and stronger government action to stem misconduct while noting some crime reductions.
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Suspects in embassy bombing attack guard Suspects in embassy bombing attack guard
Two U S embassy bombing suspects attacked a guard at a federal lockup stabbing him in the eye with a sharpened plastic comb. The guard, 43, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition after surgery lasting more than 12 hours. The assailants, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed and Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, are linked to the 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam embassy bombings in which 224 people died.
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Speedy lizard may have been first biped
A fossil study reports the 10 inch lizard Eudibamus cursoris from Germany walked upright on two legs 290 million years ago, predating dinosaurs and mammals as an early example of repeated bipedal evolution. Researchers say long hind limbs and short forelimbs indicate swift two footed running.
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Science
Earth
Robert Reisz
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Iraq's bomb project tied to Manhattan Project reports
Khidhir Hamza, a former Iraqi nuclear physicist, claims U S aid aided Iraq’s 1970s bomb design by providing Manhattan Project reports via Iraq’s atomic energy library. He described finding dusty copies and said they guided Iraqis, though he did not explain how the reports reached the library.
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