Rural high school mourns soldiers in Iraq war
In Orangeburg South Carolina students at Orangeburg Wilkinson High School mourn a third graduate killed in Iraq. Darius Jennings 22 died in the Chinook helicopter crash along with seven others. The town wrestles with loss and some students rethink military paths while others press on with ROTC.
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Iraq
Army Spe
Darius T. Jennings
Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School
Orangeburg-Wilkinson
Columbia
Marilyn Wilson
Jennings
South Carooina
North Carolina
Georgia
Air Force
David Turner
45Th Space Wing
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Maj
Frank Douglas
Douglas
Army
Anthony Thompson
Tikrit
Pfc
Vern J. Mack
Hadithah Dam
Judy Johnson
Robert Hemby
New Vision Alternative
Thompson
Valerie Green
Jaykwon Kyreek
Mary Ellen Bell
Bell
Mack
Andre Boler
Fort Carson
Boler
Brinder Hicks
Kuwait
Hicks
Quinta Smith
Smith
Sri Lanka president proclaims state of emergency amid crisis
President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency in Sri Lanka as she fired three ministers and dissolved Parliament. The move risks increasing tensions with Tamil Tigers while rival Wickremesinghe seeks U S backing for peace efforts amid a fragile cease fire and rising shortages in the Tamil north.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Bush
Washington
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Kumaratunga
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Eric Fernando
Associated Press
Wickremesinghe
U.S
Tamil Tiger
Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam
LTT
Lakshman Kadirgama
Tigers
TamilNet
Jaffna
Voyager 1 nears edge of solar system amid conflicting studies
Two teams analyzing Voyager 1 data dispute whether the craft has crossed the sun's termination shock into interstellar space or remains approaching the solar system boundary. NASA's probe sits about 8.4 billion miles from the sun, as researchers weigh lower versus higher energy particle evidence.
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NASA
Earth
Nature
Len Fisk
University of Michigan
Space
Voyager 1
Louis Lanzerotti
Bell Laboratories
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Cholesterol study finds HDL mutation acts like Drano for arteries
Researchers report an experimental HDL based therapy cleared arterial plaque in six weeks among heart disease patients. The mutation found in Limone sul Garda villagers makes HDL an unusually potent plaque remover. Experts caution that larger trials are needed to confirm benefits and survival impact.
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Chicago
Italy
Daniel Rader
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Rader
Journal of the American Medical Association
Bryan Brewer
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Steven Nissen
Cleveland Clinic
Limone Syl Garda
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