Americans and Japanese win Nobel Prize in physics
Two Americans and a Japanese win the Nobel Prize in physics for pioneering contributions to astrophysics. Raymond Davis Jr and Masatoshi Koshiba share half the prize for cosmic neutrinos, worth about 1 million dollars. Riccardo Giacconi earns the other half for discovering cosmic X-ray sources and advancing understanding of the Sun, stars, galaxies, and supernovae.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Raymond Davis, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Masatoshi Koshiba
University of Tokyo
Riccardo Giacconi
Associated Universities Inc
Washington, D.C
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Boston clergy abuse panel backs priest removal registry
A Boston panel's final report to Cardinal Bernard Law urges the Archdiocese to create an internally kept registry of priests removed over credible abuse claims and to make it available to future employers. Law will review the recommendations with canon lawyers and aims to implement policy by December 1.
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Boston
Law
Bernard Law
Archdiocese of
Commission For the Protection of Children
Six Die in Afghan Factional Fights in East and North
Fighting between rival warlords in eastern Khost and surrounding districts killed at least six people. Warlord Bacha Khan Zadran led forces against militiamen loyal to the provincial governor in Nadir Shahkot district, about nine miles from Khost, with three hours of clashes. Zadran, missing from his bases after prior battles, was reportedly in the area during the fighting.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Khost
Bacha Khan Zadran
Mohammad Khan Gorbuz
Nadir Shahkot
Gorbuz
Zadran
Navy sailors used government travel cards for personal purchases
GAO findings show 1180 Navy transactions from October 2000 to March 2002 totaling 206700 dollars for personal items including jewelry ball game tickets and prostitutes at Nevada brothels. Enlisted sailors earning 12000 to 27000 dollars were the main abusers and Navy oversight was faulted.
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Washington
Navy
Nevada
Congressional
Pentagon
Defense Department
General Accounting Office
GAO
Five men captured in Pakistan over Christian attacks
Police and FBI agents arrested five suspects in a pre-dawn raid on Shamshato refugee camp near Peshawar. Interrogations by local police and FBI aim to link the men to three recent attacks on Christians, with at least 37 dead and about 100 injured in months of violence.
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FBI
Peshawar
Pakistan
Shamshatoo
Lautenberg to clash with Forrester in New Jersey Senate race
Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Republican Douglas Forrester will face off after the U S Supreme Court cleared them to run for the seat vacated by Robert Torricelli. The court declined to intervene in the New Jersey contest, a setback for Republicans who sought to bar Lautenberg from the ballot.
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Lautenberg
Forrester
N.J
Torricelli
Trenton
Frank Lautenberg
Douglas Forrester
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
Robert Torricelli
New Jersey Senate
GOP
Parents fearfully escort students as sniper attacks unfold
Anxious families in Bowie and Montgomery County sent children to school or kept them home after a sniper's killings and wounding spree. Parents volunteered as guards. police increased school patrols and helicopters patrolled Prince George's County. A 13-year-old Tasker Middle School pupil remained in critical but stable condition. investigators pursued leads amid calls for vigilance.
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Bowie
Washington
Henry Ollie
Charles
Benjamin Tasker
Tasker
Jessica McFadden
Diane McFadden
Amanda Wiedmaier
Prince George's County
Montgomery County
Charles Moose
Prince George's
Prince George’s County
Gerald Wilson
Children’s Hospital
FBI
Secret Service
Moose
Maryland
Virginia
Joe Richl
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Bush
Hunt for Maryland sniper takes new profiling turn
Investigators tracking the Maryland suburb shooter sifted through thousands of tips and maps to build a psychological profile. They also employed a geographic profile using crime locations to estimate where the killer may travel or reside.
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Benjamin Tasker
Clues Hint Iraq Holds Smallpox Experts Warn
Washington reports that clues including equipment labeled smallpox found in Iraq suggest the virus may be part of Saddam Hussein's biological arsenal. Several experts say Iraq could stock smallpox, while the U.S. maintains uncertainty about the virus and its delivery capability. The administration has ordered vaccine stockpiling as a precaution.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Bush Administration
Atlanta
Moscow
Ken Alibek
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
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