Genome project bears fruit with new disease links
The genome project yields discoveries linking DNA segments to diseases such as cancer diabetes blindness and AIDS. Scientists say readings published weekly mark a step toward future treatments. Senator Arlen Specter suggests Senator Craig fight the case while Craig plans to resign.
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Teri Manolio
National Human Genome Research Institute
Bethesda
Boston
Washington
Idaho
Larry Craig
Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania
Senate
Specter
Fox News
Senator Craig
Philadelphia
Craig
McClatchy-Tribune News
Hunters Shrinking Number Of U S Hunters Worries Agencies
U S Fish and Wildlife Service data show a 10 percent decline in hunters age 16 and older from 14 million in 1996 to about 12.5 million in 2006, with the steepest losses in New England, the Rockies, and the Pacific states. Urbanization and cost concerns curb participation while wildlife watching rises 13 percent.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
New England
Rocky Mountains
Pacific States
Gregg Patterson
Ducks Unlimited
Patterson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Rachel Brittin
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department
Judy Stokes
Stokes
Mark Damian Duda
America
Dada
Montana
North Dakota
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Safari Club International
People For the
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Humane Society
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Richard Hislop
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Castleton
Schwarzenegger weighs options on California Iraq referendum
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faces a decision on SB 924, a nonbinding Iraq war referendum set for February 5. The measure seeks to end the war, withdraw troops, and offer diplomatic aid, a move opposed by some and supported by others amid partisan tension and political timing.
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Schwarzenegger
California
Sacramento
Calif
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Oakland
United States
Iraq
Middle East
Perata
America
George Runner
Lancaster
al-Qaida
Anthony Adams
R-Hesperia
Adams
Gale Kaufman
Bush
Aaron McLear
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