School meals cut fat salt and cholesterol nationwide
Agriculture Department releases a report showing elementary schools now offer low fat lunches at four of five sites. Fat calories drop from 38 percent to 10 to 34 percent with rules aiming for 30 percent. Saturated fat levels also decline.
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Army Renames Slogan to Attract Recruits
The Army will drop Be all you can be for a new motto An Army of one aimed at individualism and independence. The $150 million campaign targets lagging recruiting with five shortfalls in three years. The first commercial airs during Friends marking a shift from sports broadcasts to reach broader audiences.
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Disease cases surge across several counties
Ticks continue to spread geographically as Lyme disease cases double in Alcany, Greene, Rensselaer, and Saratoga counties. Dand Weld of the American Lyme Disease Association notes infections in mice and deer. Greene climbs from 31 to 100, Rensselaer from 24 to 63, and Saratoga from 1 to 10, with Alcany also rising.
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Jewish leaders urge severing ties with Scouts over gay policy
The Reform Join Commission on Social Action urges parents to withdraw children from Boy Scout chapters and synagogues to end sponsorship, citing the scout’s exclusion of gay members as incompatible with beliefs in equal human dignity. A Supreme Court ruling last June allowed this stance. About 65 percent of Scouts are sponsored by EPING organizations, a Boy Scout spokesman said.
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NYC to pay up to 50 million to strip search plaintiffs
New York City agrees to a potential 50 million settlement to settle a class action on illegal strip searches by jail guards in Manhattan and Queens during 1996 and 1997. The payout could reach over 58 thousand people with awards from 250 to 22500 dollars. Judge John S. Martin Jr. must approve the deal after two years of negotiations.
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Kansas moves to restore evolution to schools
The Kansas Board of Education, newly elected, voted after hours of debate to restore evolution to state science standards. The move aims to replace August 1999 standards that omitted key evolutionary concepts, with final approval set for a February 13-14 meeting.
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Unusual planetary system discovered by astronomers
In San Diego scientists report a Sun like star with a massive planet and an object 17 times Jupiter’s mass. The two mid sized planets in the system orbit in a 6130 day resonance, defying current planet formation theories and suggesting a possible failed star or unknown object. Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy of UC Berkeley leads the team calling the system unique and frightening, challenging mass range assumptions.
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Corrections and delivery promises from Herald Journal
Herald Journal offers corrections policy and contact lines for misprints. Tim Bunn, deputy executive editor, is reachable at 476-2240 weekdays. Delivery guarantee to 5 p.m with a courtesy call to 470-0050 for late papers.
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China launches unmanned Shenzhou capsule in orbit test
Beijing reports a Long March rocket lifted off from the Gobi desert at 1 a.m. sending the Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit ten minutes later. The mission aims to test physics astronomy and life form responses over a few days with cell and tissue samples from 87 species aboard.
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