Study Links Borderline Blood Pressure to Heart Damage
A new study shows above normal blood pressure, even below hypertension, can permanently harm the heart and vessels and raise heart attack risk. Dr. Steve Julius of the University of Michigan says mild elevations are not as harmless as once thought and patients with borderline hypertension may need closer monitoring and more aggressive treatment. Some experts disagree on changing current practice.
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University of Michigan
Convicted anti Castro terrorist released
The government released Orlando Bosch a 63 year old convicted anti Castro terrorist to virtual house arrest with deportation possible if a host country is found. He must log contacts and have his phone monitored under strict DOJ conditions. Bosch spent 14 years in a Venezuelan prison and at MDC Miami. He previously bombed a Polish freighter in 1968 and was linked to a 1976 Cuban airliner bombing.
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Orlando Bosch
Justice Department
Bosch
Venezuela
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
United States
Court OKs new tax in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rulings upheld a 1.3 billion tax increase by extending the 5 percent sales tax to 594 services. Gov Dukakis poised to sign as court rejects challenges based on constitutional limits on service taxation.
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Boston
Michael 5. Dukakis
Supreme Judicial Court
Prostitute with AIDS freed after probe ends
In Oakland California a 36 year old sex worker previously cited by Newsweek as continuing to sell sex while HIV positive was released after prosecutors declined to pursue attempted murder charges. She admitted in municipal court to probation violation in a prostitution case and received 23 days with credit for time served.
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Calif
Newsweek
Kean
Man accused killer of actress apologizes in interview
Robert John Bardo told The Oregonian he feels guilty and still loves Rebecca Schaeffer a year after the murder. From a Los Angeles County jail psychiatric ward, he said he was a fan whose obsession began in 1986 after seeing her on My Sister Sam.
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Rebecca Schaeffer
Robert John Bardo
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Bardo
Los Angeles County
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Aries
Schaeffer
Sister Sam
Civil rights groups urge calm amid Oka siege standoff
Mohawk barricades at Mercier Bridge face sandbag fortifications as police and Mohawks confront a week-long siege. Canadawide Indian chiefs gather to press Ottawa for intervention while human rights groups urge negotiated settlement and relief for blocked residents and merchants.
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Chateauguay
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Mercier
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Oka
Canada
Joseph Norton
Kahnawake
Canada faces Mohawk rights clash near Oka
Chiefs say Canada violates Indians rights as Mohawk barricades cause St. Lawrence bridge standstill near Oka Quebec. Masked Mohawks with weapons guard signs while vigilante commuters seek Mohawks for attacks as government cites responsibility and boosts native programs funding from 1.3 to over 2 billion.
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Montreal
Canada
South Africa
Phil Fontaine
Assembly of Manitoba
Brian Mulroney
Fontaine
Mulroney
U.S
Tense anti Mohawk protests erupt over bridge blockade in Chateauguay
In Chateauguay Quebec residents clash with Mohawks over the Mercier Bridge blockade tied to the Oka standoff. Police in riot gear kept order as tensions rise between French Canadians and Indigenous groups. A sick child’s ambulance was halted and vigilante groups reportedly planned armed action unless Mohawks disband.
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Chateauguay
Montreal
Kahnawake
Canada
Mercier Bridge
Warrior Society
Oka
Michel Gendron
Earthquake Death Toll Rises in the Philippines
The Office of Civil Defense confirms 311 dead and many injured after a 7.7 magnitude quake. Baguio reports at least 82 dead with hotels damaged, while Dagupan, Cabanatuan, and Dagupan endure infrastructure collapse, power outages, and water shortages as relief teams arrive and rescue efforts continue.
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Office of Civil Defense
Baguio
Tomas Gomez
Aquino
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Filemon Relis
Philippines quake toll rises as rescue teams appeal aid
Col Bienvenido Liclican, spokesman for the military rescue team, urged Manila radio listeners for tools blood plasma medicine and doctors to tend the injured after Monday's quake. The disaster marks the worst since 1976 when a 7.8 quake killed about 8 000 people.
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D.C
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Baguio
Cabanatuan City
Clark Air Base
Manila
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Thailand
Switzerland
South Korea
Dagupan
New York's Largest Industry Coverage by J Michael Kelly
Agriculture is New York's largest industry and J Michael Kelly of the Herald Journal Herald American provides award-winning agribusiness coverage unparalleled by others.
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J. Michael Kelly
Herald-Journal
Herald American
Quake Stirs Gabaldon School as Death Toll Rises
Amateur video near Gabaldon Elementary School shows panic after Monday's quake. Four killed and 14 injured as students and teachers rush outside amid aftershocks. one girl was killed by falling debris and other pupils remain missing.
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Manila
Philippines
Gabaldon
Philippines quake ranked third most severe by USGS
The 7.7 magnitude quake north of Manila on Monday is the Philippines’ strongest since 1976. USGS says Luzon’s tremor ranks third most severe in 40 years, with Mindanao tidal waves previously causing up to 8,000 deaths. Rescue scenes show people fleeing mud and damaged buildings as a girl pleads with her father.
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Philippines
Luzon
U.S. Geological Survey
Manila
Mindanao
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