Genetic hunt narrows MS roots and iron overload link
Researchers map MS genetics across the United States, narrowing target regions by 90 percent as they seek diagnostic and treatment advances. Separately, Mercator Genetics reports a gene for hemochromatosis, a common hereditary iron overload disorder, promising future testing and prevention.
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Margaret Pericak-Vanice
Duke University Medical Center
Mercator Genetics Inc
Menlo Park
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Court Finds Communications Decency Act Unconstitutional
A New York judicial panel ruled the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional, joining Philadelphia in deeming the federal law overbroad. The decision holds the act prohibits constitutionally protected adult speech and cannot be practically enforced by providers like America Online and CompuServe. Judge Jose Cabranes notes the goal to shield minors is worthy but urges carefully tailored legislation.
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U.S. Underestimates Deaths Linked to Pregnancy
Government analysis suggests U.S. maternal mortality may be higher than CDC figures, with about 23.5 deaths per 100,000 live births. It also finds nearly a quarter of deliveries have major complications, based on 1990s data and France-like collection methods.
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Psychiatrist to help Kevorkian assess mental status
A Michigan psychiatrist will assist Dr. Jack Kevorkian in judging the mental competence of people seeking help to die. Dr. George Reding, who has witnessed several cases, says the aim is to ensure the patients are capable of making such a choice. Kevorkian, 68, says he has filed 33 personal crisis reports since 1990 and seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of a Michigan injunction.
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Jury weighs death sentence in Polly Klaas case
Jury begins deliberations on Richard Allen Davis for the 1983 Polly Klaas murder after a penalty phase portraying him as a sexual sadist and his abusive childhood defense. Convicted of abducting Klaas, attempting sexual assault, and strangling her, Davis faces death or life without parole.
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Log book names hundreds exposed to radium in Navy study
West S Albuquerque report notes Navy recovered an experimenter’s log naming 161 submarine students exposed to high radium doses over 50 years ago kept by Dr Henry Haines. Oklahoma City coverage cites limits on who may view a closed circuit trial telecast for the bombing victims.
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Oklahoma City
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Richard Matsch
FBI
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Olympic Park
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MSAN
Tun Santillan
G-7 ministers seek unity to curb international terrorism
Western security ministers from the G seven plus Russia, led by France, press for stronger collaboration to fight terrorism. The talks in Paris, with US figures Janet Reno and Peter Tarnoff, focus on extradition, tightening illicit funding, regulating online bomb instructions, and pressuring states backing terror networks.
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FBI narrows on bomb theory in TWA 800 crash
FBI officials and sources indicate the front section of TWA Flight 800 likely bore the bomb impact while passengers toward the nose absorbed the worst injuries. Investigators press for a key piece of evidence as salvage ships and high tech gear continue the underwater debris search, with victims' recovery still prioritized.
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Bipartisan push on terrorism faces tough talks
In Washington Republican leaders meet with President Clinton's chief of staff Panetta after a deadly Atlanta park bombing and the TWA Flight 800 disaster. A task force of eight Democrats and eight Republicans may expand wiretap authority and racketeering prosecutions while the ACLU warns expansions threaten civil liberties.
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Security tightened as Atlanta park bomber search widens
Officials in Atlanta pursue leads after a bombing in Centennial Park. FBI and federal agents review several Americans, with two Alabama militia ties once labeled suspects, while investigators reassess the case. A 911 call warning of a bomb was not relayed to officers, prompting scrutiny of emergency response.
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