Folic acid mandate cuts certain birth defects 19 percent
A CDC study reported in JAMA shows a 19 percent drop in neural tube defects after fortification of flour and grains with folic acid. Researchers note the 1998 fortification requirement significantly reduced defects from 37 per 100 000 live births to 30.5.
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Colorado ballot push targets bilingual education
English for the Children of Colorado filed a ballot initiative to end bilingual classes, requiring non English fluent students to join a one year English immersion program unless parents request bilingual education. It aims to gather about 80 600 signatures for the 2002 ballot. Proponents say bilinguals hinder college and job prospects. opponents argue native language support aids learning.
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Satellite images debunk farmers false crop insurance claims
Federal judge in Arkansas upheld a judgment against Larry Reed & Sons Partnership for filing about 244000 in false crop insurance claims. The Reed family members were fined 5000 collectively as satellite evidence showed claimed destroyed crops were never planted. The ruling was announced by the US Attorneys Office.
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Man Convicted in Killing of White Bichon Frise on Highway
In San Jose California Sara McBurnett welcomed a verdict convicting 27 year old Andrew Burnett of felony animal cruelty for tossing her small fluffy bichon frise Leo to his death on a busy highway during a road rage incident last year. The jury sentenced him to potential prison time up to three years.
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Pit bulls maul boy in California attack and arrests made
In Oakland California three pit bulls mauled 10 year old Shawn Jones as he rode his bike given for school performance. He was hospitalized in critical condition with facial and upper body injuries. Police arrested Benjamin Moore 27 and Jacinda Lynn Knight 33 on suspicion of keeping dogs that cause injury or mayhem.
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Ile
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Mars to Shine Brightest in Two Decades This Week
Mars reaches its closest Earth approach since 1988 and will be visible to the naked eye for about two weeks. Observers are told to look skyward after dark, with tonight the brightest. Astrophysicist Jack Horkheimer explains Mars will appear about 60 times brighter and six times larger than last July, with a golden orange glow.
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Pasteurized in shell eggs aim for safer breakfast
Laconia New Hampshire entrepreneur John Davidson leads Davidsons Pasteurized Eggs Inc in a venture costing over 300 million over a decade. The process heats eggs in their shells to kill salmonella, adding about 40 cents per dozen and expanding toward FDA rules requiring warnings on non pasteurized eggs. Davidson says the public will demand safe eggs and permission to eat them straight from the shell.
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Study links joblessness to heart attacks
A study of men 35 and older links high unemployment and low wages to higher heart disease death rates. Mississippi, West Virginia, and Kentucky show greater risk, while Hawaii, Utah, and Colorado show lower risk. Factors include access to healthy living and exercise, with black men having the highest rate at 841 per 100,000.
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Mississippi
West Virginia
Kentucky
United States
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Colorado
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Corrections: Bowling results and travel column number
Herald-Journal notes corrections policy and provides updated contact for Miss Bunn Debbie editor. Sandra Scott column travel number for The Hedges resort in Blue Mountain Lake corrected to (518) 352-7325. Local bowling results from the State Bowling Association Championship now correct in today’s edition.
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Stars Magazine
Hedges
Blue Mountain Lake
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