Black women show highest rise in heart attacks study says
UNC Chapel Hill researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine that black women experience a 7.4 percent annual increase in heart attacks since the late 1980s, while black men rise 3.3 percent and whites remain steady, despite overall declines in heart disease deaths. The four-site study covers Forsyth County North Carolina Jackson Mississippi Washington County Maryland and Minneapolis suburbs.
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Georges Brings Devastation as Storm Hits Caribbean
Hurricane Georges moved toward Florida after devastating Cuba and the Dominican Republic where at least 110 people died and hundreds more were missing. Florida authorities ordered evacuations for the Keys as states of emergency were declared and thousands fled inland.
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House Judiciary panel discusses impeachment process
The Associated Press reports on Wednesday as Rep. Bill McCollum of Florida and Rep. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas brief reporters about the impeachment process.
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The Herald reports fourteen pupils sickened at a school with a fourth grader suspected in bringing a drug. Charlton Heston appears on Capitol Hill as NRA president. Joan Kroc donates eighty million to the Salvation Army. Mars Global Surveyor completes another orbit. A endangered bat may delay a Pennsylvania highway project. Three senators seek delay for Gettysburg development plan. Dee Dee Myers questions Lewinsky affair motives. Bud Poliquin critiques the Bowl Championship Series. Power for Jobs programs add months of new jobs. Frasier replaces Seinfeld in prime slot. Kellie Martin debuts transfusion arc on ER. Carl Kassell voices dissatisfaction with Clinton Lewinsky coverage.
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