Poisonous Death Cap Mushrooms Put Family in Peril in California
A Orinda family ate death cap mushrooms in spaghetti sauce near Lafayette Reservoir and fell gravely ill. A 13 year old girl required an emergency liver transplant at UCSF while her mother and two brothers were in serious condition. A donor was found in Northern California. doctors say the outcome depends on ongoing treatment. The less poisonous mushrooms may have masked the death cap effects.
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San Francisco
University of California At San Francisco
Lafayette Reservoir
San Francisco Bay
William Freedman
San Francisco Mycological Society
Purloined Picassos turn out to be fakes
New York authorities say the three works claimed to be Picasso are in fact cheap fakes. FBI spokesman Joseph Valkquette said experts labeled them fakes after independent appraisers questioned their authenticity.
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New York
New York City
FBI
Joseph Valiquette
Valkquette
Flooding Pursues Oregon Towns As Rivers Surge Across Northwest
Heavy rain and melting snow push Willamette and northwestern Oregon rivers beyond flood stage. Downtown Portland faces risk while homes are swept away. a man is rescued from a wrecked house as his wife remains missing. In Scio a 9 year old girl drowns in a culvert amid rising waters. Canoeists navigate Main Street as the town sits largely submerged.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Willamette
Astoria
Salem
Columbia River
Willamette Valley
Scio
Salvi's outburst stalls double murder trial in Dedham
Salvi, the 23 year old antiabortion activist, toppled a large oak defense table and shouted about the right to speak to the media as jury selection neared. He faces charges for the December 30 1994 Brookline clinic shootings that killed Shannon Lowney and Lee Ann Nichols and wounded five others at two women s health clinics.
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Dedham
Mass
John C. Salvini
Salvi
Hampton
Shannon Lowney
Planned Parenthood
Lee Ann Nichols
Beacon Street
Brookline
Nichols
North Olmsted
Cancer returns as Matt Ross dies at 14
Owensboro Kentucky reports the death of Matt Ross, an eighth grader with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia. Four days after his 14th birthday he died at a Memphis hospital where treatment continued. A memorial service at College View Middle School followed his passing.
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Matt Ross
Tamarack Elementary School
Owensboro
Matt
Owensboro, Ky
Memphis, Tenn
College View Middle School
Bard
Massacre Accounts Emerge From Mt Vlasic Killing in 1992
Muslim men tell of a Bosnian Serb massacre on Mt Vlasic near Banja Luka in August 1992. Survivors describe prisoners kneeling at a cliff edge before gunfire. Der Spiegel cites broader killings at the site between July and early August. Survivors Michet Mujkamovec and Samir Kanjar recount near-death escapes and camp detentions.
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Bonn
Germany
Bosnia
der Spiegel
Tilman Zuelch
Society For Threatened Peoples
Mt. Vlasic
Banja Luka
Michet Mujkamovec
Trnopolje
Mujkamovec
Samir Kanjar
Baboon marrow transplant shows early signs of failure
SAN FRANCISCO AP doctors report few baboon marrow cells in AIDS patient Getty 38 says he feels better and remains optimistic. The transplant aimed to have AIDS resistant baboon stem cells engraft in his bone marrow to boost his immune system. Doctors caution the treatment is high risk but see Getty's improved condition as a potential scientific milestone.
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San Francisco
Jeff Getty
Getty
Thomas Merigan
Center For
Aids Research
Stanford University
University of California
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N.Y
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Brorn
Philadelphia
Pegge Lynn
Pennsylvania
Harina
Eric
Clinton
Dole
Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
Commolty Futures Trading Commission
David D. Spears
Kansas
Sheila Bair
U.S
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Associated Press
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Oakland
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