Defense files motions in MySpace hoax
A collection of brief items covers a rural bear attack in Southern California, authorities pursuing five West Texas polygamist sect members, and a genetic link to statin-induced muscle problems. The statin study identifies a variant predicting higher risk, offering hope for a screening test.
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MySpace
Los Angeles
California
Collins
Austin
Texas
Rory Collins
University of Oxford
New England Journal of Medicine
Center warns of cell phone risks amid scientific uncertainty
The memo by Herberman urges immediate caution for wireless use, especially by children, despite many studies finding no cancer link. He questions reliance on long-term data and cautions against public use in places like buses due to electromagnetic exposure.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Herberman
Dolly sweeps through Texas with tropical storm winds
Hurricane Dolly hit South Texas with winds up to 100 mph and heavy rain yet spared levees in the Rio Grande Valley. Officials warned of possible 20 inch totals and swelling rivers, while the storm weakened to a tropical storm and more shelters opened. About 5,000 people sought refuge in three counties and at least 50,000 customers were without power.
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Brownsville
Texas
Dolly
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
U.S
Rio Grande
Mexico
George Soberanis
Los Fresnos
VA missent benefit packets to 37000 Guard and Reserve veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs failed to send benefit packages to nearly 37,000 National Guard and Reserve members who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan due to a belief they were ineligible. Senate testimony highlighted gaps in outreach as VA and the Pentagon defend improvements in informing veterans and expanding enrollment and transition aid.
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Washington
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Guard
Iraq
Afghanistan
Office of Inspector General
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Patty Murray
D-Wash
Murray
Defense Department
Pentagon
Marianne Mathewson-Chapman
Guard
Mathewson-Chapman
Arctic oil frontier eyed as vast energy potential
The U S Geological Survey estimates about 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil lie north of the Arctic Circle with Arctic Alaska Province seen as the largest near term prize. Russia Denmark Canada and Norway also hold major shares while gas reserves run to hundreds of trillions of cubic feet.
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Washington
Arctic Circle
U.S. Geological Survey
Arctic
United States
Russia
Denmark
Canada
Norway
Arctic Alaskan
Mark Myers
Donald Gautier
Alaska
Arctic Alaska
Amerasia
Continents
Greenland
West Siberian
East Barents
Geological Survey
Brenda Pierce
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Food and Drug Administration
Christopher Sherman
Associated Press
Sally Spener
International Boundary and Water Commission
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