North Carolina still reeling from Floyd flood disaster
Eastern North Carolina endures massive flood in the wake of Hurricane Floyd. Widespread devastation includes 30,000 flooded homes, farm and livestock losses, and environmental damage. Officials warn death toll will rise as searches continue across affected counties.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
North Carolina
Carolyn Whitehead
Greenville
Bahamas
New England
John Butts
Fran
No injuries as second pipe bomb threat at FAMU causes minor damage
A hazardous device exploded in a Florida A&M University building with no injuries and minor damage amid a wave of sudden campus incidents. A caller used racial slurs and threatened the college, mirroring an August threat. another alerted authorities to a possible device elsewhere, but no other danger found.
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Florida College
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida A&m University
Florida A&m
Wtxl-Tv
FAMU
Breast milk linked to higher IQ in infants study
A University of Kentucky study of 20 reports concludes breast-fed infants gain about five IQ points over formula fed peers. About 60 percent of the gain is attributed to the nutritional value of human milk, with 40 percent from maternal bonding. The work appears in the October American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and notes several limitations.
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Lexington, Ky
University of Kentucky
James Anderson
Anderson
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Ricardo Uauy
Patricia Pei
Ano
Local systems ill prepared for biological attacks
Washington AP reports that public health systems remain ill prepared to respond to potential biological or chemical terrorist attacks. Emergency management and medical officials told a House subcommittee that DHHS is working hard to improve the situation, but a unified response in every state is far from achieved.
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Cal
House
Department of Health and Human Services
Eten Gordon
National Emergency Management Association
Government Reform Committee
National Security
Veterans Affairs and International Relations
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