Women advised to avoid X ray tests for breast cancer risk
Wire report summary notes a New England Journal study linking X ray exposure to breast cancer in carriers of a defective A-T gene. Researchers estimate 2 to 3 million Americans may carry the gene and urge lead shielding and non X ray tests to prevent 5,000 to 10,000 cases yearly.
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Boston
Shields
New England Journal of Medicine
Michael Swift
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Swift
Gorbachev’s role in ending the Cold War and its fallout
The piece frames Mikhail Gorbachev as a revolutionary reformer whose policies ended the Cold War and opened Eastern Europe, while noting mixed home support and a legacy marred by economic collapse. Historians compare his vision to Roosevelt, Churchill, and de Gaulle, emphasizing unintended consequences and a pivotal, contested historic arc.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
de Gaulle
Marshall Goldman
Harvard University
Gorbachev resigns as Soviet president ending empire
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR in a nationwide television speech, signaling the end of the Soviet empire decades after helping end the Cold War. He signed a decree placing Boris Yeltsin in command of the Soviet nuclear arsenal.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Russia
Gorbachev
U.S.S.R
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Gorbachev Resigns as USSR Leader Amid CSTS Shifts
Gorbachev exits power in a pivotal move while Yeltsin orders troop withdrawals and hands over nuclear launch codes to interim CIS commander Marshal Shaposhnikov, signaling a historic constitutional transition and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Yeltsin
Gorbachev
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Commonwealth of Independent States
Bush grants recognition to six former Soviet republics
President Bush, in a Christmas evening address from Camp David, announced U S diplomatic recognition of Russia and five other republics, and said the United States would recognize all remaining six former Soviet republics as independent. He praised Boris Yeltsin and stressed a shift from Cold War conflict to partnerships while warning of potential instability.
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Bush
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Moldavia
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Tadzhikistan
Georgia
Uzbekistan
Santa Claus name in Dallas man lives a normal life
In Dallas, Michael Claus explains he is not the real Santa but shares the name. He joined the Navy in 1966 after boot camp humor about his roster name. A 15 year old sister named him Santa as a reward for helping at home. He works as a Southwestern Bell technician and met his wife on a blind date.
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Navy
Santa Claus
Claus
Santa Michael Claus
Southwestern Bell
Santa
Michael
Black teen ejected from Christmas church pageant
AP report from Wendell describes 13 year old Mark Shearin's session at Corinth Baptist Church where a racial slur was hurled at him and deacons said they would have to carry him out if not removed. Deana Grimm and others call for inclusive church welcome while church leaders deny racial restrictions.
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Mark Shearin
Corinth Baptist Church
Tilly Turlington
Ms. Turlington
Mark
Zebulon
Deana Nicole Grimm
Deana
Ben Hocutt
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