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U.S. proposes new protections for captive chimps
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed extending tough new protections for chimpanzees in captivity, a shift that would place strict limits on primates' role as human surrogates in biomedical research. In reclassifying chimps as...
Tags: Conservation, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Medical Research, National Government, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Feet welcome multitude of fungi
Here's a scientific finding that may knock you off your feet: At least 80 types of fungi reside on a typical person's heel, along with 60 between the toes and 40 on the toenail. Altogether, the feet are home to more than 100 types of fungus, more than...
Tags: Medical Research, Medical Specialization, Physical Conditions, Penicillin (drug), Athlete's Foot
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Haynes Johnson dies at 81; won Pulitzer for civil rights coverage
Haynes Johnson, a Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., after suffering a heart attack. He...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Journalism, PBS (tv network), Dwayne Johnson, Korean War (1950-1953)
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F-35 fighter jet program reaches milestone with vertical takeoff
The F-35 fighter jet, a nearly $400-billion weapons program under development for more than a decade, hit a major milestone when it completed its first-ever vertical takeoff. On Monday, aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. released a video in...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin Corp., Armed Forces, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open champion, dies at 82
Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and...
Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Human Interest, Pneumonia, Kobe Bryant, Indianapolis 500
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Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Armed Conflicts, Iraq, Wars and Interventions
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Doctor who lost license offers drug advice to FDA
L.A. NOWAt a hearing this week in Bethesda, Md., on reducing fatal prescription overdoses, a federal panel heard from an East Bay man identified as a “clinician” that the real problem was that some doctors weren’t prescribing enough drugs.... -
Sharp words ahead of 'Plan B' tax vote
WASHINGTON – As the House prepared to vote Thursday on Speaker John A. Boehner’s tax plan, party leaders blamed each other for the stalemate as little progress is made to prevent falling off the “fiscal cliff,” the automatic tax...
Tags: Harry Reid, Fiscal Cliff, John Boehner, Drugs and Medicines, Democratic Party
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House Republicans call off vote on 'Plan B' fiscal cliff plan
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders abruptly called off a vote Thursday night on their "Plan B” tax proposal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, which ran into stiff resistance from the party's right flank. A tight vote on a preliminary...
Tags: Harry Reid, Fiscal Cliff, John Boehner, Drugs and Medicines, Jay Carney
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Councilman mulls turning old parking meters into 'donation meters'
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles City Council member has asked staff to look into whether the city could use old parking meters as donation boxes for homeless services, as Denver, Baltimore, Las Vegas and other cities have done. L.A. is expected to...... -
Sen. Daniel Inouye dies at 88; war hero
When Daniel K. Inouye was 17, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An aspiring surgeon, he spent much of the next week helping care for the wounded at an elementary school in his native Honolulu. He wanted to enlist immediately but couldn't. Japanese...
Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), PBS (tv network), Ken Burns, Elections, Wars and Interventions
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Letitia Baldrige dies at 86; etiquette expert, author, columnist
Letitia Baldrige, an etiquette maven who served as social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and later wrote books and a syndicated column advising readers on good manners in contemporary America, has died. She was 86. Baldrige died Monday at...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Rome (Italy), Dining and Drinking, Newspaper and Magazine, Philosophy
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