Thursday, March 7, 2002

ABCNEWS.com US Warns Doctors of Possible Biological War Agent By Paul Simao ATLANTA (Reuters) - Federal health officials urged doctors and other health providers on Thursday to be on the lookout for outbreaks of tularemia, a potentially fatal bacteria that could be used as a biological warfare agent. Further Information JAMA — Tularemia as a Biological Weapon 5:15:54 PM    comment ABCNEWS.com Hit-And-Run Victim Stayed Trapped Victim of Hit-And-Run Lived at Least Two Days Trapped in Windshield of Car That Struck Him The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas March 7 A nurse's aide hit a homeless man with her car, drove home with him stuck headfirst in her broken windshield, and ignored his cries for help as he bled to death in her garage over the next two or three days, police say. Chante Mallard allegedly told police she periodically went into the garage, apologizing to him but doing nothing to help. Further Information New York Times — Hit-and-Run Victim Stayed Trapped in Car for Days Fox News — Hit-Run Victim Lived Two Days Trapped in Windshield of Woman's Car 1:18:50 PM    comment CNN.com U.S. troops detail fierce fighting in Afghan campaign March 7, 2002 BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (CNN) — With fighting raging for a sixth day Thursday, U.S. service members wounded in the early stages of Operation Anaconda described how they became pinned down under enemy fire almost as soon as they landed in the mountainous terrain of eastern Afghanistan. Further Information BBC Online News — 'End in sight' for Afghan battle Yahoo! News — US Troops Survive 18-Hour Firefight Yahoo! News — Heavy Bombs Rock Eastern Afghanistan MSNBC — Warplanes pound al-Qaida holdouts Fox News — Operation Anaconda Enters Sixth Day 12:36:59 PM    comment Signs of a new El Niño strengthen Weather effects seen in the sea and in Peru, agency says. ASSOCIATED PRESS A February sea surface temperature map shows the equatorial Pacific warming trend as an orange trail west of Peru in South America. The signs are strengthening that the world is heading into a return of the El Niño weather phenomenon. OCEAN SURFACE temperatures warmed 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) in the eastern equatorial Pacific near the South American coast in February, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Further Information CNN.com — El Nino 2002: How big a punch? Fox News — New Signs Point to Return of El Nino 11:23:25 AM    comment ABCNEWS.com Finnish Twins Killed in Identical Road Accidents Double Tragedy Twins Killed in Freak Accidents on Same Road H E L S I N K I, Finland, March 6 — Finnish twin brothers, aged 71, were killed in identical bicycle accidents along the same road two hours apart, police said today. "This is simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don't occur every day," police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters. "It made my hair stand on end when I heard the two were brothers, and identical twins at that. It came to mind that perhaps someone from upstairs had a say in this," she said. 10:53:04 AM    comment ABCNEWS.com Mike Myers to Wear 'Cat' Hat By Michael Fleming NEW YORK (Variety) - In a happy ending suitable for a Dr. Seuss book, Mike Myers is set to play the stovetop hat-wearing title character in "The Cat in the Hat," a live-action version of the Seuss classic. The deal puts Myers back in business with the film's producer, Universal-based Imagine Entertainment, for the first time since the acrimonious collapse of "Dieter," a comedy based on a Myers character creation that resulted in a lawsuit and settlement. Further Information CNN — Mike Myers to be 'The Cat in the Hat' The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house All that cold, cold, wet day. 9:46:03 AM    comment ABCNEWS.com Astronauts Upgrade Hubble's Vision Spacewalking Astronauts Give Hubble Stronger Vision With Camera Installation The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. March 7 — Spacewalking astronauts gently installed an advanced camera inside the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday that will allow the observatory to peer even deeper into the universe. It was the fourth spacewalk in as many days for space shuttle Columbia's crew, and the first to focus on Hubble's vision. Further Information Hubble's newest science instrument—the Advanced Camera for Surveys Chances are you haven't seen what NASA's orbiting Hubble Space Telescope sees. 9:07:46 AM    comment

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