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...fjord, is "the most scenic fjord in Prince William Sound," says Bruce F. Molnia, chief of international poller programs at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va. The fjord is currently being studied for evidence of global warming...
Erin F. O'Connell, a summer school student from Radford, Va., who was in the group accosted by the men, said she was shaken by the incident...
...electrically stimulated during surgery, some patients have visions of angels and devils. Patients whose limbic systems are chronically stimulated by drug abuse or a tumor often become religious fanatics. "The ability to have religious experiences has a neuro-anatomical basis," concludes Rhawn Joseph, a neuroscientist at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center in California...
WILLIAM MAGEE, 52, and KATHLEEN MAGEE, 51; NORFOLK, VA.; founders of Operation Smile Plastic surgeon William and his social-worker wife Kathleen began "OpSmile" in 1982; since then it has performed surgery on 18,000 kids in 15 countries to correct--without charge--such disfigurements as cleft palates and burn scars, while training local doctors in the procedures. Says William: "The world is changed by emotion." On June 20, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will award the group a $1 million prize...
...month in benefits as the widow of a Marine captain. His press spokesman says Cooley, a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, will let us know when he got married as soon as he has "all the facts at his disposal." The Cooleys could owe the VA as much as $100,000. He's already under investigation for a claim that he served in the Army Special Forces in Korea, and has admitted that his campaign materials falsely awarded him a Phi Beta Kappa...