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NewsDepth Topics 05-06, 10/4/06
- A new version of a bill to deter illegal immigration landed on President Bush’s desk this week. The Senate passed the Border Fence Bill last Friday night, authorizing the building of a fence along one third of the U.S.-Mexico border. The House of Representatives passed the bill two weeks ago.
- Four Americans were notified that they will receive Nobel Prizes in medicine and physics.
- Some doctors with many patients are trying to be in more than one place at a time, thanks to new technology. Robotic tele-medicine allows Dr. Neil Martin to connect to patients in UCLA Medical Center’s ICU without leaving his office.
- Global warming may not be a top priority to the average person, but it is a major danger to residents of the Maldives, a group of tiny coral islands south of India in the Indian Ocean.
- Folks near Tampa, Florida saw an unusual sight last week – a large Victorian mansion floating up the Manatee River. The Corbett family saved the house from destruction in the path of new condominiums.
- Ohio Senator Mike DeWine and Congressman Sherrod Brown debated each other on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. Senator DeWine is running for re-election and Congressman Brown hopes to win that Senate seat in next month’s election.
- TThe dazzling art of Dale Chihuly will amaze visitors to the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus beginning October 7th. The glass artist’s new work is called “Fiori,” with hand-blown glass shapes that look like a colorful garden landscape. www.fpconservatory.org.
- Major Nicole Malachowski has made a childhood dream come true. She is a combat pilot for the U.S. Air Force, and a pilot for the Thunderbirds. She’s the first female on any U.S. military fighter jet team.
- The Cobb Ranch in Fresno has designed another challenging corn maze. This year the maze is designed to look like the California state quarter.
- In May, a tiny gosling showed up in Max Frankel’s yard – and stayed. The Canada Goose, named Harley for Max’s motorcycle, has become a family pet. Harley flies along while Max rides his motorcycle. The family hopes to introduce Harley to his own kind next spring.
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