Colorado Times: 06/01/14

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Official: 6 climbers likely died in mountain fall

Six climbers on Mount Rainier likely perished in a fall after helicopters detected pings from avalanche beacons and spotted climbing gear thousands of feet below the group's last known location, national park officials...

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Murray beats Kohlschreiber to reach 4th round

Andy Murray finally got the better of Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, needing 40 minutes to complete a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 win and reach the French Open fourth round on Sunday.

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‘MILITARY’ KEY WORD FOR ACADEMY SPORTS MILITARY ACADEMY LIFE NOT FOR EVERYONE

Tre’ Coggins is a 6-foot-2 guard from San Juan Capistrano who averaged 16.0 points for the Air Force Academy’s basketball team last season — the most by a Falcons sophomore in nearly three decades — and was the only freshman or sophomore named All-Mountain West. He is one of just five all-conference players returning for the 2014-15 season.

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Egypt stock market plunges on reports of new taxes

President Barack Obama says his administration's new rules to curb greenhouse gases from power plants are essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children.

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Hagel: Soldier's health required urgent action

Nearly five years after his capture by insurgents, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's "safety and health were both in jeopardy" and officials had to act quickly to obtain his release, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.

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Hagel: Soldier's health required urgent action

Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge marries

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and gay rights activist Melissa Etheridge has gotten married.

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Egypt stock market plunges on reports of new taxes

Egypt's stock market has seen a sharp plunge that forced a temporary suspension of trading after reports of a newly proposed government tax on capital gains.

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Murray beats Kohlschreiber to reach 4th round

Andy Murray finally got the better of Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, needing 40 minutes to complete a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 win and reach the French Open fourth round on Sunday.

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Suspects confess in rape, slaying of 2 India teens

Three men have confessed to the gang rape and slaying of two teenage girls who were found hanging from a tree in northern India, police said Sunday, in a case that has recast a light on rampant sexual violence in the country.

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Villa leaves Atletico amid reports of MLS move

David Villa is leaving Atletico Madrid after one season amid reports the Spain striker will join Major League Soccer's New York City FC.

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Cancer survivors number nearly 14 million in US

It's National Cancer Survivors Day, and chances are good that you know at least one of them.

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Suspects confess in rape, slaying of 2 India teens

Enid Ablowitz: Anonymity and Giving

A reader recently questioned the motivations of givers, suggesting on the Camera's website that the only true philanthropy is the anonymous gift. How wonderful it would be if all givers were perfect altruists, self-directed, generous at the limits of their capacity, and knowledgeable about determining and insuring the desired outcome.

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Suspects confess to raping 2 young girls in India

Three detained suspects have confessed to the gang rape and slaying of two teenage girls who were found hanging from a tree in northern India last week, police said Sunday.

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Girl dies after rescue from Boulder area creek

BOULDER, Colo. — A crash blamed on a bear running across a road sent a pickup careening into a Colorado creek, causing a young passenger to be swept away to her death, authorities said. The girl was carried off by the current following the accident that was reported at 4:46 p.m. Saturday in Boulder Canyon, the Boulder County Sheriff's office said. The 13-year-old girl floated several miles down ...

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Once A Year, Cancer Research News Comes In A Flood, Not A Trickle

News about cancer therapies usually comes out in medical journals with the regular rhythm of an IV drip. But every now and then information comes out in a flood. That's the case this weekend. The American Society of Clinical Oncology is holding its 50th annual meeting in Chicago. read more

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Villa leaves Atletico amid reports of MLS move

David Villa is leaving Atletico Madrid after one season amid reports the Spain striker will join Major League Soccer's New York City FC.

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Cancer survivors number nearly 14 million in US

It's National Cancer Survivors Day, and chances are good that you know at least one of them.

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New Mexico joins fight against lesser prairie chicken protection

An eastern New Mexico county is suing the federal government in an effort to stop the listing of a rare grouse as a threatened species.

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Developer expenses may get a closer look

CHEYENNE - The Laramie County Commission approved a grant application Friday on behalf of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. If the application is approved, the grant funds would be used to help the Chamber fund a study of the cost of business development in the city and county.

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Villa leaves Atletico amid reports of MLS move

David Villa is leaving Atletico Madrid after one season amid reports the Spain striker will join Major League Soccer's New York City FC.

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Today's top five things to do in Summit County

The Sweet Lillies will come to The Barkley Ballroom in Frisco on Wednesday, June 4. The Sweet Lillies have a high-energy Americana sound, Colorado style, with powerful, three-part female harmony and the driving, unrelenting and exacting rhythms of great bassist Ian Anderson and exceptional drummer Chris Stongle.

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Drinking to Green in Gillette

GILLETTE – I’m sitting at a barbecue joint, talking about the city’s curbside recycling program with three locals as they nursed some beers.

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Cray split felt throughout nation

The largest employer in Chippewa County was fracturing. When the division came 25 years ago, it would be felt around the nation.

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IR taps city editor from N.M.

An award-winning newspaper writer and editor from New Mexico, Jesse Chaney recently took over as city editor in the Independent Record newsroom in Helena.

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New Mexico joins fight against lesser prairie chicken protection

An eastern New Mexico county is suing the federal government in an effort to stop the listing of a rare grouse as a threatened species.

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Once A Year, Cancer Research News Comes In A Flood, Not A Trickle

News about cancer therapies usually comes out in medical journals with the regular rhythm of an IV drip. But every now and then information comes out in a flood. That's the case this weekend. The American Society of Clinical Oncology is holding its 50 th annual meeting in Chicago. The convention typically attracts 30,000 attendees, making it one of the biggest cancer meetings of the year.

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Crash sends one person to hospital with life-threatening injuries

Police are investigating the cause of a crash in Pineville that happened just after 4:00 a.m. on Lancaster Highway.

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Shoe boxes for Soldiers

On WBTV News Sunday morning, we took time to remember our servicemen and women. Nine-year-old Johannah Caroll and her mother joined us in studio to talk about an organization called Shoe boxes for Soldiers.

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Report: Juncker confident of getting top EU job

Former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker is insisting he's confident of becoming the next leader of the European Union's executive and says leaders shouldn't be "blackmailed" into rejecting him.

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Once A Year, Cancer Research News Comes In A Flood, Not A Trickle

The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology features thousands of presentations but no big news. That's how cancer treatment improves, in small increments.

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3 Dogs Trained for Law Enforcement Stolen

The dogs disappeared from Colorado training facility.

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Bouchard eases into French Open quarterfinals

Eugenie Bouchard raced into the French Open quarterfinals by beating eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-2 in 52 minutes on Sunday.

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Responses with crizotinib in MET-amplified lung cancer show new targetable form of disease

In 2011, the drug crizotinib earned accelerated approval by the US FDA to target the subset of advanced non-small cell lung cancers caused by rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene. The drug also has shown dramatic responses in patients whose lung cancers harbored a different molecular abnormality, namely ROS1 gene rearrangements.

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Where you live matters when it comes to obesity, life satisfaction

Scientists said that their most interesting finding was that, in US counties where obesity is particularly prevalent, being obese has very little negative effect on one's life satisfaction. Study co-author Philip M. Pendergast, from University of Colorado-Boulder, said that being 'normal weight' has little benefit in counties where obesity is especially common, which shows the importance of ...

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Results in Phase I Trial Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Results of a Phase I trial of OMP-54F28 (FZD8-Fc), an investigational drug candidate targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been released. The drug was generally well tolerated, and several of the 26 patients with advanced solid tumors experienced stable disease for greater than six months. Three trials are now open in combinations with standard therapy for pancreatic, ovarian and liver cancers.

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One step closer to a breath test for lung cancer

A test of organic compounds in exhaled breath can not only distinguish patients with lung cancer from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but can also define the stage of any cancer present, new research shows. The device requires blowing up a balloon, which is then attached to an extremely sensitive gold nanoparticle sensor. The particles in the sensor trap and then help ...

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Bouchard eases into French Open quarterfinals

Eugenie Bouchard raced into the French Open quarterfinals by beating eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-2 in just 52 minutes on Sunday.

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Military Notes

Military Notes

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Prevalence of new genetic driver in lung cancer shown in study

A line has been drawn from mutation of the gene NTRK1, to its role as an oncogene in non-small cell lung cancer, to treatment that targets this mutation. "Everything we know about lung cancer points to the idea that when we find one of these genetic drivers and can target it with a drug, patients will respond and tend to have a good amount of time on drug before it becomes ineffective. Obviously ...

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