By GLEN JOHNSON
Associated Press April 3, 2006 BOSTON - A construction crane and scaffolding collapsed on a downtown street Monday, killing at least three people near Emerson College and crushing several cars, fire officials said.
Witnesses described hearing a rumble and then the crash of scaffolding that kicked up a cloud of metal, dust and boards. |
By Ibrahima Sylla
Reuters Mon Apr 3, 8:20 AM ET NOUAKCHOTT - Two people drowned and 30 were missing after a launch carrying would-be illegal immigrants from Mauritania to Spain's Canary Islands disappeared off the West African coast, emergency services said on Monday.
Another launch transporting 25 people from Mauritania, Gambia, Senegal and Mali was rescued on Saturday afternoon after it had drifted for weeks along the coast of Mauritania following problems with its outboard motors, officials said. |
By JEFF DONN
Associated Press Writer April 4, 2006 BOSTON - At age 16, Kaitlyne McNamara is different beyond her defective spine, crutch, leg braces and 54 surgeries. She has one of the world's first re-engineered bladders.
It is the first time a complex human organ like the bladder has been mostly replaced with tissue grown from a patient's own cells. Only simpler tissues - skin, bone, and cartilage - have been lab-grown and transplanted in the past. |
Last Updated Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:38:27 EDT
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