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...DIED. JOHN PEEL, 65, British disk jockey whose keen ear for new talent helped shape modern rock 'n' roll; while on holiday in Cuzco, Peru. Peel joined the BBC in 1967, the year Radio 1 was launched, and was the first DJ to broadcast songs by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Clash. He went on to help create an audience for punk and, later, for alternative bands like the Smiths and Nirvana. In the 1980s, he hosted the Peel Sessions, live performances by a range of acts, many of which became classic recordings. Described by friends as an eternal...
...imported from the former West Germany in 1976. That was a red flag for the IAEA, because depleted uranium is no good for power-plant fuel and creates more plutonium when it decays than does ordinary uranium. When the agency found out, "it really got people bent out of shape," says Mark Hibbs, Asia and Europe editor at industry publication Nucleonics Week. "That made them very keen to explore more about...
...Brogdale's fruits have different characteristics of shape, color, flavor, sweetness, fragrance and size. The apple collection, for example, ranges from the tiny Decio, brought to England by the Romans, to the very ugly Knobby Russet and the huge Howgate Wonder, just one of which could fill three apple pies. The plant center sells around 75 different apple trees, but if you can't find your favorite, Brogdale's experts will grow one especially for you. They can also recommend trees that will happily thrive in a pot on a balcony, provide an orchard design service tailored to soil...
...already time to start planning for the 2005-06 flu season, and it's still unclear whether the U.S. will be in any better shape next year. Chiron says it isn't sure its production problems will be resolved by then, and no other drugmaker has stepped forward to take up the slack. One thing is certain: if nothing changes, we'll have flu vaccine shortages for years to come. --Reported by Perry Bacon Jr. and Elaine Shannon/Washington, Matthew Cooper/ with Bush, Paige Bowers/Atlanta, Simon Crittle and Sora Song/New York, Helen Gibson/London, Chris Maag/Cleveland, Ursula Sautter/Bonn and Monique Stringfellow/Paris
...symptoms of whatever disease he's writing about that week. I was reminded of that hapless writer when I read about a new study out of University College London that found that people who use the Web to get information about their chronic diseases often wind up in worse shape than before they logged...