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Pa. newborns to be tested for AIDS

 
Published Oct. 22, 1990|Updated Oct. 18, 2005

Tests for the AIDS virus will be conducted on blood samples taken routinely from newborn infants in Pennsylvania without parents' consent, a newspaper reported Sunday. The program is designed to measure the presence of the virus in the general population. Bobby Jones of the state Bureau of AIDS said there was no need for the state to announce the program because parents won't learn the results, the Pittsburgh Press reported. The tests will be performed on samples after they are stripped of the donor's name and birth date.Nuclear research program shut down

COLUMBIA, Mo. _ An administrative judge for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered the University of Missouri to shut down a nuclear research project, citing a possibility of danger to the public. Judge Peter Bloch said in an order that the university had failed to comply with nuclear licensing regulations. The project involves efforts to separate the most long-lived elements of nuclear waste from short-lived ones that will soon lose their radioactivity. A university spokeswoman said the school had complied with federal regulations and hoped to end the temporary shutdown order.

Elsewhere . . .

CLEVELAND _ Five children died after a house fire trapped them in their upstairs bedrooms early Sunday.

FONTANA, Calif. _ Firefighters were battling a 1,200-acre wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest.

KAIMU, Hawaii _ Lava flowing from the Kilauea Volcano was threatening Sunday to overrun the seven homes remaining in the Kalapana Shores subdivision. The volcano has destroyed 180 homes since 1983.

BROOKINGS, S.D. _ An estimated 1,000 people roamed city streets and the South Dakota State University campus, setting bonfires and throwing rocks and bottles as a homecoming celebration got out of hand.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. _ Arkansas' attorney general goes on trial today over discrepancies in his expense accounts. Steve Clark is charged with one count of felony theft by deception.

NORFOLK, Va. _ The USS Iowa will be decommissioned Friday _ the third decommissioning for the ship since World War II.