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The bedroom ceiling now needs replacement and it turns out to be asbestos. My home is a construction zone, and my husband and I are sleeping downstairs not an easy place for me to get with the hurt knee. I smashed my little finger in one of those theater seats in the Senate gallery. I got scooped by the Lewiston Tribune. I got double-booked on a dinner I set up for the family gathering and am scrambling to cancel caterers and reschedule the whole thing elsewhere. I missed a grant deadline. My knee brace tore a hole in my favorite black pants. My cat brought in a live bird that my husband cornered in the house the next day, and Im still finding feathers. I missed most of the best ski season in years, and the doctor says my knee wont be ready for windsurfing until August despite my cherished goal of June.
Science News in Brief
Scientists at Harvard have dramatically expanded the list of potential drug targets for AIDS with an announcement yesterday of the discovery of 273 proteins required for survival of the AIDS virus in humans.
Prior to the study, researchers had identified only a few dozen molecules needed by the virus to infect human cells. Because AIDS progression hinges on their presence, targeting them could slow infection.
The authors found the proteins by using an emerging research method called RNA interference that eliminates individual proteins and elucidates their role by measuring the effect of their absence.
The eight Harvard researchers urged use of the technique for other human pathogens as well, writing that their experiment had demonstrated the “power" of RNA interference to find new forms of treatment.
Sports Calendar
The following is a list of athletic events scheduled at Henderson County area high schools and Trinity Valley Community College:BASKETBALLTuesday, January 8Martins Mill (9B-JVB-VB) at Athens 4:30 p.m.Athens (JVG-VG) at Canton 4:30 p.m.Mabank (9B-JVB-VB) at Brownsboro 4:30 p.m.Brownsboro (9G-JVG-VG) at Chapel Hill 4:30 p.m.Eustace (9B-JVB-VB) at Cross Roads 5 p.m.Eustace (9G-JVG-VG) at Ferris 4:30 p.m.Kemp (9G-JVG-VG) at Mabank 4:30 p.m.Malakoff (JVG--VG-VB) at Mildred 5 p.m.Laneville (JVB-VB) at LaPoynor 5 p.m.LaPoynor (JVG-VG) at Martins Mill 6 p.m.Douglass (VG-VB) at Trinidad 6 p.m.Wednesday, January 9Jacksonville (women, men) at TVCC 5:30 p.m.Friday, January 11Van (9B-JVG-JVB-VG-VB) at A thens 4:30 p.m.Canton (9G-9B-JVG-JVB-VG-VB) at Brownsboro 4:30 p.m.Cross Roads (JVG-JVB-VG-VG) at LaPoynor 4 p.m.Kemp (9G-9B-JVG-JVB-VG-VB) at Eustace 4:30 p.m.Mabank (9G-9B-JVG-JVB-VG-VB) at Kaufman 4:30 p.m.Malakoff (JVB-VG-VB) at Italy 5 p.m.Trinidad ((VG-VB) at Oakwood 6 p.m.Saturday, January 12TVCC (women, men) at Panola 2 p.m.VG-Varsity Girls, VB-Varsity BoysJVG-Junior Varsity Girls, JVB-Junior Varsity Boys9G-Ninth Grade Girls, 9B-Ninth Grade Boys - Click to discuss this story with other readers on our forums.
GOP VIPs ponder David Iglesias fallout
Damron from the ticket last year in favor of John Dendahl. Dendahl wound up receiving little support from the state party and stumbled to a historic defeat, then left the state with a less-than-generous benediction. "The Republican Party is mortally wounded," Cargo, who sits on the party's central committee, said. "But once Bill (Richardson) leaves and these indictments come down, there may not be much left of the Democratic Party either." For now, at least, Democrats seemed happy to watch the unfolding battle in their opponent's camp. Matt Farrauto, the executive director of the New Mexico Democratic Party, said he had little to add to what had already been reported, but did his best. Brutally parodying an episode last year in which Domenici was seen at his Capital Hill office wearing what were described as pajamas - Domenici said they were actually hunting pants - Farrauto said it was increasingly clear the venerable senator was vulnerable.
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