Report: Death not from abortion pill
Health officials said Monday they have ruled out the abortion pill RU-486 in one of two deaths in women who had taken the drug. The second remains under investigation. The one death was unrelated to either abortion or use of the pill, the FDA said. The second woman showed symptoms of infection. Four other women have died of a rare but deadly infection after undergoing pill-triggered abortions.
Transit workers back in Denver
Trains and buses started rolling again Monday to the delight of thousands of Denver-area commuters who had to find another way to get to work during a weeklong transit strike. The strike shut down all train service and more than half the bus routes in a seven-county area. On Friday, the workers approved a new contract with the same overall wage increase but a larger initial raise.
MySpace plans safety advertising
Popular online social networking hub MySpace.com said Monday it will begin displaying public service ads aimed at educating its users, many of them teens, about the dangers posed by sexual predators on the InternetMySpace’s features and popularity with teens has raised concerns with authorities across the nation. There have been scattered accounts of sexual predators targeting minors they met through the site.
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College grads heading to big cities
Though many of the largest cities have lost population in the past three decades, nearly all have added college graduates, an analysis by The Associated Press found. According to Census figures, 30 percent of Chicago residents 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree in 2004, ranking below at least 15 other metropolitan areas. A look at the cities with the most college-educated residents:
— San Francisco: 51%
— Seattle: 51%
— Raleigh: 50%
— Washington: 48%
— Austin: 45%
— Atlanta: 43%
— Boston: 41%
— Minneapolis: 41%
— San Diego: 39%
