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STATE AND LOCAL LAWS ON SMOKE DETECTORS 1130484090610458
STATE LAW SAYS:
"The landlord shall ... provide operable smoke detectors, either battery-operated or electrical, having an Underwriters' Laboratories Inc., listing or other equivalent national testing laboratory approval, and install the smok
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Test: Lacrosse case accuser free of controlled substances
A toxicology test of the woman who accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape turned up no signs of controlled substances, according to court papers filed Thursday.
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong told defense lawyers of the negative results in a meeting Aug. 25. On Thursday, defense lawyers asked for a report on the drug test in a court filing that included a long list of evidence requested from Nifong.
There had been much speculation about the use of a "date rape drug" on television talk shows and on the Internet. In April, Newsweek reported that Nifong had "hinted" that a date rape drug may have been used in the alleged gang-rape of the woman by three Duke lacrosse players at a March party. The three players charged are David Evans, 23, of Bethesda, Md.; Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J.; and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y. All three have said the charges are false.
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Small chemical blast injures two students
Two students were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries Tuesday afternoon after "a small explosion" in a UNC-Chapel Hill laboratory.
The students were discarding two chemicals in Kenan Labs when the explosion occurred at 3:53 p.m., said university spokeswoman Lisa Katz. One student had a cut above the right eye. The other had no visible injuries, she said.
Katz did not know what chemicals were being discarded but said the explosion was contained and the building was evacuated.
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DNA doesn't offer magic key to case
For more than two weeks, Durham waited for the results of DNA tests expected to identify or exonerate the Duke University lacrosse players who a woman said raped her at a team party.
Lawyers representing some of the 46 players tested said the tests found no matching DNA on or in the woman. They contend that the results prove that no rape or sexual intercourse took place.
But the prosecutor disagrees, and the case isn't settled.
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Doctor records going digital
The effort to computerize patient medical records got a boost this past week from the Obama administration, which announced it would build a model system for the military.
Still, a major effort remains to upgrade and integrate the myriad programs operated at local doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals.
In the Triangle alone, WakeMed, UNC Healthcare and Duke University Health System manage dozens of hospitals, clinics and physician practices that are using electronic records to varying degrees.
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