| Record nice, but Eamon Sullivan wants gold
He already had three personal sponsors but can expect plenty more interest in the lead-up to the Olympics. His coach Grant Stoelwinder said the real test was to come. "It is like getting an A-plus in a school assignment - when it comes to sitting the proper exam is when you want to perform," he said. "The real event is getting on the team, funny things happen at Olympic trials and there are a lot of fast men around at the moment. "I am sure that world record is not going to stay there long." Stoelwinder feared the injury-prone swimmer had hurt himself prior to his career-changing swim. He whacked his wrist into another swimmer in the warm-up but fortunately the damage wasn't too severe.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL testing of potential employees to identify risk takers and stress addicts is the latest weapon in the war against workplace accidents.
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US Consumers Oblivious to GM Food Fears
Concerns over genetically modified foods have failed to make much impact in the United States, where consumers and the US media are less fired up about the issue than in Europe, activists say. Dr Michael Hansen, a biologist with the major New York-based Consumers Union, says the media doesn't talk about GM issues and there is more apathy in the US. "When the public is asked in the survey, a high percentage wants food labels," he said. "They just don't realize the extent to which certain food such as corn or soybean are genetically engineered, and often they have not heard of any of these food safety concerns." On Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy banned the only genetically modified crop grown in France, the Mon 810 maize produced by the US agriculture giant Monsanto.
Search for serial rapist spreads fear
The girlfriend of the man who killed five people and himself at Northern Illinois University said Sunday that he called her early on the day of the shooting, to say goodbye. Steven Kazmierczak "called me at midnight and told me not to forget about him," Jessica Baty, 28, told CNN from her home. Investigators still haven't determined why Kazmierczak, 27, opened fire in a lecture hall at his and Baty's alma mater, and she shed no light on a motive Sunday. She confirmed that he had stopped taking an antidepressant about three weeks ago because "it made him feel like a zombie," but she denied his recent behavior was unusual. Washington Official says racing a known problem Despite complaints, illegal street racers have roared for more than 20 years down the straight stretch of Maryland highway where eight fans were killed this weekend, a community leader said Sunday.
Sauk Rapids teachers reject deal a 2nd time
Sauk Rapids-Rice teachers on Monday rejected for the second time a two-year agreement that would have provided pay and benefit increases. The vote comes three weeks after the districts 250 teachers rejected a previous tentative agreement. The rejection did not come down to money but was about language in the contract that delays raises teachers receive for additional experience until future contracts are ratified, said Linda Patton, president of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Association. We have such a good contract when it comes to language. Its better just not to put it in there and keep the language the way it is, Patton said. The raises for experience, called steps, take effect July 1 under the current contract. A number of other districts do not give teachers their step raises until the new contract is done because it saves districts money.
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