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National briefsCompiled from Times wires © St. Petersburg Times, published March 22, 2001 Wis. boy who nearly froze leaves hospitalROCHESTER, Minn. -- A 2-year-old boy who nearly froze to death after wandering outside in subzero temperatures has been discharged from the hospital, and doctors say he has made a remarkable recovery. Les "Paulie" Hynek was released Tuesday from the Mayo Clinic's Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital. Mark Hynek of Eleva, Wis., found his son face down in the snow Feb. 27. It's unclear why the boy went out or how long he was outside. When Paulie was found, his body temperature was in the low 60s. Dr. Randall Flick, director of Mayo's pediatric intensive care, said there were two lingering areas of concern: the frostbite to his hands and the possibility of long-term brain injury. Kennedy sued over airport incidentPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An airport security guard sued Rep. Patrick Kennedy on Wednesday, alleging he roughed her up during an argument about his oversized luggage. Since the incident at Los Angeles International Airport last March, Della Patton has had chronic inflammation of her shoulder joint and been unable to work, said her attorney, George L. Mallory Jr. The city attorney's office declined to file criminal charges against Kennedy, 33, son of Sen. Edward Kennedy, but ordered an informal hearing in which Kennedy apologized in person to Patton. Human remains found on Civil War submarineCHARLESTON, S.C. -- Scientists excavating the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley found the first remains of its nine-man crew, a conservation group said Wednesday. The researchers on Tuesday found three ribs, as well as part of a belt and bits of clothing, said Kellen Butler, spokeswoman for the non-profit group Friends of the Hunley. More information will be released today, she said. The Hunley disappeared Feb. 17, 1864, after becoming the first sub ever to sink an enemy warship, the Union ship Housatonic. The sub was raised last summer. With plants online, Calif. avoids outagesSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California power regulators hoped to get through Wednesday without another round of rolling blackouts as conservation trimmed demand and power plants that had been down for repairs went back online. A low-level Stage 1 alert was called about 6 a.m. Wednesday as power reserves approached 7 percent. A Stage 2 alert was likely during the early evening when people return home from work and draw down reserves to below 5 percent, said Jim Detmers, vice president of the Independent System Operator, which oversees most of the state's power grid. About a half-million customers were hit by Tuesday's blackouts, which snarled traffic and plunged schools and businesses into darkness from San Diego to the Oregon state line. No-bid postal contract for Fed-Ex is upheldWASHINGTON -- A judge upheld a $6-billion no-bid contract that the U.S. Postal Service signed with longtime rival Federal Express. The decision came in a lawsuit by Emery Worldwide Airlines challenging the agreement in which Federal Express will haul the Postal Service's Express Mail, Priority Mail and some first-class mail. Emery currently has a contract for a portion of mail from the Priority and Express categories. Aleutian Canada goose off the endangered listThe Aleutian Canada goose, near extinction 30 years ago, is doing well enough to be taken off the endangered species list, federal officials announced this week. The geese were nearly wiped out by foxes introduced to the remote Aleutian islands on which they nest. One of the first species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, Aleutians numbered in the hundreds a quarter-century ago. The population is now approaching 40,000.
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