Nation

Blood tests show promise in detecting Alzheimer’s

Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal _ a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Half a dozen research groups gave new results at a conference on these experimental tests. (July 15)

Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateaux buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateau buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateaux buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateau buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Tech

Apollo 11 controller was lone woman in sea of men

Amid the room full of men inside NASA’s firing room for the liftoff of Apollo 11 sat JoAnn Morgan. Morgan, 78, who began working for NASA in 1958 while in college, made her prime-time debut as the first female launch controller on July 16, 1969. (July 15)

Tech

Apollo 11 controller was lone woman in sea of men

Amid the room full of men inside NASA’s firing room for the liftoff of Apollo 11 sat JoAnn Morgan. Morgan, 78, who began working for NASA in 1958 while in college, made her prime-time debut as the first female launch controller on July 16, 1969. (July 15)