Mining firms face setback over Yellowstone gold mine plan
Clinton administration talks aim to block the New World Mine near Yellowstone by swapping claims for land or assets. Environmentalists call it a victory while opponents warn the 1872 law enables risky ventures. Interior Secretary Babbitt criticizes the law as a taxpayer ripoff, but firms defend it citing job creation and heavy exploratory costs.
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Yellowstone National Park
America
Yellowstone
Beth Norcross
American Rivers
Bruce Babbitt
Americans miss basic history facts in Colonial Williamsburg survey
A telephone survey of 1,000 adults for Colonial Williamsburg Foundation finds most know only four of nine history questions. While 83 percent know 13 colonies and 90 percent acknowledge the Boston Tea Party, just 35 percent identify the revolutionary start year and 11 percent name James Madison as author of the Bill of Rights.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Susan Stuntz
Boston
James Madison
Brian Lincicome
Colonial Williamsburg
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Philadelphia
Chery
Tony Parrish
Bernie
Stuntz
Caravan
Immigrant Brack Faces Green Card Photo Ear Rule
Scotty Brack, a Scottish resident alien in Payette, Idaho, was asked by the INS to submit a new green card photo by July 31 to show ears that lie too close to his head. Brack fears deportation but INS acting regional director Alan Puckett says Brack remains a resident alien regardless of green card status.
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Brack
Scotland
United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Bing Crosby
Scotty
Alan Puckett
INS
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Renergie Yeux
JB White
Heritage Square
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