HIV infection rate among San Francisco gay men triples in two years
The San Francisco Department of Public Health reports HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men rose from 2.0 percent in 1996 to 3.7 percent in 1999, signaling a wake-up call as effective drug cocktails may reduce perceived risk. Experts blame complacency and a fading safe-sex message, with calls for renewed national attention.
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Ronald Valdiserri
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Tom Coates
Aids Research Institute
University of California At
Transmeta thwarted higher risk of spy trash diversion
In Santa Clara California Transmeta CEO David Ditzel recalls targeted attention to their trash weeks before unveiling a secret new microprocessor. The firm protected its design amid deep research funding by patrolling bins and deterring an intruder whose car carried a rival bumper sticker.
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Trans‘meta
Mexico risks border voting surge as U.S. Mexicans cross to vote
Mexico faces a potential large turnout of about 7 million eligible voters living in the United States who must travel to Mexico to vote. With only 64 border polling booths, officials admit uncertainty about turnout. Consul Berenice Rendon Talavera in Brownsville notes the question of how many will cross is unprecedented.
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Berenice Rendon-Talavera
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Texas
Ernesto Zedillo
Eight Die as Pearl Jam Stampede Hits Roskilde Festival
Fans rushed the stage during a Pearl Jam concert at the Roskilde festival in Denmark causing at least eight deaths and three injuries. Police said the stampede halted the main stage and authorities worked with the band to urge spectators to move back. The four day event drew about 100000 ticket holders amid muddy, rainy conditions.
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Denmark
Europe
Leif Skov
Seinfeld taps Branson on road trip for material
Jerry Seinfeld pulled his VW Beetle into Branson Missouri during a cross country run from New York to Albuquerque to meet an old friend and mine comedy gold. He saw a Bobby Vinton Theater show and recalled Las Vegas gigs with Vinton's son Chris noting Seinfeld's excitement about the town.
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Albuquerque
Poten
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Panel sues Clinton to revoke law license for dishonesty
Arkansas disciplinary committee filed an ethics complaint in state court seeking to disbar President Clinton for misconduct related to testimony on his Lewinsky affair. The action launches a process that could remove his license after contested hearings and possible appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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White House
Monica Lewinsky
Paula Jones
Susan Webber Wright
Lewinsky
Arkansas Supreme Court
Committee On Professional Conduct
Little Rock
Marie Miller
David Kendall
Hanford fire nearly contained with no radiation release
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said the Hanford blaze burned 45 percent of the reservation and 20 nearby homes but caused no radiation contamination. Fifteen people were injured from smoke inhalation as the 190000 acre fire was brought under control.
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Wash
Hanford
Energy
Bill Richardson
Richardson
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West Richland
Elian's Return Sparks Mass Cubawide Protests Across Cities
After Elian Gonzalez's return Cubans plan large marches and televised roundtables focused on U.S. immigration policy and trade sanctions. More than 300000 are to assemble in Manzanillo, the first mass gathering since his homecoming. The protests denounce the Cuban Adjustment Act and the U.S. embargo as harming Cuba. Elian and his family stay at a Havana boarding school for two to three weeks.
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Elian Gonzalez
Manzanillo
Elian
Juventud Rebelde
Communist Youth
Cuba
United States
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GOP leaders call for Hodges to sign tougher finance bill
South Carolina Republicans press Gov. Jim Hodges to sign a new campaign finance bill now before the November elections. The measure would tighten disclosure of soft money and issue ad spending, create a special commission to study reform, and take effect November 8. Hodges, returning from Germany, said he has not read the bill.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Henry McMaster
South Carolina
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McMaster
Germany
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Herb Hayden
Charlie Condon
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