Californian to head House tax writing panel
Rep. Bill Thomas of California will chair the Ways and Means Committee as Republicans name new leaders for major panels. Thomas, sworn in for his 12th term, inherits a panel likely to steer Bush era tax cuts and Medicare modernization. Also named were Rep. Jim Nussle to Budget and Rep. John Boehner to Education. Bud Shuster announced he will resign January 31 after a long tenure and ethics concerns.
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Iowa
John Boehner
Ohio
Bud Shuster
Shuster
Transportation Committee
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Ethics Committee
Greens Protest as Utilities Hike Rates in San Francisco
A California highway patrolman leads Green Party protesters away from the Public Utilities Commission entrance in San Francisco as the five member panel votes to allow two utilities to raise residential rates 9 percent and business bills 7 to 15 percent with immediate effect. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co. press for governor and Legislature intervention to shield them from financial ruin.
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Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Southern California Edison Co
Man charged with murdering mail-order bride in Washington
39 year old Indie King Jr. was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of 20 year old Anastasia Soloveva King his wife of two years. Her body was found in a shallow grave near Mountlake Terrace. Evidence included her diary and papers she kept in a safe deposit box. She was reported missing Oct. 2. King admitted strangling her with a necktie and burying the body, a lodger told investigators.
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Kyrgyzstan
Indie King Jr
Anastasia Soloveva King
Mountlake Terrace
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King
Clinton to declare protected federal forests lands
President Clinton will protect nearly 60 million acres of federal forests from road building and most logging across 589 million acres, including 9.3 million in Tongass Alaska. The move aims to preserve forests, though Bush officials and GOP lawmakers seek possible reversal. Environmentalists praise the scope but fear implementation may be hindered.
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Jim Hansen
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Cheney
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Heritage Forest Campaign
Veterans sail WWII vessel to Mobile museum site
A group of 29 U.S. veterans aged about 72 reached Nassau in their 328-foot World War II ship after a 4 350 mile voyage from Greece. They aim to move LST 325 to Mobile Alabama where it would become a museum and national monument.
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Mobile
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Mediterranean
Greece
CDC reports HIV drug side effects linked to exposure
The CDC cites at least 22 serious reactions including liver failure after accidental HIV exposure involving nevirapine. Two health care workers plus 20 other reports to the FDA show liver damage and skin rashes as common effects, with underreporting likely.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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