Cavazos Targets Ending Dropouts By 2000
Education Secretary Laura Cavazos told a Senate panel that nearly 22 billion dollars in next year’s education spending should aid disadvantaged students and boost early childhood education to reduce dropouts. He warned that high school noncompleters cost the nation over 240 billion in lost wages yearly, and aims to make dropout a obsolete term by 2000.
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Preventive beams carried to mine Sol di Oro in Peru
Miners haul wooden beams up to the Sol di Oro mine 400 miles south of Lima to reinforce interior frames and avert another landslide after a previous collapse trapped an unknown number of workers on January 23.
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Dog and Cat Obesity Reported As Growing Problem
CHICAGO experts warn obesity in dogs and cats is rising toward a crisis after a survey of 400 veterinarians. Dr. Robert J. Keough notes three of five dogs are overweight and many owners do not recognize weight problems in their pets. He describes signs of excess fat and cites obesity as a common nutritional disease in pets.
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Virus linked to multiple sclerosis by Wistar researchers
Philadelphia researchers report in Science a potential link between HTLV-1 virus and multiple sclerosis. They caution that HTLV-1 may be one factor among others, with no confirmed cure yet and MS affecting about 240,000 Americans.
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Iran Rejects Bush Offer to Ties If Hostages Are Released
Iranian President Ali Khamenei rejected any deal to restore relations with the United States in exchange for the release of nine American hostages. IRNA quoted him saying Iran will not accept such conditions and will resume ties only if the U.S. ends its arrogant stance.
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