Kids protest smoking as FDA weighs new rules
Young letters from Idaho to New York urge government action against teen smoking. Cascade sixth grader Kathie Marley describes a 12 year old friend who started at nine and fears death. FDA and CDC say student involvement signals a growing anti tobacco movement and potential restrictions on cigarette advertising.
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Teen smoking debate prompts student protests near schools
About 3,000 teens begin smoking daily with 1,000 projected to die from related diseases. Government data show 64 percent of high school seniors have smoked, up from 62 percent in 1992. Students like 17 year old Ryan Nix in Evansville organize protests to urge FDA action against tobacco advertising near schools, while R J Reynolds argues ads near schools are kept at 500 feet.
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Clinton friend confirms loan to McDougal
A Tyson Foods official James Blair says he lent James McDougal $1000 on December 22, 1992 to buy out the Clintons shares in the Whitewater deal. Blair cites Newsweek reporting. He says the Clintons were unaware and the loan was not repaid. Clinton lawyer David Kendall says legally no disclosure issue exists.
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Photographs and audio arise in OKC bombing case
Federal prosecutors obtain surveillance video of a Ryder truck approaching the Murrah Building and an audiotape capturing the initial blast. The material seeks to move the case against Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols beyond circumstantial clues by providing vivid, sensational evidence of the terror attack.
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Lawyer accuses Utah agency of exploiting foster scam
An orphaned boy tale prompted sympathy and donations before a Utah case revealed the subject was a 25 year old woman. The DFS denies exploitation claims while Birdie Haaks faces forgery charges after posing as Michael Ross.
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Birdie Jo Haaks
Utah Social Services
Michael Ross
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Online events with major networks and AOL listings
A listing of online programs across major networks and AOL featuring Jean Driscoll Sydney Pollack Shaun Cassidy Shirley Wiley Greta Van Susteren and others with times and locations. Includes access info and toll free numbers for AOL CompuServe Microsoft Network Prodigy and the Journal-World online link updated daily at 6 a.m.
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Jworld.com
North Carolina congressman offers help to furloughed workers
Rep. Charles Taylor of North Carolina pledges no interest emergency loans totaling about ten thousand dollars a month to furloughed federal workers in his district. He cites mortgage and child care needs and says the fund aims to ease crisis times until the budget impasse ends. The district includes agencies like the National Climatic Data Center and the Forest Service.
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Jack Cox
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Florida NASA telescope launch marks first X-ray observatory since 1978
The X-Ray Timing Explorer, a $195 million satellite the size of a bus, launched on a Delta rocket at 8:48 a.m. to study collapsed stars and black holes for at least two years, despite a federal government shutdown. This is the first new X-ray astronomy observatory since 1978.
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Access Poll Question on New Year resolutions
Today's Access poll asks if readers will make a New Year's resolution. A separate Saturday results item questions whether prosecutors should be disciplined for wrongful handling of DUI cases.
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