Forbes overtakes Dole in NH poll leading GOP field
Boston Globe WBZ-TV poll of likely voters shows Steve Forbes at 31 percent in New Hampshire. Dole drops to 22 percent while Patrick Buchanan holds 11 percent. Lamar Alexander rises to 9 percent. Gramm, Lugar, Taylor, and Keeton trail with single digits or less.
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Steve Forbes
New Hampshire
Forbes
Senate
Bob Dole
Boston Globe
Wbz-Tv
The
Globe
Dole
Patrick Buchanan
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Texas
Phil Gramm
Indiana
Dick Lugar
Illinois
Morry Taylor
Alan Ke
California
Bob Dornan
Florida appeals court grants class action on smoking addiction
A Florida appeals court ruled for class action status in a suit by smokers and those harmed by tobacco. The Florida case seeks billions in damages and funds for diagnosis and treatment, limiting the action to Florida residents and enabling any local smoker to join a potential settlement. The United States will evacuate diplomats from Sudan after a U N Security Council call for extradition of three suspects in an assassination attempt.
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Florida
United States
Sudan
Clinton
U.S
Timothy Carn
U.N. Security Council
Lecarraga
Hosni Mubarak
Ethiopia
Compromise struck on ag bill amid farm policy deadlock
Senate negotiators led by Sen. Patrick Leahy propose a reform of farm policy replacing expired programs with fixed but declining payments aimed at saving the government 13 billion dollars over seven years. The plan gains bipartisan support but faces House resistance and a conference struggle with the White House.
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Washington
Senate
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Agriculture Committee
House
Presidentlinton
Dan Glickman
Leahy
GOP
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Congress
White House
Colombo central bank blast kills sixty and wounds many
A truck bomb exploded near Colombo's central bank in Sri Lanka, causing fires and heavy casualties. At least 60 dead and over 1,400 injured, with rescuers battling heat and collapsing buildings. Officials blamed Tamil Tigers amid ongoing civil war.
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Colomno
Sri Lanka
Tamil Tiger
Colombo
National Hospital
Hector Weerasinghe
Associated Press
Lal Gunawardene
Central Bank
Calambo
Lawton Drops As OKC Bomb Trial Site
U S District Judge Richard Matsch voiced concerns at a court hearing that Lawton Oklahoma is unsuitable to host the Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols trial. He cited a costly process to adapt the small federal courthouse and questioned whether Lawton should be considered.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Lawton
USS
Richard Matsch
Matsch
Oklahoma
U.S
Wayne Alley
McVeigh
Buddy Nichols
Michael Tigar
Austin
Tex
Nichols
Stephen Jones
Edmond
Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Experienced doctors linked to longer AIDS survival
A UW study of 403 men at Group Health Cooperative finds patients whose physicians treat AIDS more often live longer. Those assigned to doctors with five or more AIDS patients survived about 26 months, versus 14 months for first AIDS cases. The research, presented at the retroviruses conference, highlights the need for experienced HIV care.
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Washington
Mari Kitahata
University of Washington
Group Health Cooperative of
Puget Sound
Washington State
Robert Schooley
University of Colorado
Kitahata
Major online events lineup with notable guests
A rundown of 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. online appearances on CompuServe AOL Prodigy Microsoft Network and more featuring Jackie Chan Liz Masakayan Grace Corrigan Quincy Jones Robin Cook Arthur Frommer Betsy King and others. Each chat covers topics from martial arts and sports to space history travel and Black History Month.
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Jackie Chan
CompuServe
Hong Kong
Liz Masakayan
America
Spike
Odeon
Grace Corrigan
Christa McAuliffe
Prodigy
Quincy Jones
Microsoft
Loca
MSN Today
al Franken
SNL
America Online
Coliseum
Robin Cook
Arthur Frommer
Globe
Betsy King
LPGA
USA Weekend
Warner Records
eWorld
Microsoft Network
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