GOP panel seeks limit on trust fund uses
A House Republican debt task force says Treasury Secretary Rubin exceeded authority by tapping civil service trust funds to avert default and urges reforms to restrict trust fund use, with its chairman Nick Smith calling for Rubin's resignation. Some members oppose that demand, noting not all favor impeachment.
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House
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Washington
Nick Smith
R-Mich
Rubin
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Smith
Congress
Chris Cox
R-Calif
House Rules Committee
Gerald Solomon
R-N.y
Treasury Secretaries Defense Over Civil Service Trusts and Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin defended legal disinvestment of civil service trust funds to avert default but warned major limits by mid March. A task force found funds covered retirees only one month at a time, then extended to 14 months, keeping payments flowing since mid November. Critics argued actions exceeded law, while lawmakers urged bipartisan debt talks toward raising the limit. Rubin called the GOP letter constructive and said the environment is conducive to resolving the problem.
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Treasury
Robert Rubin
Rubin
Congress
Smith
U.S
Schumer
GOP
House
Senate
Baltimore researchers claim discovery of new facial muscle
Researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore identify a 1 1/2 inch muscle linking a skull point behind the eye to a spot on the lower jaw behind the teeth. Drs Gwendolyn F Dunn and Gary D Hack suggest it may cause retro orbital pain in chewing disorders and assist jaw lifting and side to side movement.
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University of Maryland At Baltimore
Gwendolyn F. Dunn
Gary D. Hack
Rothman
Rare Saint-Gaudens twenty dollar coin sting arrests in New York
A London dealer and an English associate were arrested in New York in a Secret Service sting over a rare Augustus Saint-Gaudens double eagle valued at 1.5 million dollars. Jasper Parrino of Missouri and Stephen Fenton of England arranged the sale, with Fenton bringing the coin from Britain.
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London
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Secret Service
Jasper “Jay” Parrino
Lee’s Summit
Stephen Charles Fenton
North Harrow
England
New York
Fenton
Great Britain
Parrino
Arafat Sworn In As Palestinian Authority President
Yasser Arafat took the oath of office with his right hand on the Koran in Gaza City, declaring the Palestinians a single people as the 88 member council prepares to convene after Ramadan. Israeli leaders sent congratulations, while talks on a future Palestinian state are slated for May.
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Gaza City
Gaza Strip
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Authority
White House
Arafat
Council
Shimon Peres
Peres
Israel
Yossi Sarid
Israel Radio
Japanese dynamite blasts fail to topple 50000-ton boulder in tunnel
In Furubira Japan a massive boulder weighing about 50000 tons trapped a bus with 19 people after the rock slipped into a highway tunnel in Hokkaido. A third blast failed to move the rock and rescue crews hoped for a decisive crush while residents criticized the slow operation.
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Toyohama
Furubira Town
Hokkaido
Japan
Furubira
Ryoko Honma
Tokyo
Masahiko Watanabe
Bosnian government ships Serb officers to UN war crimes court
Gen Djordje Djukic and Col Aleksa Krsmanovic were moved from a Sarajevo jail to a NATO transport for The Hague where tribunal officials will decide charges or possible witnesses. The transfer followed U S pressure to ease Serb anger and avoid arrests without court approval.
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U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Herzegovina
U.N
U.S
Djordje Djukic
Aleksa Krsmanovic
Hague
Netherlands
Plex
Tribunal
Christian Chartier
NATO
Richard Holbrooke
Online television stars and authors on major networks today
Tribune Media Service lists a slate of online chats and discussions across AOL Prodigy CompuServe and other platforms. Notables include Kermit the Frog James Buck Tony Bennett Sanford Wilson Carl Lewis Mike Figgis Stephanie Fletcher Anne-Balsamo Staci Keanan with topics from asthma to Oscars to women’s roles and online romance.
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Kermit the Frog
Star
America Online
USA Weekend
Globe
James Buck
Columbia
Tony Bennett
Prodigy
Bill Diehl
Radio Entertain
ABC Radio
Sanford Wilson
CompuServe
Las Vegas
Hollywood Online
Stephanie Fletcher
Anne — Balsamo
Georgia Tech
Rogue
Odeon
Staci Keanan
Dana
Celebrity Circle
Kansas Tourism Slogan Sparks Mixed Public Opinion
Readers respond to ACCESS POLL on the state's new tourism slogan "Kansas . Simply Wonderful" with insufficient volume to form a clear view. The prompt notes a small sample size and incomplete data for yesterday's question.
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