Merrimack NH fights ban on teaching about gays
A 21 page federal lawsuit in Concord NH argues a Merrimack School District policy banning teaching about homosexuality as a positive lifestyle is unconstitutional vague and overbroad. Teachers parents and students say it silences gay youths and leads to book bans censored AIDS videos and statistics. Civil rights groups join to challenge the policy and warn it could spread nationwide.
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Meriimack School Board
US District Court
Concord
N.H
Merrimack
American Civil Liberties Union
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Clinton criticizes Fed stance as Rohatyn deal collapses
President Clinton calls for a Thursday debate on growth prospects and Fed stringency, proposing Felix Rohatyn as next Fed vice chairman before Rohatyn withdraws amid GOP opposition. He denounces Republican treatment at a $1,000 per plate fundraiser, urging a debate on growth limits. Separately a Chinese Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat satellite exploded after liftoff, with conflicting casualty reports.
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Clinton
Federal Reserve
New York
Felix Rohatyn
Rohatyn
New York City
Fed
China
Hong Kong Radio
Government Aerospace Agency
Intelsat Inc
Debating GOP rivals Dole and Buchanan clash in New Hampshire
In Manchester eight Republican hopefuls tout conservative plans five days before the New Hampshire primary. Forbes rebukes negative ads and questions Dole while Alexander defends tax returns. Voters express mixed views as candidates push to beat Clinton and balance the budget.
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Manchester
N.H
Bob Dole
Pat Buchanan
New Hampshire
Steve Forbes
Dole
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Alexander
Steve
Forbes
Cole
Buchanan
Iowa
Abigail Beutler
Nashua
Clinton
Bob
Later smoking start means earlier quit study says
The study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that delaying smoking onset leads to earlier cessation but many teens will smoke for decades. Researchers Pierce and Gilpin cite government data from 1965 to 1988 and estimate that 3 million teens smoke with about a third dying from related illnesses. They project that among 17 to 21 year olds today, half of male smokers will quit by 33 and half of female smokers by 37.
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John Pierce
University of California, San Diego
American Journal of Public Health
Elizabeth Gilpin
Pierce
Gilpin
Virginia firm linked to tobacco tests under grand jury probe
A Fairfax based air quality firm that studies nonsmoker risks from secondhand smoke faces a federal grand jury inquiry. The probe reportedly concerns whether Healthy Buildings International doctored congressional testimony or documents to favor the tobacco industry while being paid by the Tobacco Institute.
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Fairfax, Va
Virginia
Congress
Tobacco Institute
Cigarette Manufacturers’ Trade Group
Healthy Buildings International
Fairfax
Clinton calls for computers in all schools
President Clinton proposed $2 billion over five years to bring computers into every classroom nationwide after visiting Christopher Columbus Middle School in Union City New Jersey. He highlighted the school’s turnaround since 1993 from dropout rates and failing tests, aided by a Bell Atlantic partnership.
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New York
Union City
N.J
Clinton
America
Christopher Columbus
New Jersey
Manhattan
Bell Atlantic
Gore
New Hampshire
Congress
AP Puero
Christopher Columbus Middle School
Online hub listings tease stars and services
A cluttered catalog of online events across AOL, Prodigy, CompuServe and other services highlights NASA chief scientists, TV and movie stars, authors and athletes. It notes forum chats, guest spotlights, and “movie of the week” features, with callouts to access via modem and service numbers.
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Hance Cordova
NASA
America
Scholastic
Valerie Bertinelli
Star
America Online
ABC
Dvta
Cyberplex
Pum
Gary Paulsen
Brian
Prodigy
Guat 7Um
Wes Unseld
NMA
Washington
AOL Sports
Odeon
Sandra Martz
Compuserve
Women’s Wire Forum
WW Forum
Pam
Toni Braxton
Microsoft Network
MSN
Today
Pan
Brian Bosworth
One Man’s Justice
Ric Wyman
Kor
Love of
Lucy
America Guilinie
Screwball Cormic
eWorld
Surgery lifts coma victim after 7 1/2 years of silence
Gary Dockery, a former Chattanooga policeman shot in 1988, survived a 7 1/2 year coma and began talking after pneumonia fluid was drained from his lungs. Doctors performed lung surgery Thursday, warning success could trigger renewed coma. Dockery, age 42, had been in a vegetative state until a Monday 18 hour talking spell.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Gary Dockery
Dockery
Dennis
Dennis Dockery
James Folkening
Walden
Parkridge Medical Center
Thursday's access poll results on tobacco sales to minors
The poll asks readers whether the state's effort to curb tobacco sales to minors is time well spent. It captures public opinion on how effectively the crackdown is being pursued and whether resources should be prioritized differently.
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Access
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