December budget surplus beats expectations by Clinton era
The Treasury reported a December surplus of 33.08 billion dollars as tax payments boosted revenue to 201.2 billion against 168.1 billion in outlays. December's gain followed a 1998 deficit and analysts saw a 31 billion to 32.5 billion projection. for FY2000, the year began with a 20.6 billion deficit in the first quarter, with officials projecting a full-year surplus.
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Daughter chains father to toilet in alleged welfare case
Carolyn White 45 was charged with first degree unlawful imprisonment after troopers found her 73 year old father Jack Wolfe bound to a toilet in their Adams home. White said she did it for his own good noting a decade of self harm and bleeding. Wolfe, with physical and mental disabilities, was found handcuffed to a bed rail and the toilet.
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Gene therapy halt after patient death at Penn
The government suspended all clinical trials by a University of Pennsylvania physician and lab after the death of 18 year old Jesse Gelsinger in an experimental gene therapy. The FDA halted seven more experiments until violations are corrected and reported, marking a major setback in gene therapy research amid early promising results.
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Tribes seek waterfront land claim in San Diego base
A coalition of twelve California tribes sues in Washington to reclaim land once home to the Naval Training Center in San Diego. They argue ancestral rights to the 50 acre site, seeking federal trust status and developer leases to generate city and tribal revenues.
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Columbine to replace its library with atrium and wing
Columbine High School plans to tear down the library where 10 students were slain and replace it with an atrium and a new wing including a library. The plan, funded by 3.5 million dollars in private money, aims to aid healing and move on from the April 20 massacre, with completion targeted for fall 2001.
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