EPA says paperwork cut under reform aims to cut costs
Environmental Protection Agency claims it eliminated over 26 million forms in four years, saving industry about 800 million dollars, as GAO findings trigger Senate scrutiny. Administrator Browner told a House subcommittee the reform reduced burdens while critics say the push distorts achievements.
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New Jersey Tightens Sex Offender Reporting Rules
Acting under a federal judge order, New Jersey issues new Megan’s Law guidelines to protect offender privacy. Residents notified that a sex offender lives near home or school must sign pledges not to disseminate information. The changes respond to privacy concerns after the 1994 murder of Hetty Logan by a neighbor sex offender.
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Baptist minister and wife convicted of kidnapping abuse
Rev. Joseph Combs and Evangeline Combs from Blountville were convicted Thursday of kidnapping and abuse in a case involving Esther Combs, a girl they took from Indiana in 1978 and raised as a servant. Esther, now 22, testified of severe beatings and scars.
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GOP says Hillary travel costs exceed 182 thousand dollars
Washington Republicans accuse first lady Hillary Clinton of high travel expenses for New York trips on military aircraft during her Senate campaign. They claim taxpayers funded about 80 percent of the more than 182000 dollars over a seven month period, citing White House records.
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Reno urges peace in Elian case as family conflict continues
Atty Gen Janet Reno pressed for a nonconfrontational resolution to Elian Gonzalez custody, praising the Miami relatives’ good intentions while affirming the lawful path to returning him to his Cuban father. She urged avoiding forced removal and emphasized pulling the family together to protect the boy. The Miami great-uncle has vowed a Supreme Court appeal after a federal judge rejected asylum petitions, with further appeals possible to the 11th Circuit.
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Congress backs custody bill in cross border dispute
Washington lawmakers unveiled a resolution to aid parents cut off from their children when foreign courts refuse to recognize U.S. custody orders. Rep. Lampson urged allies to honor the Hague Convention while Rep. Fowler called for pressure on noncomplying nations.
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End of Twinkie shortage after eight day Teamsters strike
A eight day strike by Interstate Bakeries Corp. truck drivers ended with talks planned next week on arbitration disputes. About 1,400 Teamsters quit March 15 over delivery rules, closing Biddeford and other plants and affecting Twinkies Wonder Bread and other brands across the Northeast. drivers return to work as pickets ease and both sides seek a cooling off period.
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Twinkie trouble ends as Teamsters strike dries up junk food
East Coast shoppers faced a Twinkie shortage when Teamsters halted deliveries of about 2 million items weekly, affecting baked goods like Yodels and Ring Dings. The strike has ended, and readers are offered a makeshift Twinkie sized recipe using common ingredients and simple steps.
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White House e mails under investigation
Justice Department opens criminal probe into whether White House failed to turn over campaign finance e-mails and then sought to keep them secret. The inquiry touches e-mails to Vice President Gore and follows White House admission of programming errors in archiving 1996 to 1999 messages.
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Teen diet study finds high fat diet aids teen weight loss
A small randomized study of 22 overweight adolescents shows those on a high fat high protein diet lost more weight and had greater triglyceride and HDL improvements than peers on a low fat diet. Lead researchers presented at the Society for Adolescent Medicine in Washington.
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Magnets May Help Voices in Schizophrenia
London AP reports preliminary Lancet findings that repetitive magnetic stimulation of brain areas tied to speech perception reduced auditory hallucinations in schizophrenic patients compared with sham treatment. About 10% of people globally have schizophrenia with 50 to 70% hearing voices. drugs fail to help about 20% in some cases.
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Disparities in AIDS care cited by GAO auditors
GAO auditors found blacks and Hispanics with AIDS receive less appropriate care than whites under government AIDS programs. The audit notes that minorities and women comprise most clients served by local AIDS groups funded by the program. About 300,000 in the U.S. have AIDS and hundreds of thousands more are HIV infected.
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