Mexico vows open government with new congressional watchdog
President Ernesto Zedillo announced a landmark plan to create an autonomous congressional committee of auditors with sweeping powers to investigate official corruption and oversee federal spending. He pledged economic reforms and a new rule of law to root out police abuse and combat drug cartels amid a currency crisis and austerity.
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Zedillo
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Mexico
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Clinton
America
Struggle Ends In Gunfire At Downtown Courthouse
An estranged wife attempted to seize a car and opened fire, killing a man named Bally in a downtown courthouse Friday. The couple married in 1982, have three children, and a 6 year old was in the courtroom as shots were fired amid ongoing divorce tensions. Also noted is a diary by John F Kennedy from postwar Europe to be published on the 32nd anniversary of his assassination, detailing his 1945 European tour as a Hearst reporter.
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Bally
Tervesti
Alice
Balt
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John F Kennedy
Europe
Kennedy
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Ireland
France
Germany
Hearst
Re Sald
Hitler
Bavaria
Mark Zandi
Regional Financial Associates
West Chester
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
Greenpeace protest ship seized as France readies tests
On the eve of seven to eight nuclear blasts at Mururoa French commandos boarded the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior detaining about a dozen activists and towing ships away. Demonstrations surged worldwide with 300 arrests in the capital as protests spread. Activists vow to continue amid the September start date.
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Pagis
France
South Pacific
Greenpeace
Jacques Chirac
Mururoa
Rainbow Warrior
Muruiroa
End zone kneeling clarified after Liberty suit
The NCAA clarified that players may briefly kneel in prayer after a big play if not used to draw attention. Liberty University had sued over the no gloating rule, and Falwell called the clarification a mistake by officials. The Flames open their season versus West Virginia Tech in Lynchburg as quarterback Antwan Chiles kneels after touchdowns.
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Lynchaurs
Jerry Falwell
Baptist College
NCAA
Liberty University
Vince Dooley
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Dooley
Falwell
Flames
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Lynchburg
Richmond
Liberty
Sam Rutigliano
Antwan Chiles
Unemployment rate nudges down in August amid mixed data
The August jobless rate slipped to 5.6 percent as factories showed modest hiring and services posted sizable gains. Yet the government gauges and private index fell, construction rose 2 percent in July, and markets wavered on the prospect of Fed rate cuts.
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Hine
Ting
National Association of Purchasing Management
Commerce Department
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Sung Won Sohn
Norwest Corp
Minneapolis
Online Weekend: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert Soars
Online calendar lists events across CompuServe AOL and other services including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in Cleveland at 7 30 p m and Ziggy Marley chat at 10 30 p m on AOL with festival context. Sunday features Greg Walker Hi and Lois creator at 7 p m on AOL and Letitia Baldridge and Pierre Salinger at 8 p m on CompuServe plus Tab Benoit and Perry Barlow sessions on AOL and Blues Chat. Call numbers for service access provided.
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Ohio Travel Forum
Rocknroll
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America
Bob
HORDE
Coliseum
Greg Walker
Hi & Lois
America Online
Mort Walk
All the Gang
Letitia Baldridge
Pierre Salinger
Jackie O
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CNN
Tab Benoit
Perry Barlow
Grateful Dead
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Internet
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Microsoft Network
Prodigy
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Index of Leading Indicators
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