RTC Holds Back Docs Clinton Whitewater Probe
The RTC has withheld Whitewater related documents from congressional and press requests and moved regional investigators under Washington control. GOP Rep. Leach calls the shift politically charged while the agency cites privacy and non-newsworthy concerns.
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Arkansas Senators Linked to Whitewater Business Ties
Newly released RTC documents show two Arkansas senators lobbied Clinton administration figures to review government actions related to Seth Ward, father-in-law of Webster Hubbell, a key Clinton associate. The Arkansas thrift Madison Guarantee Savings & Loan, tied to Whitewater partners Bill and Hillary Clinton, was seized in 1989 with a $60 million taxpayer cost.
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Smithsonian marshmallow conference yields quirky science and whimsy
The Smithsonian hosts its Third Annual Conference on Stuff exploring marshmallows in botany, history, and medicine. Speakers joke about Moon Pie social structure, Goo Goo Cluster democracy, and even marshmallows in implants, tracing origins from Staypufii alabastus fossils to 1832 pygmy marshmallows.
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Katherine Ott
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Gary Aronson
Museum of Natural History
Nurses Expand Staff as Newborn Boom Overwhelms Chandler Hospital
Nurses crowded the Chandler hospital nursery to care for 23 babies amid a baby boom. Supervisors added more nurses, with four on a full staff and six watching the nursery. Mothers and babies usually stay about 24 hours, while some longer.
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Teenagers videotape terror spree in Houston suburb
Eight boys aged 14 to 16 were arrested on burglary motor vehicle burglary and criminal mischief charges after a 40 minute videotaped spree in Wood a middle class Houston area. They dug holes for victims blew up mailboxes and used Molotov cocktails while filming their exploits.
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Suspect hijacks ambulance with patient aboard
A man hijacked a moving ambulance with a patient inside then fled in a running truck. The pursuit involved eight vehicles and ended after a chase that injured three people slightly and wrecked a $56,000 emergency unit. Fire officials say portable radios helped dispatchers track the incident as police closed in.
Head Start group opposes expansion plan in funding shift
Washington debate centers on a White House proposal to let outside groups compete for toddler programs funded by Head Start. National Head Start Association leader Ron Herndon warns competition could leave families and children poorly served as funds rise to five percent of total Head Start spending over three years. Helen Blank of the Children’s Defense Fund and Kennedy aide support some expansion, arguing early intervention programs from universities and hospitals could broaden reach.
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