Americans Still Joiners Despite TV Era Says Survey
A 1500 adult telephone poll for the American Association of Retired Persons finds Americans remain active in community life. On average a person belongs to four organizations, usually a church, with 44 percent aiding others through charities and many volunteering informally. About one third engage in local issues and over two thirds discuss politics with friends. The study notes some distrust but concludes civic life remains vital and people feel an obligation to the whole, echoing Donne’s line that no one is an island.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Harvard
Robert Putnam
Pew Research Center
Brookings Review
John Donne
Maine
Scripps Howard News Service
Clinton's Social Security stance from a press conference
The article reviews President Clinton's remarks on Social Security reform and the looming funding crisis driven by baby boom retirements. It notes proposed options such as private accounts, warns of a $3 trillion funding gap around 2010, and urges a clear, activist approach in the State of the Union to address the program's future.
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Clinton
America
Treasury Department
Treasury
Scripps Howard News Service
El Nino Sparks Vermont Snowy Start at Stowe Resort
Jennifer Buttle of Stowe Mountain Resort notes El Nino’s cold spell favors northern New England as resorts in Vermont and nearby areas endure a January of subfreezing days. Significant winter storms and frequent smaller snowfalls boost early-season powder for ski operations and visitors.
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Jennifer Buttle
Stowe Mountain
Vermont
New England
Plano standoff ends after 30 hours with 85 hostages freed
Police say the Plano day care siege concluded without injuries after a 30 hour standoff. Sgt Glen Brashear reported all 85 hostages were rescued and the suspect was taken into custody.
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Glen Brashear
Plano
Texas
Yugoslav war crimes tribunal frees three Bosnian Croats
Chief prosecutor Louise Arbour announced there is insufficient evidence to justify a trial. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal ordered three Bosnian Croats set free after review on Friday.
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Louise Arbour
War Crimes Tribunal
Interfaith divorce tests faith and family values
Massachusetts couple Barbara and Jeffrey Kendall split amid shifting faiths, raising three children in Jew ish and Christian traditions. The state Supreme Judicial Court backed limited parental religious rights, granting spiritual custody to the mother while restricting the father from religiously steering the kids, aiming to protect their welfare and prevent religious gamesmanship in court.
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Boston
Barbara
Jeffrey Kendall
Massachusetts
Jeffrey
Jesus
Rell
Ariel
Moriah
Rebekah
Martha Minow
Harvard
Massachusetts Court
Kendalls
Minow
Weather Comes And Goes In Local News Skits
Local TV humor centers on weather boasting the absurdity of forecasts and hype. P J Isobar and Otis Mungeon appear with Channel Nine maps while El Nino looms. A Snow Central chief, Ron Halite, and a backdrop of plows and muffled scenes punctuate the spoofed weather segment.
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P.J. Isobar
Channel Nine Weather
Otis Mungeon
Otis
Pacific
Ron Halite
Snow Central
Ron
Halite
Jury is in on warming impact challenges editor says
The News editor responds to the December 16 column Heated rhetoric over warming by arguing the scientific jury is clear. NASA's Jim Hansen first stated warming in 1988 and was met with early doubt, later reinforced by vast study and the 1995 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change findings that humans are heating the planet and future temperatures may rise dramatically.
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NASA
Jim Hansen
Bill McKiben
Hansen
Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
Editorial letter on Kyoto emissions and auto dependence
The New Castle News prints readers letters and publishes Bette McDevitt's critique on Kyoto. She argues industrialized nations bear most responsibility for CO2 emissions and calls for reducing automobile dependence, urging accountability for polluters and a clear verdict on climate action.
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Dale McFeathers
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Tiffany
Rockville
Galveston
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The
New Castle News
News
New Castle
Kyoto
U.S
Bette McDevitt
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