Diverse new House seats mix singers, stock traders and poets
Washington AP reports the 106th House includes 434 members with varied backgrounds from a riverboat captain to a rapper and a gymnast. The chamber splits 222 Republicans, 211 Democrats and one independent, with 58 women and multiple minorities. Many members cite unique entry stories from aiding street lights to Reagan speeches.
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House of Representatives
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Tennessee
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California
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Illinois
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Michigan
Minnesota
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Pennsylvania
Rusk Holt
New Jersey
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New York
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Georgia
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Tom Coburn
Oklahoma
Peter Haekstra
Netherlands
Holland
Mich
Bob Brady
Mark Souder
Indiana
Reagan
Jennifer Dunn
Lucas hints at quitting Star Wars after prequel films
George Lucas tells Vanity Fair he plans to end the Star Wars saga with the planned one to three part prequel. He says he has no story for sequels and might be too old to mount another trilogy, though he unlikely agrees others should make more films. The first new movie, Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace, is set for a US release on 21.
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New York
Force
Luke Skywalker
George Lucas
Vanity Fair
Andei Mabe
Lucas
United States
Dogs to get 2 new drug treatments
The FDA approved two new drugs to treat canine health problems. Anipryl, selegiline, helps dogs with canine cognitive dysfunction CDS. In trials 69 percent showed improvement in at least one symptom like confusion or sleeplessness.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Pfizer
Clinton to seek new base closures to cut costs
President Clinton plans to ask Congress for authority to close more U.S. military bases starting in 2001 to offset costs of force improvements. Officials say the plan will be in the fiscal 2000 budget, with a roughly 10 percent reduction in the base structure, though the exact number of bases to be closed has not been disclosed.
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Washing Sun
Clinton
Congress
U.S
Robert Bell
White House
National Security Council
Bell
Pentagon
Ashcroft hints shape for social conservatives in GOP field
Washington AP reports Sen. John Ashcroft aborted a presidential bid after a year of groundwork and endorsements from social conservative leaders. His decision reshapes GOP support, guiding figures like Dan Quayle Steve Forbes and Gary Bauer while signaling risk for George W Bush and others seeking religious votes without overreaching. Pat Weyrich calls the abrupt shift disappointing to backers.
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Washington
John Ashcroft
GOP
Dan Quayle
Steve Forbes
Gary Bauer
Ashcroft
George W Bush
Missour
All
Senate
Pat Weyrich
The
Free Congress Foundation
No fly zone clashes deepen Iraq confrontation period
U S and British warplanes patrol no fly zones over Iraq amid a period of challenge claimed by Saddam Hussein. Pentagon officials report three military confrontations in two weeks with Iraqi MiGs and SAM batteries firing during incursions.
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Washington
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Clinton
Pentagon
Kenneth Bacon
U.S
Ricky Taig
U.S. Central Command
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Bacon
Capitol Hill
Henry H Shelton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Iican Guard
Baghdad
Black farmers to receive 375M settlement aid plan
About 3,009 black farmers nationwide could share 375 million in tax free payments of 50 000 each and debt forgiveness under a settlement with the U S Department of Agriculture to end a 1997 racial discrimination suit. Negotiators and a federal judge met in Washington to finalize details as many farmers face substantial debts and delays.
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Albany. Ga
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Willie Head
Atlanta
Jin Head
Department
Office of Civil Rights
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