Witness accounts place Clinton and Lewinsky alone near Oval Office
A Secret Service officer testified to a grand jury that he and Harold Ickes found President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky alone in a room off the Oval Office. The officer did not witness improper behavior, and Starr pressed Ickes to testify as a potential witness alongside other White House aides in the Lewinsky investigation.
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Oval Office
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Ms. Lewinsky
Whitewater
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Mr. Ickes
Fox
Starr
Starr Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Mr. Lewinsky
CBS
Lewinsky
GOP and unions push for teacher merit pay nationwide
Washington reports growing support for merit based teacher pay amid Republican pressure and union backing. Florida districts and unions race to implement merit linked raises while critics warn of cost bias and morale issues. Opposition notes past failures and concerns over fairness in evaluation and rewards.
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GOP
Washington
Florida
Frank Brogan
Jeb Bush
Alfonso D'Amato
R-N.y
Adam Urbanksi
AFT
Rochester
N.Y
Former cadet guilty in murder at lake killing
Former Air Force Academy cadet David Graham is guilty of murder in the slaying of 16 year old Adrianne Jones at a remote Texas lake in December 1995. The verdict brings an automatic life sentence as prosecutors did not seek the death penalty at the request of the victim’s family.
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Air Force Academy
David Graham
Graham
Red Cross launches fund for Agent Orange victims
The Vietnamese Red Cross started a fund for Agent Orange victims amid claims the toxin harms a third generation. John Geoghegan warned the war’s effects extend to grandchildren. Estimates vary from tens of thousands up to 2 million Vietnamese affected. Prime Minister Khai ordered a nationwide survey to finish next year. Veterans from several countries sue manufacturers in the United States.
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Vietnam
Vietnamese
Red Cross
John Geoghegan
U.S
Phan van Khai
United States
Judges Took Tobacco Funded Trips, Some Had Involved Cases
Six federal judges in recent years traveled to seminars funded by Philip Morris, with two later handling smoking related cases. Critics question ethics but experts say no clear guideline breach occurred. Conveyed guidance urges disclosure of funding sources to avoid appearances of conflict.
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Washington
Philip Morris
West Virginia University
Forest Jackson Bowman
Star & Tribune
Minneapolis
Northwestern University
Steven Lubet
Federal Judiciary Codes of Conduct Committee
Relief efforts seal off tsunami zones in Papua New Guinea
Relief workers evacuated survivors as corpses rotted in swamps after a tsunami that confirmed a 1300 death toll and 6000 missing. Authorities sealed Sissano lagoon area and abandoned body retrieval to curb disease while hundreds remain unaccounted for.
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Yammo
Papua New Guinea
Nature
Pacific
Rod West
West
Sissano Lagoon
Princes of Wales exhibit opens at National Museum of Wales
In Cardiff an unprecedented show gathers 300plus works from Charles and two earlier Princes of Wales. Portraits of Princess Diana and a Spice Girls sketch are among items on public display from Saturday to November 8.
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Wales
Diana
Charles
Prince of Wales
National Museum of Wales
Princes of Wales
Dickie Arbiter
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Tudor Court
Hans Holbein
Rembrandt
van Dyck
Sevres
Louis XVI
France
House Republicans pass health-care bill in House vote
The House approved a health-care bill 216 to 210 amid partisan divides to protect patients in managed care. It promises ER coverage, bans gag rules, direct obstetrician access, external appeal rights, and penalties for noncompliant plans, with a Senate path unclear and a veto threat from the White House.
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House
Washington
White House
Clinton
Senate
Nancy Johnson
R-Conn
Vic Fazio
D-Calif
Judge clears incest victim's way for late-term abortion
A Macomb County judge withdrew a prior custody petition, allowing the 12-year-old rape victim and her parents to seek a late-term abortion in Kansas. The girl is about 28 weeks pregnant, with Michigan banning abortions after 24 weeks except to save a life. The family will travel to Kansas for medical evaluations before any decision.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Pamela Gilbert O'Sullivan
Kansas
Carl Marlinga
Macomb County
Michigan
Lauren Tomayko
ASK DR STALEY Can chiropractic help end my suffering from headache pain
A reader asks if chiropractic care can relieve chronic headache pain. The response explains typical approaches, practical steps to evaluate suitability, and when to seek medical advice for persistent or worsened headaches.
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