Millennium Year 2000 Bug May Hit Home Gadgets
Washington lawmakers warn the year 2000 date problem could affect household devices like security systems, VCRs, microwaves, and other microchips not programmed for 2000. Rep. Horn and Rep. Davis urge awareness and propose consumer protections, noting potential data corruption and device shutdowns. They stress warranties should guarantee year 2000 compliance or free upgrades.
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Washington
Stephen Horn
R-Calif
Horn
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Horn
Tom Davis
R-Va
House
Davis
Bob Cohen
The
Informa
English Patient Dominates 69th Academy Awards
The English Patient wins nine Oscars including best picture at the 69th Academy Awards. Independent films lead, Cuba Gooding Jr. earns supporting actor for Jerry Maguire, while Indépendence Day wins only visual effects. Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand take acting honors as studios reassess risk.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Billy Crystal
Cuba Gooding Jr
Jerry Maguire
Geoffrey Rush
David Helfgott
Rush
Helfgott
Shrine Auditorium
Frances McDormand
Fargo
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
McDormand
Gooding
Academy
Saul Zaentz
IRS probes bias as Congress opens review of IRS audits
Congress launches investigation into whether the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative nonprofit groups for audits. Joint Committee on Taxation to study claims of politically motivated enforcement, with leaders Archer and Roth urging neutral action. In a separate report from New York, TB cases in the United States fell to 21,327 last year, the lowest since record-keeping began, indicating progress toward elimination per CDC.
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Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Joint Committee On Taxation
IRS
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
House
Senate
Bill Archer
R-Texas
Ways and Means
William V. Roth Jr
R-Del
Finance Committee
New York
United States
Ken Castro
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Three Killed in McDonald’s Robbery in Hermitage
Police report a midnight robbery at a Nashville area McDonald’s left three employees dead and a fourth critically wounded. An officer forced entry after a 911 call went quiet, discovering victims near the rear and near the phone. A getaway car was being sought.
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Nashville, Tenn
McDonald's
Hermitage
Don Aaron
Metro Police
Tracy Holmes
Attack leaves boy comatose in racial assault near Comiskey Park
Three white teens Frank Caruso 18 Victor Jasas 17 and Michael Kwidzinski 19 pulled 13 year old Lenard Clark from a bicycle in Bridgeport Chicago. They beat him unconscious and boasted of “taking care of blacks.” Clark remained in a coma with severe head injuries as police say race was the motive. Neighbors helped police identify the suspects who were released on bond on charges of attempted murder aggravated battery and a hate crime.
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Chicago
Lenard Clark
Chicago White Sox
Comiskey Park
Bridgeport
Frank Caruso
Victor Jasas
Michael Kwidzinski
GOP lawmaker calls Gingrich road kill on highway politics
Rep Peter King of New York brands Newt Gingrich road kill on the highway of American politics in the Weekly Standard, saying he should be replaced as speaker for harming the Republican agenda and abandoning conservative causes. King’s attack marks the harshest intra party rebuke during Gingrich’s leadership amid ethics reprimands.
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Washington
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
Peter King
New York
Standard
King
Asia
Andrew Weinstein
Long Island
Mr. Gingrich
Gore on hand as China inks deals with U S businesses
In Beijing Vice President Gore watched China sign a $685 million Boeing jet deal and a $1.3 billion GM joint venture to produce Buick sedans, while preserving the Hong Kong consulate. Officials hailed engagement as warming ties and framed talks with Jiang Zemin. Gore urged progress on North Korea talks and greenhouse gas emissions.
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al Gore
China
Boeing
General Motors
United States
Hong Kong
Boeing Corp
Civil Aviation Authority
General Motors Corp
Clinton Administration
Gore
Airbus Industrie
Europe
British Aerospace
Aerospatiale
France
U.S
George Bush
Tiananmen Square
Li Peng
Mr. Gore
Jiang Zemin
Jiang
Washington
Yellow River
Death by electrocution: flames erupt from mask in Medina execution
Pedro Medina, 39, Cuban immigrant from the 1980 Mariel boatlift, died at 7:10 a.m. for the 1982 stabbing of Dorothy James, after pledging innocence. Flames erupted from his mask and filled the chamber as observers described the scene, while Gov. Chiles ordered an execution procedure review despite a doctor saying no pain was felt.
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Starke
Fla
Pedro Medina
Cuba
Medina
Florida State
Michael Minerva
Lawton Chiles
State Department of Corrections
Chiles
Florida
Jesse Tatero
Tafero
Florida Electric Chair
United States
Martel
Richard Martell
Dorothy James
Orlando
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Phiye
le Acres
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