Clinton Apology Aims to Heal Racial Wounds in Tuskegee Case
President Clinton issued a formal apology for the Tuskegee syphilis study calling the federal action racist and shameful. He honored five elderly survivors in wheelchairs and announced a $200,000 grant to Tuskegee University to create a Center for Bioethics, plus bioethics fellowships and a renewed commission to broaden minority involvement in research.
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House panel approves budget pact in bipartisan vote
The House Budget Committee approved a Clinton leaders budget outline 31 to 7 seven Democrats opposed while 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats supported. The plan aims to wipe deficits by 2002 with about 135 billion in tax changes and savings from Medicare and Medicaid, plus funding for Head Start and immigration welfare. Clinton touted 35 billion in education tax credits and deductions.
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FDA warns against herbal laxative Chomper in Arise & Shine line
The FDA warns Americans not to use the herbal laxative Chomper sold with the Arise & Shine supplement line due to risks of life threatening heartblock. A Massachusetts woman's hospitalization prompted the warning after lab tests found powerful toxic substances.
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Brothers accused of murder in Dover case
Prosecutors say Robert and Jeffrey Dingman, aged 17 and 14, killed their parents Eve and Vance Dingman, 40, then cleaned the blood and hid the bodies in a blood spattered home. The trial likens the boys to the Menendez case, with investigators detailing staged concealment and fed up with rules.
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Prosecutors speed bombing trial pace
Prosecutors have moved swiftly in the Timothy McVeigh Oklahoma City bombing trial, calling about 120 of an expected 327 witnesses as the pace quickens. Courtroom artists struggle to finish faces, and the judge jokes about a conveyor belt as testimony on phone records proceeds before lunch.
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Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir to deliver breathable air
Space shuttle Atlantis linked up with Russia's Mir station nearly 250 miles above the Adriatic to deliver equipment ensuring crew air quality. NASA praised commander Charles Precourt while Mir welcomed the visiting crew and observers noted the mix of English and Russian chatter during the docking.
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