GOP leaders rally GOP on Medicare overhaul effort
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich urged Republicans to stick together to overhaul Medicare as part of balancing the budget by 2002. They warned the next 60 to 90 days will determine if Congress makes history while proposing savings of 270 billion from Medicare over seven years and 182 billion from Medicaid, with plans to raise Part B premiums and shift seniors toward managed care.
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Bomb attack prompts tight security around Moscow embassy
In Moscow guards checked cars for bombs outside the U S Embassy after a grenade attack tied to rising anti Western sentiment over NATO strikes in Bosnia. No suspects were detained and officials call it isolated. Security also tightened at U S consulates in Vladivostok St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.
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Study says even mild overweight raises death risk for women
Harvard Medical School researchers say that even slight excess weight in middle aged American women increases the risk of premature death by about 30 percent for those 5 foot 5 inches tall, with weight linked to one quarter of deaths. The study cautions against extreme dieting and notes smoking worsens outcomes.
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Harvard Medical School
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Columbia University
Hidden hazards revealed for American consumers
Consumer groups released Hidden Hazards Number Two, a free primer by the Coalition for Consumer Health and Safety listing ten risks from alcohol drug interactions to misleading low fat labels. The pamphlet warns low fat foods can hide sugar calories and mislead dieters.
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No contest plea in wife beating case for actor Sasha Mitchell
Sasha Mitchell of Step by Step pleaded no contest to two April assaults on his pregnant wife and a charge tied to endangering his seven year old daughter who witnessed one attack in Westlake Village. He agreed to the plea on three misdemeanor counts to avoid trial testimony for wife and child and faces sentencing on April 21 with probation and domestic violence counseling likely.
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Holbrooke Reaches Accord On Weapons Pullback
U S mediator Richard Holbrooke won a pledge from Slobodan Milosevic that Bosnian Serbs would withdraw heavy weapons from Sarajevo outskirts. If fulfilled, NATO would suspend bombardment of Serb installations. Russia's approval still needed. UN prohibit heavy weapons within 12 to 14 miles of Sarajevo.
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Ballonists shot down over Belarus identified
Belarus confirms regret over its military downing of a sport balloon in an international race. American pilots Alan Fraenckel and John Stuart-Jervis were killed when a helicopter gunship shot down the hydrogen craft D Caribbean over Belarus. Fraenckel, 55, from Amsterdam New York, was an airline pilot. Stuart-Jervis, 68, a businessman from Albuquerque New Mexico.
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