FDA Warns: No Human Cloning Without Permission
U S federal regulators press a clampdown on Richard Seed's cloning plans warning of shutdown for unauthorized attempts. Congress and over a dozen states move to ban cloning as FDA vows to oversee possible research while scientists urge balanced, targeted legislation.
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Food and Drug Administration
Chicago
Richard Seed
Congress
FDA
Dr. Seed
Carl Feldbaum
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Seed
Michael Fri
Friedman
Clinton
Ers
Florida
Feldbaum
Dolly
California
Vernon Ehlers
R-Mich
Ehlers
Rep
Thomas Bliley
House Commerce Committee
Black ex congressman Gary Franks seeks Senate bid in CT
Former Waterbury Republican Gary Franks, the only Black Republican in Congress, launches a campaign to challenge Sen. Chris Dodd. He faces long odds, trails in fundraising, and garners support from prominent Republicans including Quayle Hatch Kemp Powell as he tours the state stressing working class roots and readiness to campaign full time.
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Gary Franks
Waterbury
Franks
House
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Stuart Roy
Dodd
Dan Quayle
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Jack Kemp
Colin Powell
Toby Moffett
Congress
J.C. Watts
Oklahoma
Jim Maloney
Maloney
GOP
Jesse Jackson
National Rainbow Coalition
NBC
Meet the Press
Chris Dodd
D-Conn
GOP Education Package Aims to Boost Reading and Tuition Savings
Senate Republicans prepare BOOKS the Better Opportunities for Our Kids in School bill a multibillion plan prioritizing primary and secondary education. It includes 2.6 billion to create tax advantaged savings accounts for private school tuition 200 million for reading teacher training 75 million for low income student vouchers and funds for disabled students charter schools and merit pay.
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Clinton
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Service
Miss
CNN
Lott
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Tom Coburn
R-Okla
GOP
Gingrich
Paul Coverdell
Education Bureaucracies
Congress
Air bag cutoff switches raise liability questions for buyers
Washington reports that consumers may bear legal responsibility if they deactivate air bags and are in a crash. Dealers in Michigan and Maryland weigh liability. some will install switches only under clear legal protection. About 5,000 have government approval to use cutoffs. federal rules may create legal and insurance quagmires.
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General Motors
Holiday Chevrolet Geo
Farmington Hills
Mich
Detroit
Ken Berman
Berman
Mike Fisher
Fairlane Ford Sales Inc
Dearborn, Mich
Maryland
Chevy Chase Cars Inc
Joe Lyons
Lyons
Francis Patrick Murphy
Chicago
Murphy
Insurance Agents of America
Doug Greenhaus
National Automobile Dealers Association
Supporters of American jailed in Ecuador seek Congressional aid
United States supporters of Jim Williams of Jacksonville, Florida, jailed in Ecuador for alleged money laundering press Congress for help. Representative Jack Kingston plans a resolution backing Ecuadorian congressman Mendoza’s amnesty proposal, while the State Department distances itself from Williams case and cites lack of authority to judge the evidence. The dispute centers on claims that DEA and FBI helped engineer the arrest to compel testimony against a Colombian drug lord.
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Ecuador
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U.S
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R-Ga
Jim Williams
Jacksonville
Fla
Salem Mendoza
Williams
Mendoza
Kingston
J. Curtis Struble
FBI
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