Young artists paint their vision of future
Fifty children from 30 states Puerto Rico and Guam gathered on the National Mall to paint a 16 by 24 foot mural illustrating America in the year 2000 and beyond at the Ronald Reagan Building. Themes include an underwater city and a future with less racism as youth depict technology, recycling, and social change.
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America
National Mall
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International Trade Center
Puerto Rico
Guam
Marcus Moore Jr
Selma
Ala
Tanya Gonazalez
San Antonio
Paige Rothrock
Camilla Cohen
Television
Science
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Discovery Channel
Gingrich Gephardt Plan Bipartisan Handling Of Starr Report
House leaders Newt Gingrich and Dick Gephardt will meet next week to set procedures for a possible Starr report to Congress. Gephardt pressed for inclusion, pledging bipartisan decision making, while Henry Hyde would lead Judiciary to oversee any report.
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Gephardt
Starr
Washington
Newt Gingrich
Dick Gephardt
House
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Congress
Congressional
Erik Smith
Henry Hyde
Hyde
Ill
House Judiciary Committee
Missouri
Montana
NIH seeks 3000 men for diabetes prevention study
The National Institutes of Health recruiting 3,000 Americans at risk of Type II diabetes to test if diet, exercise or metformin can prevent the disease. Men, who know little about risk factors, are underrepresented while two-thirds of participants are women.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
David Nathan
NIH
Officials say Y2K fix will cost $5.4 billion
Washington reports at least 5.4 billion needed to repair federal computers for the year 2000 problem, with Koskinen warning the total may rise. The OMB notes half of 7,343 mission critical systems are fixed or unaffected, while seven large agencies lag behind and risk missing the March 1999 deadline. The State Department trails further, highlighting challenges in managing the Y2K program.
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Washington
Clinton
John Koskinen
Koskinen
Federal Office of Management and Budget
OMB
State Department
Americans urge caution after terror threats noted
The State Department warned that Osama bin Laden and other terrorists threaten the United States and may retaliate against Americans and interests after U S air strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan. No specific threat details were provided when security at U S government facilities worldwide was increased.
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State Department
Osama bin Laden
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U.S
Sudan
Afghanistan
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