Storms cause power outages and treacherous travel
Widespread freezing rain and heavy snow battered the Plains pushing eastward leaving more than 200,000 Arkansas and Texas customers without power. At least 10 traffic deaths occurred across several states with dozens of vehicles involved and flights canceled across major hubs.
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Congress poised to vote on final budget Friday
Congress nears a Friday vote on a spending package to close the 106th Congress and allow President Clinton a partial victory on education and labor funds. The pact would boost the Education Department and NIH while cutting noneducation health programs and extending tax breaks and Medicare provisions.
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Clinton ends bid for amnesty on illegal immigrants
The Clinton administration withdraws its bid for blanket amnesty for about one million longtime illegal immigrants. Republicans reject broader relief, offering limited fines and hearings while Senate leaders warn farm workers and refugees face exclusion from any deal.
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Teen drug use steady while teen smoking declines in 2000
The Monitoring the Future survey finds no overall rise in illicit drug use among teens in 2000, with declines among eighth, tenth and twelfth graders. Cocaine and hallucinogens dropped, marijuana unchanged, while ecstasy rose for a second year. heroin use among seniors hit a peak since 1975. Smoking fell notably, especially among seniors and eighth graders.
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Feds say health plans must cover contraception nationwide
The EEOC ruled that excluding contraceptives from employee health plans is sex discrimination under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The decision affects two complainants but could expand coverage for millions as plans face scrutiny over birth control pills, diaphragms and other prescriptions.
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