Clinton roadless plan faces GOP bid to delay
Washington AP Western Republicans press a bid to delay President Clinton's roadless forest protections. Sen Craig would require a 60 day review panel and funding to study the plan while critics say it aims to derail Clinton’s initiative before a Bush administration. Forest Service public meetings continue nationwide as officials defend expedient rulemaking.
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Washington
Clinton
Senate
Larry Craig
Ridaho
Congress
Craig
George W. Bush
Interior Department
Helen Chenoweth
Forest Oversight
U.S. Senate
Chenoweth
Capitol Hill
Forest Service
Chris Wood
Marty Hayden
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Owithin
Mark Rey
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
GOP
Florida tobacco verdict could set punitive damages record
Miami AP reports a Florida jury could award the largest punitive damages in a product liability case against Big Tobacco as closing arguments begin. The case seeks up to $300 billion, with $150 billion estimates floated, in a landmark suit for 300,000 to 700,000 sick Florida smokers.
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Miami
Stanley Rosenblatt
Florida
Dan Webb
U.S
General Motors
California
Big Tobacco
Robert Kaye
Attorneys General
Liggett Group Inc
Lorillard Tobacco Co
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Philip Morris Inc
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Umich.edu
Tilde
Umtra
Engle.cc
Administration ponders missile defense after failed test
Washington officials say the president will decide this summer whether to proceed with the next phase of a national missile defense system after a second failed intercept test in three attempts. Key factors include threat, technology, cost, and national security impact.
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Washington
Clinton
United States
Madeleine Albright
Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
ABC
North Korea
Tran
Defense
William Cohen
Sandy Berger
National Security
Albright
Berger
Overcrowded Jails Strain White Mountain Apache Reservation
Washington reports a federal study showing severe overcrowding in American Indian jails. The White Mountain Apache jail houses twice its 46 inmate capacity, prompting early releases for minor alcohol incidents while arrests focus on violent crimes. Across 69 tribal jails, overcrowding and understaffing are common, with 19,679 American Indians in custody in 1999 and tribal poverty linked to social problems.
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Washington
Arizona
White Mountain
Upper
Midwest
Department
U.S
Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics
Mark van Norman
Office of
Tribal Justice
White Mountain Apache
North Dakota
Fort Berthold
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