Congress mourns slain Capitol police officers and honors them
Congress united in mourning for officers Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson killed during the Capitol shooting. Russell Weston Jr. faces federal charges after the attack. A memorial in the Capitol Rotunda is planned with leaders speaking, coffins laid in state, and a plaque honoring the pair.
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Washington
Congress
Jacob J. Chestnut
John Gibson
United States of America
House
Tom DeLay
John Lewis
D-Ga
Capitol
Chestnut
Gibson
Rotunda
Clinton
al Gore
Gingrich
Lott
Capitol Police
Advocacy group calls for ban on Rezulin diabetes drug
A U S advocacy group urged a U S ban on Rezulin citing at least 26 worldwide deaths from liver failure. The FDA says the drug offers benefits for type II diabetics not helped by other drugs but warns doctors to closely monitor liver function. Parke-Davis plans to notify 500,000 doctors as warnings are upgraded.
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Washington
Britain
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Florence Horn
Parke-Davis
Stephen Mack
Public Citizen
Sidney Wolfe
Wolfe
Horn
Japan
National Institutes of Health
Lewinsky Talks to prosecutors in Clinton inquiry
Monica Lewinsky ended six months of silence and met with prosecutors seeking immunity amid the Starr investigation into possible affair with President Clinton and involvement in a coverup. A federal appeals court ordered Bruce Lindsey to testify, rejecting attorney client privilege claims.
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Washington
Kenneth Starr
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Lewinsky
Bruce Lindsey
Lindsey
Starr
William Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Jacob Stein
Plato Cacheris
FBI
Linda Tripp
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judith Rogers
David Tatel
Bush
Raymond Randolph
Lawmaker Pushes Liberty Coin Over Sacajawea Design
Rep. Michael Castle seeks a House vote to replace Sacajawea with the Statue of Liberty on the new dollar coin, arguing Liberty better reflects national values. Treasury's Rubin has not yet ruled, while Mint officials aim for a 2000 coin rollout to avoid losing Susan B. Anthony dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Michael Castle
Rdel
House Banking Monetary Subcommittee
Merriwether Lewis
William Clark
Pacific Ocean
Lady Liberty
U.S
Castle
Congress
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Sacajawea
Michelle Smith
Rubin
U.S. Mint
Susan B. Anthony
Philadelphia
Liberty
Patricia McGuire
Trinity College
Washington, D.C
Congressman Castle
McGuire
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Senate
Trent Lott
Arlington National Cemetery, Chestnut
Army
Newt Gingrich
Dick Gephardt
D.C. General Hospital
Russell E. Weston Jr
Rimini
Mont
D.C
Weston
A.J. Kramer
Kramer
Russell Weston Sr
NBC
Dodge Neon
Bank of Raleigh
Park Avenue
Beckley
West Virginia
Bruce McAlpine
Union
Mark Meadows
Legal Ory
Raleigh County
Clear Fork
Dorothy, Pax, Eccles, and
Arnett
Usgs
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