Clinton Faces Tough Foreign Policy Round Amid Impeachment Fight
President Clinton confronts major global challenges from Russia to Kosovo as former national security advisers warn that impeachment distractions may erode U.S. influence overseas. Saddam Hussein defies U.N. inspectors again, raising fears of renewed action as experts call this fall potentially the most difficult since 1993.
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House Moves Toward Formal Clinton Impeachment Inquiry
The House appears poised to vote on a formal impeachment inquiry in the coming weeks as lawmakers dissect Kenneth Starrs report on President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde signaled support for hearings, while Republicans noted timing but not scope limits.
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WVU Freshmen Retention Up As JumpStart Program Expands
West Virginia University reports about 80 percent of freshmen remain in school after their first year and a 4 percent drop in below C averages since Operation JumpStart began in 1996. The program features resident faculty leaders and WVUp All Night as safety and retention measures. Provost Gerald Lang calls the freshman year pivotal for academic and personal choices at a large university.
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Former Gov George Wallace dies at 79 in Alabama
Former Alabama governor George C. Wallace, a onetime firebrand segregationist who was paralyzed by a 1972 assassination attempt, died at 79 after recent hospitalizations for breathing problems and septic shock from a severe bacterial infection. He had battled Parkinsons disease and lingering wounds.
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West Virginia Schools Adopt Higher Education Standards Policy 2320
Raleigh County Schools Superintendent Dwight Dials outlines a new state policy 2320 that raises performance requirements for schools and systems. The plan increases parent involvement to 60 percent, improves early intervention, sets higher national benchmarks, targets 50 percent of students in grades 3 to 11 at or above the third quartile, reduces first quartile acceptance, lowers dropout and attendance thresholds, and requires systemic diagnosis and remediation.
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