EPA warns Hudson River fish unsafe due to PCB contamination
The EPA reports eating fish from the upper Hudson River raises cancer risk above acceptable levels, potentially until dredging cleans a 40 mile stretch from Troy to Hudson Falls. General Electric questions dredging. EPA plans a December 2000 proposal.
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Wiesenthal named to restitiat Restitution Committee
In a $40 million settlement involving Bank Austria and its subsidiary, Holocaust survivors will receive claims handled by three committees. Simon Wiesenthal was named Wednesday to the Restitution Committee, joining Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal and attorney Miriam Robinson as other members in the new governing panels.
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Ex-welfare recipients in New York secure jobs within year
A Rockefeller Institute study of about 9,000 single mothers who left welfare in early 1997 shows over 80 percent stayed off public assistance and 66 percent found jobs within a year, with 53 percent still employed after 12 months. The New York Times obtained a copy before publication.
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Returning 1000-year-old Mayan artifact to Guatemala
Dr Bernard Simon, 87, who aided Hiroshima survivors and helped Japan's plastic surgery field, died in New York. Graham, a Peabody Museum archaeologist at Harvard, presented a recovered Mayan limestone artifact on Wednesday in New York. The 1,000-year-old piece, stolen after discovery in 1971 and later found by a collector, is being returned to Guatemala.
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Embassies Fortified Despite Ongoing Threats
After October terror attacks, the State Department reports $1.5 billion spent to bolster security at diplomatic posts worldwide. Four thousand local guards and over 200 top security personnel added, aiming for a baseline protection. officials acknowledge remaining vulnerabilities with only 31 of 270 posts adequately shielded. Meanwhile Young Marines camp incidents at Camp Lejeune prompt an investigation led by incoming national director Michael Kessler.
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Panel OKs extending rights to unborn children
A House subcommittee approved a bill to protect unborn children under federal criminal law for the first time. The constitution subcommittee voted 5-2, sending the measure to the full Judiciary Committee. The bill adds a federal offense for harming an unborn child during a federal crime.
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House seeks Reno records on immigrant crime after release
A House subcommittee votes to subpoena Attorney General Janet Reno to obtain information on immigrants with criminal histories who commit further crimes after release. The inquiry targets the INS for leniency toward Angel Maturino Resendez, the so called railroad killer, amid criticism.
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Marines probe racism charges at Maine youth camp
Marines said they are investigating allegations of racism at a Maine sponsored youth camp after two dozen youths from the Washington area reported incidents. Officials in charge of the program pledged full cooperation and said the matter is being reviewed by the command.
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Bill would protect breastfeeding in public federal spaces
Rep. Carolyn Maloney leads a push to ok breastfeeding in public areas of national parks and federal property. Noel Marie Taylor of Columbia, Maryland, described a museum incident where a guard instructed a mother to stop feeding her child, highlighting the need for social acceptance and health benefits cited by supporters.
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Buchanan says he won't leave GOP
Patrick J. Buchanan denied reports he plans to leave the Republican Party to seek the Reform Party nomination. He said he remains focused on the Iowa straw poll and GOP caucuses and primary states, signaling discontent with the party's direction while stressing his commitment to his ideals.
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