Tobacco groups clash over NASCAR teen audience claims
Washington. An anti smoking coalition accuses tobacco sponsors of targeting teens at NASCAR events. It cites Simmons Market Research data claiming 15 percent of attendees are aged 12 to 17, challenging the tobacco industry figure of 3 percent. Campaigns cite adults focus while tobacco firms defend wide reach.
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Faults in US intelligence linked to Saudi bombing deaths
A congressional staff draft report, obtained by White House Weekly, faults U.S. intelligence for unpreparedness after a truck bomb killed U.S. airmen in Saudi Arabia on June 25. It criticizes 90 day rotations hindering stable intelligence ties with Saudi security officials and notes long term consequences of temporary missions.
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New York Faces Largest Public Jobs Push Under Welfare Reform
City and state officials race to implement a sweeping welfare work program that could employ up to 100,000 recipients within two years and reach 204,000 statewide by 2002. Costs may exceed 1 billion annually, with day care and administration mostly unfunded by federal funds.
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Bronx man arrested after slashing attackers on subway
Frank Medina, 38, of the Bronx, was to be arraigned on four counts of assault and one count of weapon possession after intervening in a train confrontation near 72nd Street. He slashed four youths, Mano Harrison 16 Luis Martinez 16 and Agustin Hiraldo 24, all Manhattan residents, who along with Medina and the woman were charged with assault and rioting. The central female witness remains unidentified.
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Secret Service agent ties Yousef to jetliner bombing plot
A Secret Service agent testified that Ramzi Ahmed Yousef boasted of plans to blow up jumbo jetliners during extradition from Pakistan. He described Yousef admitting to elements of the plot, including explosives knowledge, in a six hour interview aboard the aircraft. Yousef disputes the claims, alleging torture and coercion by Pakistani authorities.
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