States say tobacco money belongs to us
Lawmakers and state attorneys general vow to block the federal government from taking any portion of the tobacco settlement funds. Governors and officials insist states earned the money for Medicaid and public health, while administration pushes possible deals to keep funds for health programs.
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Washington
Ohio
Betty Montgomery
Capitol Hill
Kay Bailey Hutchison
R-Texas
Bob Graham
D-Fla
Mike Bilirakis
R-Fla
Graham
Hutchison
Senate
Sen
George Voinovich
Thomas Carper
D-Del
Michael Leavitt
Utah
National Governors’ Association
Clinton
Medicare
Washington State
Christine Gregoire
States agree on 5 billion trust fund for tobacco farmers
Four largest cigarette makers including R J Reynolds Philip Morris Brown and Williamson and Lorillard reach a 5.15 billion trust fund to aid tobacco growers as anti smoking measures shrink demand. Fund extends to 12 years with states receiving shares based on their tobacco production. Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Virginia West Virginia participate.
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Durham
N.C
R.J. Reynolds
RJ. Reynolds
Philip Morris
Brown & Williamson
Lorillard
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Yeltsin health satisfactory as doctors treat stomach ulcer
Kremlin officials said Boris Yeltsin's condition remained satisfactory and ulcer treatment at a government hospital continued with no planned surgery. Prime Minister Primakov now runs most day to day operations as Yeltsin has stayed away from his Kremlin office this year.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Kremlin
Russia
Yevgeny Primakov
Five tons of cocaine seized from freighter Cannes
Coast Guard halted a 580-foot Greek owned Panamanian registered cargo ship Cannes off Brazil delivering iron ore after inspection found 9,500 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of 186 million. The ship was escorted to Texas with four arrests. 20 crew members questioned.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Houston
Brazil
Coast Guard
Cannes
Salinas found guilty of ordering Ruiz Massieu murder
Raul Salinas de Gortari, elder brother of former president Carlos Salinas, is convicted of ordering the 1994 murder of Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu and related charges. The judge cited circumstantial evidence despite no direct confession, sentencing him to 50 years in prison near Mexico City.
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Toluca
Mexico
Raul Salinas de Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Juan Velazquez
Salinas
Raul Salinas
Ruiz Massieu
Ricardo Ojeda Borges
Carlos Salinas
Ireland
Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Grow New Tissues
Washington AP reports breakthrough mouse research showing mature brain and bone marrow cells can be reprogrammed into progenitors for other tissues. If proven in humans, embryos may not be needed for stem cell research, sparking debate over ethical implications and federal funding.
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Washington
Angelo L. Vescovi
Ronald McKay
National Institutes of Health
Pilots clashed on emergency plan before Swissair 111 crash
The co pilot Stefan Lowe urged a rapid landing while Captain Urs Zimmermann favored standard fuel dumping rules as smoke filled the cockpit minutes before Flight 111 crashed off Nova Scotia killing 229. The Wall Street Journal cites a preliminary cockpit voice summary. investigators declined to comment.
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New York
Swissair Flight 111
Wall Street Journal
the Journal
Flight 111
Geneva
Nova Scotia
Austin
Switzerland
Swissair
Journal
Stefan Lowe
Urs Zimmermann
Halifax
Man arrested in connection with witness death
Adrian Peeler, 22, was arrested in Charlotte on a Connecticut fugitive from justice warrant linked to the slayings of Karen Clarke and her 8 year old son Leroy Brown Jr. in Hartford. He is jailed awaiting arraignment as police seek information about the Jan 7 shootings and the linked killer Russell Peeler.
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Charlotte
N.C
Connecticut
Adrian Peeler
Mecklenburg County
Peeler
Hartford
Karen Clarke
Leroy
B.J
Brown Jr
Peel
Russell Peeler
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Transportation
Rodney Slater
America
Texas
Marilyn Hebrick
Jack Holman
Congress
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada
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