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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she is waiting for the Secret Service to complete its preparations before she begins moving into her new New York home,perhaps as early as the end of the month. The first lady, showing off the White House Christmas decorations to reporters, said she has been packing and sorting through the first family's belongings as she prepares to head off to the $1.7 million home in Chappaqua, N.Y., where she will reside as she mounts an expected Senate race against New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. "Yes, yes, I'm ...

IBM Plans Computer to Work at Speed of Life December 6, 1999 IBM Plans Computer to Work at Speed of Life By STEVE LOHR wo years ago, when an IBM supercomputer known as Deep Blue beat the world chess champion, Gary Kasparov, it seemed a confirmation of the Computer Age, a triumph of machine over man. On Monday, IBM is announcing a five-year, $100-million program to build a supercomputer whose ambitions dwarf Deep Blue's. The goal of the new supercomputer, to be called Blue Gene, is to simulate one of the most common routines in natural biology -- the ...

London (CNSNews.com) - A British charity Monday called for a government inquiry into claims that health officials are practicing "involuntary euthanasia" on elderly patients in an attempt to free up beds in overcrowded hospitals. Age Concern accused the National Health Service (NHS) of "ageism" and called on the Labor government to keep a pre-election promise to tackle the problem of neglect of older patients. It was reacting to allegations Monday by a senior medical consultant that elderly patients were being denied appropriate care in NHS hospitals, and that an outspoken policy of "involuntary euthanasia" was being practiced. A government health ...

Protection demanded for Kosovo Serbs The Kosovo Protection Corps is accused of attacks on ethnic Serbs There has been a strong call for more international action to halt attacks on Serbs in Kosovo. In the second part of a major human rights survey on Kosovo, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has said that ethnic violence continues in the province with widespread revenge attacks on Serbs. The OSCE ambassador to Kosovo, Daan Everts, has called for stronger international support for the forces of law and order in the province. The first part of the OSCE report, covering the ...

Iceland's gene pool makes worldwide waves Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (December 5, 1999 9:29 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - An Icelandic company plans to begin collecting DNA samples from Iceland's 270,000 citizens and linking the genetic profiles with their health records and family trees. The database it plans to build would offer an unprecedented chance to discover genetic links to disease - and an unprecedented danger to privacy, doctors and researchers attending a packed meeting of the American Society of Hematology said Sunday. Although people's genetic profiles, health histories and ...

US warns Russia over Grozny threat Russian forces pound a rebel stronghold south-west of Grozny US President Bill Clinton has said Russia will "pay a heavy price" for the war in Chechnya, suggesting the offensive will fuel anti-Russian feeling in the region and harm Moscow's standing abroad. Earlier, the US State Department warned Russia not to act on an ultimatum it has given to civilians in the Chechen capital, Grozny. They have been told to evacuate the city by Saturday, or risk being killed in a comprehensive air and artillery bombardment. "There is a threat to the lives of the ...

December 6, 1999 Subject: Arafat's Bethlehem? Yasir Arafat said: "From the heart of this holy city, the city of Jesus, the city where it all began, in the name of God, in the name of Palestine, I declare open the celebrations of the third millennium. ... Where else are there stones that have a history of 2,000 years?" ... "The Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, not known for his punctuality, beat the whole world to the punch Saturday when he ushered in the next millennium in a freshly refurbished Manger Square. ... The Bethlehem 2000 inauguration ceremony, filled with Christian ...

WASHINGTON - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton unveils the annual holiday greeting card at the White House December 6. The card, created by artist Ray Ellis, features a watercolor painting depicting the North Portico of the White House. Photo by William Philpott (Reuters)

North Bergen, NJ – Republican candidate for US Congress Harold Turner has begun drawing the clearest of distinctions between himself and his incumbent Democrat opponent, Robert Menendez: Turner has added a video of an actual abortion to his campaign web site http://www.Turner2000.org. In a section entitled "Hal's Core Beliefs" Turner makes clear he is pro-life and offers a Link for those who are Pro-Choice. When Pro-Choicers click on the link, they're brought to a section of the web site from which they can view an actual medical abortion of a 12 week old fetus, as it is brutally ripped apart ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Some legislators say the repeated use of a new state law allowing police to take guns away from potentially dangerous people is evidence of the prevalence of threats of violence. Police officers armed with court-approved search-and-seizure orders have taken pistols, assault rifles and a submachine gun on at least seven occasions since the law took effect Oct. 1. Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, one of the law's architects, said the number and types of cases so far surprise him. "I thought it would only come up two to three times a year," said Lawlor, co-chairman of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. official responsible for Y2K readiness said Sunday he is confident there will be no catastrophic computer breakdowns but is concerned public reaction to any small problems could provoke economic crises. ``If we got a panic we could ... create a shortage of all sorts of things as we go forward - either food, gas, pharmaceuticals,'' John Koskinen, the White House Y2K coordinator, said on CNN's ``Late Edition.'' Koskinen said there were no signs so far that Americans were concerned enough by the hype surrounding the millennium bug that they were beginning to hoard supplies or ...

COROZAL CEMETERY, Panama -- The last plaintive notes of taps hung heavy in the tropical air, signaling the end of the Veterans Day observance and of America's century in Panama.       Related article:Canal required tons of steel, giving Pittsburgh a big boost    A corporal's guard unit from Bravo Company, Sixth Marines -- all that remained of what had once been more than 10,000 U.S. troops -- fired a salute. In a few days, they, too, would be on an airplane for home. Soon the only American military personnel in Panama will be the ones buried in ...

Sometimes the only hope for the future is the end of a past history Franjo Tudjman is on his deathbed. A former Second World War Yugoslav general who bragged while campaigning for president of Croatia that he was glad his wife was neither a Serb nor a Jew, Mr. Tudjman conducted a war of national liberation. His efforts resulted in 300,000 ethnic Serbs being made refugees, 30 per cent of Croatia's industrial capacity being destroyed, and war damage amounting to an estimated $81-billion (U.S.) Unemployment has now officially been calculated at 20 per cent, and 30 per cent of ...

THE INSIDER *** 1/2 (R) Lowell Bergman: Al Pacino Jeffrey Wigand: Russell Crowe Mike Wallace: Christopher Plummer Liane Wigand: Diane Venora Don Hewitt: Philip Baker Hall Touchstone presents a film directed Michael Mann. Written by Eric Roth and Mann. Based on the Vanity Fair article, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," by Marie Brenner. Running time: 148 minutes. Rated R (for language). BY ROGER EBERT Michael Mann's "The Insider" makes a thriller and expose out of how big tobacco's long-running tissue of lies was finally exposed by investigative journalism. At its center stands Lowell Bergman, a producer for "60 Minutes," ...

When my daughter, an 11th grade student, came home from school today, I asked her if she had any homework; she said that she was supposed to name 10 elements from the Periodic Table found around the home (it is assumed this means in raw or molecular form). How many can you name?

Alan Tonelson works for a business lobby and wants to increase America’s trade opportunities, but not through the World Trade Organization. Many may say "Go figure?" He’d respond with a long list of reasons why U.S. firms should join his camp, just as he did for IBD. IBD: Why is the WTO bad for the U.S.? Tonelson: We represent primarily small and medium-size manufacturers and feel that working through WTO, and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) before it, has been an ineffective way of opening foreign markets and increasing business opportunities for our companies. The principles of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton, in a human rights speech Monday, criticized China's crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement and said that Russia "will pay a heavy price'' if it carries out its threatened destruction of the Chechen capital of Grozny. The president also condemned Afghanistan's "despicable'' repression of women and girls. He said the United States would spend at least $2 million next year to educate and improve the health of Afghan women and children refugees in Pakistan and would make $1.5 million available in emergency aid for those displaced by the Taliban's recent offensive. Joined by ...

Thomas Jefferson once observed, "If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be," adding that "if we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed." These days that is not an easy task. However, between the symbiotic relationship of the "New Media" of cyberspace, and talk radio, "the truth is out there." I only get one day a week to contribute to WorldNetDaily. A constant frustration is trying to decide which atrocity du jour, or which ...

[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 11.28.99] South honors fatal culture of violence Cynthia Tucker is editor of The Atlanta Constitution's editorial page. Over in my home state of Alabama, they shoot you for looking at 'em funny. The law doesn't get too exercised over it. In court, the she-was-looking-at-me-funny defense may sway a jury. If you don't believe that, consider the public discourse that has followed a case of road rage run amok on an interstate highway south of Birmingham. After one suburban mother shot another suburban mom dead in a roadside confrontation earlier this month, public sympathy has flowed abundantly ...

Clinton Statement on End of Military Training in Puerto Rico U.S. Newswire Dec 16:21 Clinton Statement on the End of Military Training in Puerto Rico To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100 WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the White House: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT For several weeks, we have been working on how best to reconcile the imperative of providing satisfactory training for our armed forces, with the strong feelings of many residents of Vieques and Puerto Rico about the impact of training operations there. I have discussed this with the ...