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By Judie Glave, Associated Press, 12/11/99 04:30 NEW YORK (AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton said New York state's public schools are not as good as they should be. ''For every school that is clean and sparkling and equipped with the latest educational technology, there are too many whose ceilings and walls are literally falling down,'' she told representatives from various religions Friday. ''For every teacher able to give her students the personal attention you need to master the basics, there are too many teachers struggling just to keep peace in overcrowded classrooms. And for every administrator working miracles, there are too ...

"These little problems could affect you in many different ways. You may not have electricity for a day or two. "-FEMA

WALTER CRONKITE's 21st Centruy Prediction..."My vision for the 21st centruy is that, later rather than sooner but eventually during the next millennium, humankind will establish a viable and authoritative world government that will forever abolish war as a means of settling international conflicts."

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Sara Jane Olson, the accused terrorist-turned-housewife, is raising money for her defense the way she might raise funds for the PTA: She's selling cookbooks. The cover of ``Serving Time: America's Most Wanted Recipes'' shows Mrs. Olson -- formerly Kathleen Ann Soliah and allegedly a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army -- standing in a target and holding handcuffs and a spatula. ``We just thought it would be fun,'' she said while signing copies at a bookstore Saturday. ``It's not exactly a situation for fun, but we all can't be morose all the time.'' Mrs. Olson ...

The last 2 days I have not been able to pull up any current postings, only articles posted, no self search available. Anyone else having problems?

Shredded credibility It turns out that Bill Clinton's Treasury and Interior departments are far more than the churlish ``disobedients'' a federal judge held them up to be in August. Plain and simple, court records suggest they've been involved in what looks, smells and tastes like the facilitation of obstruction of justice. But the paramount questions now are what examples will be made of Bruce Babbitt, Robert Rubin and their charges, and who else might be involved in what, by any account, is a high-level cover-up. It was on Aug. 10 that U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the ...

Raging passenger forgot to take pills Man forced emergency landing, court hears ERIN ANDERSSEN Crime Reporter Saturday, December 11, 1999 Bedford, N.S. -- The passengers on Continental Flight 78 would have heard Thomas Dolder ranting and screaming up in first class, even if they couldn't see the five male flight attendants struggling just to hold him down. A mother with a baby started crying, "He's going to kill us. I know he's going to kill us." Standing in the back of the plane, a group of passengers began to chant prayers out loud. They were trapped on a jumbo jet ...

GOP renews income tax opposition Party chooses words carefully, avoids brawl By Richard Locker NASHVILLE - Tennessee's Republican Executive Committee renewed its opposition to a state income tax Saturday but avoided a public intra-party fight by adopting a more mildly worded statement on the issue than anti-tax GOP state legislators had sought. The 66-member governing board of the state Republican Party quickly approved the resolution against an income tax after a rapid parliamentary move that blocked any discussion or debate that might have turned divisive. When a group voice vote was called, there were no dissenting votes. Separately Saturday, Republican ...

I would like our esteemed media or some of the other debaters themselves to ask Senators McCain and Hatch the following question: Since you believe that you have the leadership skills necessary to be president, why didn't you take more of a leadership role during the impeachment of President Clinton?

Sunday December 12, 1:18 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Newsweek Newsweek: FBI Hears Allegations Relief Pilot Batouti Made Unwanted Sexual Advances to Female Hotel Employees; Drank Too Much NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The FBI has heard allegations that Gamil al-Batouti, the copilot suspected in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, had sometimes drank too much and made unwanted sexual advances to female employees at a New York hotel where the EgyptAir crew stayed for layovers, sources tell Newsweek. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991211/HSSU002 ) Even if the stories are true, a senior U.S. investigator conceded, there is no suggestion ...

Politicians still dancing around tax reform December 12, 1999 By Tom Humphrey, News-Sentinel Nashville bureau Gov. Don Sundquist (Republican) has indicated he might just wait until April before renewing his direct attack on the entrenched anti-income tax position held by most state legislators. This seems a bit of a shift for the governor, who by all indications has been adamant and impatient -- if not bullheaded -- about pushing ahead. And he's still officially considering the option of dragging the reluctant legislators back into their special session trenches in early January or February, disrupting their scheduled regular session. By long ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1999 12:44:02 ET XXXXX NEW YORKER: CLINTON'S NEXT JOB COULD BE PREZ OF MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION One story making its way around Hollywood and the film festival circuit has it that Bill Clinton will become the president of the Motion Picture Association of America -- after he leaves the White House! And in the December 20, 1999 issue of the New Yorker, hitting racks on Monday, Jack Valenti, the seventy-eight-year-old president of the Motion Picture Association of America, talks about retiring, and Clinton's chances of making a Hollywood jump. "The chief modus operandi ...

There's a good explanation for a Chihuahua's wild drive from one fast-food place to another. CORVALLIS, Ore. - After his Jeep was rear-ended in the parking lot of a Taco Bell, Tinker Melonuk stepped out to have a word with the driver of the offending Chrysler. In the driver's seat was a Chihuahua named Mr. Chips, one paw on the wheel. The dog had just had a wild ride, with the car careering across five lanes of traffic from a nearby McDonald's. "I said to myself, 'If this dog's mouth moves, I'm getting out of here,' " said Melonuk, ...

Asking the question on everyone's mind is a valuable rhetorical skill for politicians. Even people unskilled at politics find it useful. When retired Navy Admiral James Stockdale, Ross Perot's unlikely 1992 vice-presidential running mate, found himself in a TV debate with then-Sen. Al Gore and then-Vice President Dan Quayle, he opened by asking, ``Who am I and why am I here?'' Earlier this year, when First Lady Hillary Clinton faced 200 reporters assembled for the first official press briefing of her prospective New York Senate campaign, she asked the question on the tips of their tongues: ``Why the Senate ...

Ship due Monday for EgyptAir wreckage recovery A powerful ship is set to arrive in two days at a US Navy base in Newport near the site of the EgyptAir crash, to recover more wreckage and human remains. December 05, 1999, 07:55 PM WASHINGTON (Agencies) - A powerful ship is set to arrive in two days at a US Navy base in Newport, Rhode Island, near the site of the EgyptAir crash, to recover more wreckage and human remains, a US official said Saturday. The 158-meter (520-foot) Smit Pioneer is due to arrive at the Boeing 767`s crash site ...

SUMMARY Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Dec. 9 for a hasty and informal summit. While the Russian government and media focused on the two countries’ strategic partnership and on China’s backing for Russian actions in Chechnya, the Chinese state media highlighted the border agreements inked at the meeting. The differing media coverage reflects the fundamental difference in emphasis both nations place on the meeting. Russia appears desperate for China’s support, to demonstrate to the United States that it is still a great power. China, while maintaining some distance from Russia’s tactical concerns, is also ...

A legal publication that has recently squared off against the Washington, DC based public interest lawfirm Judicial Watch was an early booster of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, helping to craft her image as one of America's "most influential" lawyers. The widely reported citation by the National Law Journal came eight years ago as the Clintons laid the groundwork for their first White House bid. The First Lady has been cited in Judicial Watch court filings as the prime mover behind a myriad of White House scandals. The lawfirm seeks to depose her as part of its $90 million ...

What you don't know about Lenora Fulani could hurt you. Coming Soon to a Presidential Election Near You By DAVID GRANN At first no one seemed to notice her, sitting in the second row with her short, '70s-style Afro and big hoop earrings. It was moments before Pat Buchanan's arrival, and she was obscured by his brigades, men with soft, spongy faces and balding heads, pink with excitement, chanting, "Go, Pat, go!" in the conference room of the Doubletree Hotel in Falls Church, Virginia, at ten o'clock in the morning. As Buchanan finally stepped onto the stage to announce, in ...

Breakdown of Death Terms by State By The Associated Press Death sentences imposed in 1998, ranked by state. (Five people also were sentenced to death under federal law.) Texas, 39 California, 31 Alabama, 25 Florida, 25 North Carolina, 20 Ohio, 16 Oklahoma, 15 Pennsylvania, 12 Georgia, 11 Louisiana, 9 Virginia, 9 Mississippi, 8 South Carolina, 8 Illinois, 7 Arizona, 6 Missouri, 6 Kentucky, 5 Arkansas, 4 Tennessee, 4 Indiana, 3 Oregon, 3 Washington, 3 Delaware, 2 Maryland, 2 Nevada, 2 Idaho, 1 Kansas, 1 New Jersey, 1 New York, 1 Wyoming, 1 ------ Source: Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice ...

Ex-Vietnam DJ Backs GOP Candidates 12/12/99 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adrian Cronauer says he understands why his conservatism and active support for GOP candidates might come as a surprise. "The movie.''In 1988, when "Good Morning Vietnam,'' was released, the Hollywood account of Cronauer's stint as an Armed Forces Radio disc jockey in Vietnam gave him a taste of celebrity. Not to mention the midnight calls from strangers screaming "Gooooood morning, Vietnam!''Then, life was normal again. There was a mid-life career change into law. Grandfatherhood. Republican politics."I always was a bit of an iconoclast, as Robin (Williams) was in the film,'' he ...