Clinton To Award Medal of Freedom
- President Clinton will bestow the
nation's highest civilian honor next
week on 15 distinguished Americans,
including three senators, an
economist, a general, an admiral and
the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Clinton
announced Thursday that he will
recognize the individuals at a White
House ceremony on Wednesday.
Established by President Truman as a
wartime honor, the Presidential Medal
of Freedom was reintroduced by
President Kennedy as way to honor
civilian service...
Web La
Feminine - The number of women
online surpassed that of men for the
first time ever in Q1 2000 in the U.S.
Additionally, the population of women
as a whole is growing more rapidly
than the online population overall:
the total Web universe expanded by
22.4% during the past year, while the
female user universe expanded by
34.9%...
Reno Will Speed Up E-Mail Review
- Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday she
will accelerate a promised review of the FBI's e-mail surveillance
system and do everything she can to calm privacy advocates' worries
about it. In a weekly media briefing, Reno reiterated that she will have
an independent panel of experts critique the inner workings of
``Carnivore,'' the FBI's system...
Compaq, Gov't To Make Supercomputer
- Compaq Computer Corp., in conjunction with the
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, was selected Thursday by the
government to build and manage the world's largest nonmilitary
supercomputer...
Gov't Resists Calif. Marijuana Law
- The Department of Justice on Thursday
pledged to continue resisting California's voter-approved medical
marijuana law, arguing the government has the right to penalize
doctors who recommend cannabis by revoking their licenses to
dispense medication...
Ron Reagan Jr. Ignores Convention
- The Republican convention tribute to his
father wasn't exactly required viewing for Ron Reagan Jr. ``I was driving to the market and flipped on NPR and heard my
father's voice coming out of the radio,'' said Reagan, a Seattle
resident who was briefly in Philadelphia Thursday to moderate a
panel discussion...
West
Nile Virus Affects All of NY - After
confirming the West Nile virus in birds from five
upstate counties, state health officials said Thursday
the virus is likely present statewide...
Report: Reservation Jails Packed
- On many nights, the small jail on Arizona's
White Mountain Apache reservation is packed to twice its 46-inmate
capacity with people convicted or accused of domestic violence,
drunken driving and other crimes. Overcrowding is such a problem, that some offenders are being
released early from jail - on ``minor alcohol-related incidents,''
for example - and officers are making arrests only on ``more
violent, serious crimes,'' said Raymond
Burnette, police chief for the 15,000-member tribe...
NYC Struggles With Millions of Rats
- Swarms of foot-long, mangy rats are the stuff of
nightmares, but for residents of the Baruch Houses it's just
another evening in lower Manhattan. Thousands of rats, stirred from their homes by construction,
have swarmed into the public housing development. ``I have to shake my keys and throw rocks at them just to get
out of my building. I can't live like this,'' said resident
Christine Morton, 22...
Internet at Political Conventions
- Coming this summer, the World Wide Web arrives at the political
conventions, with dozens of sites and hundreds of reporters
promising different coverage of the parties' parties. Some of it definitely is different. Much of it is a lot like TV
or newspapers, only online. Without question, it's voluminous...
