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Article.bigblurb Economic Boom Is a Distant Rumble in South Central L.A.
By Rene Sanchez
Long lines form every few weeks inside the headquarters of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee, filled with grim faces in search of work, wondering if all the talk they hear of a booming economy is just a joke.
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Article.bigblurb The Main Attraction
First Lady Gets Top Billing at New York Fair
By Jennifer Frey
President Clinton became the third president to visit the New York State Fair today--Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were the first two--but fair-goers here seemed far more interested in the president's traveling companion, first lady and probable Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. CORRECTION
An article in Friday's Weekend section had an interstate route number wrong in directions to Hershey, Pa. To reach Hershey from the Capital Beltway, take I-95 North to I-695 North to I-83 North to Harrisburg and then Route 322 east to Hershey. Drug Use Tied to Father's Role
Survey Finds Lack of Parental Involvement Is Risk Factor
By Edward Walsh
American teenagers generally have a better relationship with their mothers than their fathers--a relative lack of paternal involvement that is key in determining whether teenagers begin to use drugs, according to a new national survey that was released yesterday. Bush Need Not Testify, Judge Rules
By Paul Duggan
A Texas judge ruled today that Gov. George W. Bush cannot be forced to testify in a lawsuit by an ousted state regulatory official who contends she was fired for investigating a funeral home company headed by a Bush political supporter. FSU's Party Line: 'We're NOT No. 1'
University Slams Survey That Ranks It Tops for Bashes; Students Give It Mixed Reviews
By Sue Anne Pressley
Officials at Florida State University here are perturbed, and no one can really blame them. After stocking their faculty with Nobel Prize winners and their dorms with National Merit Scholars, after leading the nation in football and doubling the honors program, there's still one thing everyone seems to remember: 2 Killed, 4 Hurt In Shooting at Auto Parts Store In California
A gunman sprayed an auto parts store with bullets, killing two people and wounding four others today. FINDINGS
Tracing What Triggers Diabetes Los Alamos Actions May Take Months
Lab Must Follow University's Procedures
By Walter Pincus and Vernon Loeb
It may be weeks or even months before the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory takes disciplinary action against three employees for their alleged mishandling of a suspected Chinese spy, officials said yesterday. House Panel Seeks Branch Davidian Evidence
A House committee subpoenaed records yesterday for its investigation of the FBI's admission that incendiary tear gas canisters were used in the fiery 1993 standoff with the Branch Davidians. NATION IN BRIEF
Not-Guilty Plea In Calif. Shooting Mayor Giuliani Picked to Do Double Duty
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will have to take time out from his job running the nation's largest city to help decide whether a man deserves $6 million for having his private parts scalded in the shower.
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THE IDEAS INDUSTRY
Telling African Americans the Census Counts
By Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
The door-knocking for the 2000 census doesn't begin until next year, but the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has already found a voice for its ambitious efforts to get African Americans counted. Back Channels: The Intelligence Community
Spy-Probe Critic's First Contact
By Vernon Loeb
Several days after Energy Secretary Bill Richardson recommended disciplinary action against Robert S. Vrooman for mishandling the Wen Ho Lee espionage case at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the lab's former counterintelligence chief fired back by saying the case was "built on thin air." Computer Graveyard Gives PCs New Life
Needy Schools Boot Up USDA Castoffs
By Khiota Therrien
Used computers are stacked from floor to ceiling in Ron Cooper's corner of a sweltering, cramped U.S. Department of Agriculture warehouse in Landover. Each day, more arrive--up to 1,000 a week from USDA and 17 other agencies. Another Way to Save for a Rainy--or Sunny--Day
By Mike Causey
If Uncle Sam offered a certificate of deposit paying a guaranteed 5.75 percent this year, would you take it? Is your local savings and loan as generous--or solvent?
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