Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service back issues from December 1998:
Israeli troops to stay in Lebanon despite recent killings.
Dec 01, 1998; ... JERUSALEM _ Deflecting sharp criticism from soldiers' mothers and opposition leaders, the Israeli government said Monday that it would not withdraw troops from Lebanon but would consider renewing peace talks with Syria to find a long-term alternative to its occupation there. ...
Swallowed pennies can mean bad news for kids' stomachs.
Dec 01, 1998; ... CHICAGO _ Bright, shiny pennies won't purchase much at the store any more, but they can buy a heap of trouble when swallowed, a researcher reported Monday at a Chicago medical meeting. The problem is that pennies minted since 1982 are mostly zinc and carry only a light coating ...
Conference participants to discuss future of assets confiscated during WWII.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ A 42-nation Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets convened here Monday to try to keep the issue of Nazi-confiscated art, gold and other Jewish assets alive into the next century and not, as one delegate warned, relegated to a ``footnote to history.'' ``As we enter the ...
Republican lawmakers seek to expand impeachment investigation.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Just as the House impeachment investigation appeared to be sputtering, Republican lawmakers on Monday sought to expand the investigation to include alleged campaign finance violations by the president, according to GOP staff members. House Judiciary Committee ...
Jury in Espy case heads into deliberations for two-month trial.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy knowingly took 17 gratuities, ranging from fancy luggage to Chicago Bulls playoff tickets, from firms he regulated and then lied to cover it up, prosecutors told a federal jury Monday. The criminal trial of the onetime Clinton ...
Clinton pledges $400 million while Arafat calls for Palestinian state.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ While President Clinton sought Monday to cement peace in the Mideast by pledging $400 million in new aid to the Palestinians, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat continued to create turmoil by calling for an independent Palestinian state next year with East Jerusalem as its ...
Judiciary Committee to look at fund-raising allegations against Clinton.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Taking the impeachment inquiry on a new and uncertain course, House Judiciary Committee Republicans served notice Monday they will investigate allegations that the president may have committed ``criminal wrongdoing'' in raising funds for his 1996 re-election campaign. ...
Microsoft trial has an uneventful day.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ The only real news from the Microsoft antitrust trial Monday came outside the courtroom, when the government's lead lawyer announced the order for his five remaining witnesses and gave a brief description of their testimony. As the plodding cross-examination of ...
Jets enter December, in past the cruelest month, with new faces, attitude.
Dec 01, 1998; ... NEW YORK _ If there are any evil spirits remaining at Hofstra's Weeb Ewbank Hall _ holdover ghosts from previous regimes _ they began stirring at the stroke of midnight. December is here, historically the cruelest month for the Jets, who have buried many promising seasons in ...
Escapee from death row eludes searchers for 4th day.
Dec 01, 1998; ... HUNTSVILLE, Texas _ As searchers concluded their fourth fruitless day of hunting for convicted murderer Martin Gurule in the marshy woods surrounding the Ellis prison, the prosecutor who sent him to Texas' death row said he wouldn't be surprised if the escapee made it back home to Corpus ...
Cowboys' Kevin Smith, Deion Sanders questionable for Saints game.
Dec 01, 1998; ... IRVING, Texas __ After the loss to Minnesota, there was a sense that the Cowboys had weathered the storm and that a secondary ravaged by injuries would regain its health for the stretch run. The players and coaching staff returned from the Thanksgiving break to discover those ...
Johnson chooses Arizona; Clayton stays with Rangers.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ARLINGTON, Texas _ The Texas Rangers went to work on their No-Randy-Johnson Plan B on Monday. They re-signed shortstop Royce Clayton, maneuvered to have either Rafael Palmeiro or Robin Ventura in the infield but were at a loss for pitching. For an extra $2.4 million, Johnson ...
Time will tell: Rangers had a good day on Monday, even by not signing Randy Johnson.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ARLINGTON, Texas __ Signing Royce Clayton was good, and not signing Randy Johnson was good, but still Clayton's black suit matched the funeral mood at The Ballpark on Monday. It was as if the Rangers had decided to market the one commodity they have rarely struggled to produce. ...
Goldsmith's luster dulls, costing him the Duke coach job.
Dec 01, 1998; ... DURHAM, N.C. _ Saddled with a 17-39 record in five seasons at Duke, football coach Fred Goldsmith was fired Monday by first-year athletics director Joe Alleva, whose look to the future could include a peer into Duke's past. Former Duke tight end and assistant coach Carl Franks, ...
NFL REVIEW XIII: Colts' Marshall Faulk runs into hornet's nest, then into history.
Dec 01, 1998; ... DALLAS _ sOnly three times in NFL history has a member of the Colts rushed for 190 yards in a game in Baltimore. But only Marshall Faulk of the three was booed. Faulk and everyone else wearing a horseshoe on his helmet was booed from pre-game warmups until the final gun Sunday, ...
Tommy Bowden offered Clemson job.
Dec 01, 1998; ... CLEMSON, S.C. _ Clemson has offered its head coaching job to Tulane's Tommy Bowden, who toured the university with his family for six hours Monday, sources have told The State. Bowden, head coach of unbeaten and ninth-ranked Tulane, told his Green Wave assistant coaches during ...
Commitments tough to get with uncertain futures for football programs.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Brad Lawing comes to the office each day, even though he doesn't have a job anymore. Lawing, South Carolina's football recruiting coordinator and defensive tackles coach under the recently fired Brad Scott, is in limbo. So he waits to see who the Gamecocks will hire as coach and ...
Oil megamerger could give firm entree into Saudi Arabia.
Dec 01, 1998; ... A megamerger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. would create a company big enough to command a seat at the table with the world's major oil-producing nations. But unlike oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela or Mexico, this petroleum company would have money to spread ...
DIAMONDBACKS ADD BIG UNIT.(News Briefs)
Dec 01, 1998 ... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service KRT Sports Budget for Monday, November 30, 1998 Contact phone numbers: KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Sports Desk: Tom Peterson, Sports Editor, 202-383-6088, tpeterson(AT)krtinfo.com ...
K-State BCS forecast: Improving this weekend.
Dec 01, 1998; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ All of a sudden, Kansas State's third-place standing in the Bowl Championship Series _ a position the Wildcats have held for a month _ looks like a temporary residence. If Kansas State, Tennessee and UCLA win on Saturday, the Wildcats could jump into first or ...
Exxon-Mobil deal may force divestments; regulators may thin pair's clout by requiring cuts.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Any plan to merge Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. would face close scrutiny from antitrust regulators concerned that the companies' combined power could drive up the price of gasoline and other petroleum products, analysts and attorneys said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission, ...
Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson gives careful consideration to season.
Dec 01, 1998; ... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Carl Peterson does not make snap decisions. You can bet the guy spends at least 30 minutes every morning deciding whether to wear the black wool overcoat or the dark-gray wool overcoat. The doctor taps his knee with the little hammer, and it takes Peterson three days to ...
Oklahoma to name Florida defensive coordinator Bob Stoops head coach.
Dec 01, 1998; ... GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ Florida defensive coordinator Bob Stoops will be named head coach of the University of Oklahoma on Tuesday, with a run on Gators assistants perhaps just beginning. Stoops, who was unavailable for comment, reportedly agreed to a five-year, $3 million deal ...
Bears agree with defensive end Mark Thomas, so they cut him.
Dec 01, 1998; ... CHICAGO _ A bitter prophecy by Mark Thomas came true Monday when the veteran defensive end, who said after Sunday's loss, ``I seriously doubt I'm even playing anymore this year,'' was cut by the Bears. Thomas, second on the Bears with 4.5 sacks this year and the starting left ...
Missing 6-year-old's father confesses to killing her.
Dec 01, 1998; ... CLERMONT, Fla. _ Kayla McKean's father confessed to police Monday that he killed his daughter after losing his temper, hitting the little girl repeatedly and throwing her against a wall, according to his arrest affidavit. During a preliminary lie-detector test Monday, Kayla's ...
Mets to meet with Surhoff, but keep eye on Ventura.
Dec 01, 1998; ... B.J. Surhoff will be directly in the New York Mets' line of vision for the first time Tuesday afternoon. Even so, he will be competing for their free-agent attention. Robin Ventura can have it all if he wants it. Ventura, the free agent third baseman who has won five Gold Glove ...
Couch potatoes have found new realm: the movie theater.
Dec 01, 1998; ... I'm addicted to movies. It goes back to the days before TV, when going to the show (as we called it then) was a major event. We dressed in our best, arrived early and stood in long lines to get in. Ushers showed us to our seats. I know; I was an usher in high school. I wore a ...
Kids are in therapy, and it's all parents' fault.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ``Why,'' asked a journalist, ``do so many of today's parents take their children to therapists?'' The question strikes at the heart of the child-rearing problems experienced by too many parents, who ask, ``Why is it that although we work much harder at parenting than our ...
Sometimes knowing is better than doing.
Dec 01, 1998; ... You know what I dislike about this routine of getting along in years? OK, one of the things that fires my ire? It's this business of knowing I no longer have the stuff to put in a solid, sweaty day of manual labor. Within minutes of opening my eyes in the ...
Tony Bennett talks about his A&E series `Live by Request'.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Most 72-year-olds keep a pretty low profile. Oh, an occasional Mercury astronaut will come out of retirement, but as a rule, septuagenarians are a sedentary lot, at least out here among us ordinary people. Over on the celebrity side of the equation, numbers hardly seem to ...
`30 Years of Randy Newman' is both merciless and poetic.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Who would want to find Randy Newman under the Christmas tree, or a bunch of crotchety old country singers with more chins than hits? Newman is such a grouch that the last time he played Santa Cruz, Calif., he grumbled about the (bleeping) Lippizaner stallions outselling him ...
An overabundance of Spice, in time for holiday viewing.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Think about what parents did before the invention of the VCR: Children ran wild. Nary a meal was prepared or eaten in peace. The action scenes of ``Twister'' weren't played over and over so many times that dialogue and blocking schemes could be re-created with ease ....
Parents must take strong action to save their teens from alcohol, experts say.
Dec 01, 1998; ... DETROIT _ Madge and her husband rushed home from a weekend away when calls to reach their 15-year-old daughter were unsuccessful. She was supposed to be staying at a friend's house while the couple was away. But she wasn't there. Home is where they found ...
10 tips for parents.
Dec 01, 1998 ... 10 things parents can do to avoid problems with alcohol and their children: 1. Be firm in the ``no use before 21'' message you give your child. 2. If you drink, be a good role model. Your actions speak louder than words. 3. Never serve alcohol to anyone ...
Where parents can find help.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Mothers Against Drunk Driving recently developed an interactive CD-ROM called ``The Key'' that helps parents talk through alcohol issues with their children. It is hosted by actress Connie Sellecca, her 16-year-old son, Gib, and MADD president Karolyn Nunnallee. The ...
Annual holiday gift guide, from the inexpensive to the works.
Dec 01, 1998 ... You've done it every year. It's your fall-back position. ``If I can't think of what to give Uncle Fred or Aunt Betty or (insert your friend or relative here), I'll just get a gift certificate.'' After all, they know better than anyone else what they like, right? Maybe, but how ...
Romance is elusive for many boomers.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Be honest, now. Is Iris Antin, 51, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., asking too much from life? ``I want a man with a certain awareness that matches mine ... a man who eats and lives healthy, a man who takes care of himself financially ... a man who has dealt with his issues in ...
Analysts see attitude shift on leaving an estate.
Dec 01, 1998; ... DALLAS _ Ann Allen, a 73-year-old retired accountant in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, might leave something to a son upon her death. But, she said, ``if I spent every dime I've got, that's fine. I was the one who worked for it.'' In contrast, Doris Robertson, 70, of Dallas, ...
Every family has a priceless bequest _ its own tale.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Misfortune, disaster and terror brought most of our families to America. Whether they arrived on the Mayflower or through Ellis Island or by wading the Rio Grande, nearly all our ancestors were victims of something: religious persecution, slavery, poverty, famine, revolution, holocaust, ...
Disinheriting someone can leave deep scars on a family.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ``And to (fill in your own name), I leave one dollar.'' Those are not words you want to hear at the reading of a parent's will. For most of us, that means being disinherited, which equates with being disowned. ``Very few cases are just about money,'' says ...
Yuletide CDs that make not-so-square stocking stuffers.
Dec 01, 1998 ... Is it just us, or are there more Christmas CDs out this year than ever before? The only thing missing is ``A Metallica Christmas _ Thrashin' the Favorites,'' but there's a good chance that's coming in the mail today. Until then, here's a look at the top holiday CD offerings: ...
New video releases for children.
Dec 01, 1998; ... THE LAND BEFORE TIME VI: THE SECRET OF SAURUS ROCK (1998) (Universal) $19.98. 77 minutes. Voices by Kris Kristoffersen, Thomas Dekker. Yet another video sequel to the popular theatrical film: This time the five young dinosaurs set off to explore the myth of a mysterious lone dinosaur. (CC) ...
Big Tobacco isn't helping farmers.
Dec 01, 1998; ... For more than three decades, tobacco farmers believed public health officials wanted to put them out of business and disrupt the economic well-being of their communities, while public health organizations treated tobacco farmers and tobacco companies as one in the same. In 1985, ...
CD-ROM review: Game lets ant save colony from grasshoppers.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Disney's ``A Bug's Life Active Play'' Windows 95 CD-ROM is based on the company's new animated film and uses the same computer animation created by Pixar, maker of ``Toy Story.'' Your mission is to help Flik, a blue ant, save his colony from being invaded by greedy ...
Halo mattress designed by distraught father to reduce risk of SIDS.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Bill and Cathy Schmid of Plymouth, Minn., were devastated in 1991, when their daughter Haley died at age 9 weeks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. ``It's a horrible, tragic experience, and we wondered what happened,'' Bill Schmid said. ``There were not a whole ...
Aging well: Knowledge can help you keep enjoying life.
Dec 01, 1998; ... When we think of people who have aged well, we usually think of older adults free from disease and disability. But that's too limited a definition, according to Dr. John Rowe and Robert Kahn, Ph.D., authors of ``Successful Aging.'' Rowe is the president and CEO of Mount ...
A Place to Remember a place to honor stillborn child.
Dec 01, 1998; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Businessman Tim Nelson of Woodbury, Minn., wanted to find a special way to honor and remember his stillborn daughter. The father's wish has evolved into a business, A Place to Remember, which provides people who have dealt with a crisis in a pregnancy or the ...
Kevorkian only violating cruel ban.
Dec 01, 1998; ... LIMA, Ohio _ It's tempting to say, ``Here we go again.'' But Dr. Jack Kevorkian's trouble with the law this time is different. Instead of providing someone with the equipment and instructions to take their own life, Kevorkian, on national television, injected the lethal medication himself ....
Armed forces can do a better job of attracting and keeping personnel.
Dec 01, 1998 ... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, 12-1: X X X In the early 1970s, much hoopla was made about the all-volunteer Army. With the draft eliminated in 1973, the Pentagon shifted into high gear to get word out about the benefits _ for ...
Here's another vote for staying in school.
Dec 01, 1998 ... At a time when unemployment rates are at an all-time low, Asian and Pacific Islanders women have among the lowest percentage of unemployment of all U.S. workers, according to the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor. Asian and Pacific Islanders are a diverse group, but 2.1 ...
Start-up companies need self-starters only.
Dec 01, 1998; ... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Randall Meals enjoyed a comfortable work life. As a general manager at stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co., Meals had a secretary, regular eight-hour workdays and generous vacation and retirement benefits. But he craved more excitement, more challenges _ the kind only a ...
Seniors vulnerable to AIDS.
Dec 01, 1998; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ After seven years, Sue Saunders still gets the same reaction when she says she is infected with the AIDS virus: You! With four grown children? With a grandson? How could it happen to you? ``From sex!'' she snaps. ``I got it from sex with my boyfriend.'' ...
Navy jumping the gun with new attack submarines; not-so-old subs hardly obsolete.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ For months now, Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat Corp. have been hard at work designing the new Virginia-class attack submarine, a $64 billion program that could secure thousands of jobs if fully funded over the next two decades. But politically speaking, ...
Background checks for long guns hit first-day snags.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Danny Collins of Mount Holly is of two minds about the new federal law requiring an FBI background check to buy rifles and shotguns. The law went into effect Monday, and like other gun dealers across the Carolinas, Collins spent a frustrating day trying to follow it. ...
`White Album' withstands test of time.
Dec 01, 1998; ... It was 30 years ago this week when The Beatles released a 30-song collection that was encased in a plain white cover and spanned two long-playing pieces of vinyl. Simply titled ``The Beatles,'' it quickly became known as the ``White Album,'' and it stirred much debate among pop ...
Hodges pledges preschool help; North Carolina' s Smart Start seen as model.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Jim Hodges and Inez Tenenbaum pledged to help parents prepare children for public school, and Monday they got advice on how to go about doing that. Kathy Roof, a Carver Elementary School kindergarten teacher, told the governor-elect and new state superintendent of education that ...
Ministers flail ruling on sodomy.
Dec 01, 1998; ... To some area religious leaders, the Georgia Supreme Court's striking down of the state's anti-sodomy law was just a sign of the times _ a big neon sign that reads ``Immorality Rules.'' For one, the 6-1 decision Monday upset the Rev. Tony Dickerson, pastor at Pinehurst Baptist ...
A hot bag of beans.
Dec 01, 1998; ... I've never been a serious collector of anything. Actually, I've never been a serious anything. I've kept a few ``Spiderman'' comic books and baseball cards over the years, but not enough to qualify me as a collector. Perhaps that's why I don't understand this Beanie ...
`Instant' background checks of gun buyers expected to draw legal challenge.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ A new, nationwide ``instant'' background check of people buying firearms seemed be up and running Monday, but legal challenges already were in the making. The background checks, requiring a telephone call either to the FBI or state police, are replacing the five-day ...
Dial up kids' holiday gifts from these cool catalogs.
Dec 01, 1998; ... You've got kids, and 'tis the season to be shopping. And shopping and shopping. The high season of holiday bingeing gets under way, as throngs of sweaty shoppers separate themselves from some hard-earned cash. If this kind of action appeals to you, get thee to a mall. If not, ...
Abortion ban rightly tossed.
Dec 01, 1998 ... Another insidious abortion law has been thwarted, thanks to U.S. District Judge Donald Graham. Last week he decisively struck down Florida's partial-birth abortion ban act as unconstitutionally _ and deliberately _ vague. He said the law also ``endangers ...
Broad effort made by hotels to help stressed-out business travelers relax.
Dec 01, 1998; ... Someday soon, you may be able to check into a Hilton hotel and ask for the room with the waterfall. That would be the same room with the pad that rests on the seat and back of a chair, massages your body, and applies heat to the lumbar area. Now, grab some juice from the ...
Did you ever stop to wonder why we work?
Dec 01, 1998; ... Most people answer that question with, ``To pay the bills.'' Fair enough, but where did the bills come from? Ironically, some of them came from the process of preparing for work: A car that's reliable enough for work, clothes that look good enough for work, regular hair styling so you look ...
Creator says Microsoft rewrote Java to be useless on non-Microsoft computers.
Dec 01, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Echoing allegations made in another lawsuit, the creator of the Java programming language told a federal judge that Microsoft rewrote Java to neuter its ability to work on non-Microsoft computers. By changing Java, Microsoft has eliminated its key purpose: to make ...
EXXON AGREES TO BUY MOBIL IN RECORD $77.2 BILLION MERGER.
Dec 01, 1998 ... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for Tuesday, December 1, 1998 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: News Editor Fred Povey, 202-383-6089, fpovey(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo Service: 202-383-6099, ...