Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from June 1998

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from June 1998

Book offers insights into struggle with popularity.(Originated from The Gazette)
June 1, 1998... As that old adage goes, you can't judge a book by its cover. The cover that looks like a sow's ear could hold a silk purse. The paperback book, ``How To Be Popular In The Sixth Grade: A School Girl's Guide To Being A Happy, Hip...

Be enthusiastic!(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 1, 1998... Enthusiasm is gratitude for life in action. Do you have anything in life to be thankful for? If you do, show your thanks through energetic participation in the events that you experience. Sincere enthusiasm is contagious. Others can...

Payback time: Half of students incur college debt.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... Kelly Kern is about to start paying for her college education. The philosophy degree she received from Georgetown College certainly wasn't free. Hardly. Just consider that this year's tuition at the private college in Georgetown, Ky.,...

Details on student loans, interest rates, fees.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... Types of student loans Federal subsidized Stafford loan _ Low-interest loan for students attending college at least half-time. Based on financial need. Called ``subsidized'' because the federal government pays interest on the loan...

Fewer graduates are defaulting on their loans.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... Good news, Uncle Sam. Fewer college graduates are defaulting on their student loans these days. In the early 1990s the default rate peaked at about 22 percent. By 1996, it had been sliced in half. That should make the federal...

After 50 years of blasting, face of Crazy Horse has emerged from the mountain.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... CUSTER, S.D. _ Fifty years ago, people in South Dakota's Black Hills thought Korczak Ziolkowski had rocks in his head. Today, his rock is a head that more than a million people come to see each year. The sculptor's 87{-foot-tall...

Author documents medical experiments on inmates.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... PHILADELPHIA _ It was 1951 when the father of Retin-A first came to Holmesburg Prison. The 1,200 inmates of Philadelphia's gloomiest jail were plagued by an outbreak of athlete's foot, and the prison pharamacist had asked Dr. Albert M....

Clinton, lawyers abandon their executive privilege fight with Starr.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 1, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Sidestepping comparisons to Watergate, President Clinton and his lawyers changed their legal strategy Monday and abandoned their executive-privilege fight with Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. The decision opens the way...

Let's hear it for a her-oic member of Congress , Patricia Schroeder.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... MIAMI _ I have just finished reading Pat Schroeder's new book ``24 Years of House Work... and the Place is Still a Mess,'' and I don't know whether to praise her or scold her _ for retiring when there is so much yet to do. In all...

As schools increasingly rely on technology, the distance grows between kids who use home computers for academics and those who lack that technology.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Joree Taylor's vivid green spiral notebook contains stories titled ``Randy Rabbit,'' ``Bear Cub'' and a handwritten prayer in which the 8-year-old wishes God would bless her with a home. Joree writes her stories in longhand,...

India, Pakistan trapped in painful divorce proceedings.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... BOMBAY, India _ First India tested five nuclear bombs over three days, triggering national celebrations. Then Pakistan said it tested five bombs on Thursday and added another Saturday, when its foreign minister boasted Pakistan had seized an...

Web sites offer ideas to keep kids reading.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 2, 1998... School is out for the summer, but don't shelve the books. Summer reading pays off for parents and kids alike because there is a direct correlation between how much reading a child does during the summer and their academic success in the...

Doctors visit other worlds to find rewards in their work.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
June 2, 1998... SANTA ANA, Calif. _ In Orange County, Calif., nurses and doctors would never work in operating rooms where geckos crawl on the wall, cockroaches creep out of the supply box and two or three surgeries are performed simultaneously. But...

The new nuclear arms race: why U.S. sanctions failed.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 2, 1998... KRT FORUM By Peter Weiss and Douglas Roche When Pakistan went ahead with its nuclear tests, President Clinton said, ``Two wrongs don't make a right.'' That schoolyard truism was an admission of powerlessness. U.S....

Avoiding more nuclear folly in South Asia; India and Pakistan can avoid the dangers and hobbling costs of full-scale atomic militarization.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
June 2, 1998... By P. Edward Haley Bridge News CLAREMONT, Calif. _ If it's too late to stop nuclear proliferation in South Asia, it's not too late to short-circuit much of the danger and expense. The best hope is for India and Pakistan to...

The Internet is spared the blame in Oregon tragedy.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newpapers)
June 2, 1998... Like many of you, I spent a good portion of these past few days thinking about events in Springfield, Ore. By now, the basic outlines of the story are so numbingly familiar each of us could probably write it from memory: A teen-age boy,...

South African sees chink in U.S. armor.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... I'm wondering what my new-found friend from South Africa would think of a discussion about the placement of a Gospel Mission. What should we do with the needy and the homeless served by the mission? The issue is as much about some of us...

Author has advice for those on la frontera.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... MIAMI _ Jose, now a successful executive, always imagined himself working for a big company _ giving orders to subordinates and entertaining clients on his expense account. But in his youthful mind's eye he sat behind a desk dressed in...

Firms have greater incentive to check resumes as more job seekers lie.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... Lying is a growth industry. More people are lying on their resumes, so more employers are checking resumes, so more resume-checking services are popping up around the country. ``There is a malaise, a general condition of dishonesty...

Writers say it's not their job to check facts.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... Carol Conley once worked for a Lexington company that hired ``this bright, brilliant young woman based on her personality and looks. No one checked her out'' _ until the money disappeared. That's when the company learned the woman had...

Straight talk about the liberal arts.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 2, 1998... KRT FORUM By Evan S. Dobelle At a time when so much attention is rightfully focused on the cost of college education, too often what is _ or should be _ a central concern gets lost: What happens to students during their time at...

At 100, Leila Denmark is the nation's oldest practicing doctor.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... ALPHARETTA, Ga. _ In a 125-year-old farmhouse nestled in the woods in this Atlanta suburb, Leila Denmark is practicing medicine the old-fashioned way: with no receptionist, nurse, computer or other accoutrements of a modern medical office....

Man who cradled Robert Kennedy's head recalls assassination 30 years ago.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Nearly 30 years after Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, a San Jose asphalt worker still chokes back tears at the memory. Juan Romero was right there. He's a little grizzled now, though still wiry and...

Two Minnesota women discuss what it takes to overcome life's obstacles and succeed.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... Do you ever feel that you can't go on with your job search? Does the prospect of one more bad interview make you want to move to the woods and forage for roots? Would you sooner join a monastery than make one more round of cold calls? ...

Organizers of annual bay cleanup have all they need -- except volunteers.(Originated from KRT SOUTH)
June 2, 1998... By Scott Harper The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK, Va. _ Organizers of the 10th annual Clean the Bay Day, hoping to bag a record haul of trash Saturday, have lined up almost everything they need _ personal watercraft, barges, cranes,...

Set of charges dropped against publisher in Iran, he still faces three more.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... TEHRAN, Iran _ Not long ago, Iran's Disciplinary Guards filed 12 charges against prominent publisher Fereydoun Verdinejad for allegedly trying to undermine the security force. Among his crimes: omitting the honorific title of one mullah...

House set to vote on proposal to change Constitution to protect school prayer.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... WASHINGTON _ For the first time in a generation, the House is set to vote on a proposal to change the Constitution to protect prayer in the schools, The constitutional amendment, which is scheduled for a vote Thursday, declares that...

Text of proposed Religious Freedom Amendment.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Here is the text of the proposed Religious Freedom Amendment: ``To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: Neither the United States nor any State shall establish any official...

Iranians celebrate newly-found freedom of expression.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... TEHRAN, Iran _ Under a big tent, the leader of a group of Islamic fundamentalists finished his speech and scanned the crowd. ``Questions?'' he asked. A student stood. ``Why do you beat up people?'' he asked. ``We don't do...

Nazis paid neutral countries with looted gold, report reveals.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... WASHINGTON _ The German government used hundreds of millions of dollars in looted gold to purchase key war supplies from neutral countries during World War II, the U.S. State Department concluded in a report made public Tuesday. The...

Ginsburg out as Lewinsky's lawyer.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... WASHINGTON _ He spoke of kissing baby Monica's thighs. He appeared on countless television shows. He escorted grownup Monica around town. Then, last week, Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, William Ginsburg, 55, wrote an open letter to...

Starr says Clinton 'under serious criminal investigation;' urges Supreme Court to rule on testimony.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Saying President Clinton is ``under serious criminal investigation,'' Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule quickly that Secret Service personnel must testify about Clinton's contacts with...

A Life in the Church.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... A look at Bishop Joseph Keith Symons, who Tuesday became the first U.S. Roman Catholic bishop to resign for sexually molesting minors. 1932 _ Born Oct. 14 in Champion, Mich. 1945 _ Moved to Florida with his family 1949 _...

School experiment goes aboard Discovery.(Originated from The Orlando Sentinel)
June 2, 1998... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ The concept is simple, the science teacher says. Think of it like a coffeepot, perking away, but instead of a fragrant brown brew, how about some fresh liquid fertilizer. The experiment, which is flying aboard...

Catholic bishop resigns after admitting to sexual abuse of children.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 2, 1998... PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. _ The Bishop of Palm Beach, Fla., a priest for 40 years who has served in every diocese in Florida, resigned Tuesday after admitting that he molested five boys four decades ago. Joseph Keith Symons, 65, head of...

Andrew Vachss rages against abuse.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... Andrew Vachss has a painful jaw abscess that has, he explains, ``exploded,'' and he's more than a little weary from a grueling 16-city book tour, and, frankly, he's not altogether pleased he can't yet check into his room at the Ritz Carlton...

A dying woman remembers the church down the road.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... HARRISBURG, N.C. _ Wood and Sue Christenbury had everything they ever wanted. First off, of course, they had each other. It took Wood crashing a party in the Poplar Tent community of Cabarrus County in 1921 and then seven years of...

California woman works to help Africa's poor, one garden plot at a time.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... MENLO PARK, Calif. _ Sandra, Sandra, how does your garden grow? With beans and maize, Double-dug the right ways, From Kenya to Palo Alto. Apologies to Mother Goose, but seeing what Sandra Mardigian of Menlo Park is...

Working moms needn't feel guilt, journalist says.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... Women can, too, have it all: career, marriage, motherhood. And society should stop trying to make them feel guilty about it. That's the message of ``A Mother's Place'' (HarperCollins, $25), written by veteran New York Times journalist...

Woman with brain injury picks up her pen to encourage ailing hockey player.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... DETROIT _ The first few dozen times she wrote, she was more formal. ``Dear Vladimir,'' she began. But it's been almost a year since his accident, and probably 100 cards and notes, and NiKole Vaishvila has grown more comfortable in their...

SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE: America's Unfinished Struggle for Integration, by Tamar Jacoby; The Free Press (600 pages, $30).(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... If you were among those who experienced the idealism of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, what would you have expected the state of race relations to be now, almost two generations later? Better than what we've got, no doubt. Jim...

A nuclear threat arises in Cuba: Castro has resumed construction of dangerous Soviet-era reactors that threaten Americans from Texas to D.C.(Originated from KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)
June 3, 1998... By Richard Miniter Bridge News ALEXANDRIA, Va. _ While the world is transfixed by the series of underground tests in India and Pakistan, an equally great nuclear risk lies unnoticed and nearby. Less than 180 miles south of...

Documentary filmmaker finds road to Ubar and writes book about it.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin)
June 3, 1998... Tales of the 4,000-year-old lost city of Ubar, a fabulously wealthy center of the frankincense trade sparkling with gold and precious stones in the desert sun, which suddenly vanished without a trace somewhere in the Arabian desert, have...

Tenured radicals replace Western values with piffle.(Originated from Lima (Ohio) News)
June 3, 1998... The purge is almost complete. As a recent study by the National Association of Scholars points out, American colleges and universities have dramatically revised the liberal arts curriculum, replacing their focus on great writers like William...

For argument's sake, let's say Microsoft isn't all bad.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newpapers)
June 3, 1998... Contrarians watch which way the crowd is heading. Frequently, after analyzing the situation, they steer the opposite way. It's not just that the crowd is often wrong. Crowds can turn to mobs, and mobs can do terrible things. In that...

When kids kill: We all need to pay more attention to the needs of our children.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 3, 1998... This is one in a series of op-ed pieces from the Progressive Media Project that provide commentary from leading voices of the African-American community. KRT FORUM By Starita Smith Hysteria and paranoia seem to be driving...

Using AIDS as a weapon becomes a case for courts, lawmakers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... ST. LOUIS _ Brian Stewart arrived at a Lake St. Louis hospital to comfort his sick baby son. When the mother stepped out of the room, Stewart allegedly injected the boy with a syringe of AIDS-tainted blood. Darnell McGee told women they...

FDA approves urine test for HIV.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... BERKELEY, Calif. _ Life insurance companies, clinics and doctors may soon use urine samples instead of blood tests to detect the virus that causes AIDS. After two years of review, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a...

Group hopes to stem nation's 'moral decline'.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... A 15-year-old opens fire on a classroom of students. A professional athlete spits on an umpire. A motorist, in a fit of rage, runs another driver off the road. From violence to vile behavior, our society is losing the moral...

Computers, cell phones might someday be woven into our clothing.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
June 3, 1998... Someday soon your clothes could make you smarter, not just look smart. They might whisper the forgotten name of an acquaintance in your ear, tell you which way to turn your car to reach the closest vacant space in a parking garage, and...

For women in Iran, challenge is one thing, change is another.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... TEHRAN, Iran _ ``Love,'' proclaims the cover of Iran's leading women's magazine, ``is banned here.'' The declaration brought a smile to Shahla Sherkat's lips. As editor of Zanan, with a circulation of more than 100,000, Sherkat...

California voters reject bid to cripple labor's muscle.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... House Speaker Newt Gingrich took it on the chin Tuesday night. So did a close ally, conservative activist Grover Norquist. So did Jim Nicholson, the Republican national chairman. So did all the other conservatives who staged a California...

Clinton extends normal trade benefits to China, despite opposition.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... WASHINGTON _ As Congress launches investigations into the United States' relationship with China, President Clinton said Wednesday he was extending normal trade benefits to that nation despite strong opposition from liberals and conservatives...

Californians opt for the most traditional of choices.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... LOS ANGELES _ It wasn't a day for millionaires or outsiders. And it was a disaster for advocates of bilingual education. When Californians went to the polls on Tuesday to choose their nominees for governor, they opted for the most...

Terry Nichols to be sentenced for role in Oklahoma City bombing.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ A federal judge in Denver will decide Thursday how long Terry Nichols should be imprisoned for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 persons. A jury in December convicted Nichols of conspiracy and...

FDA approves ICN drug to fight hepatitis-C.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
June 3, 1998... COSTA MESA, Calif. _ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of ICN Pharmaceuticals's ribavirin as part of a drug cocktail to fight hepatitis-C. It's the biggest step yet in ICN's $200 million, two-decade...

Anti-bilingual measure had strong Hispanic support.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
June 3, 1998... SANTA ANA, Calif. _ The ``English for the Children'' initiative, which passed resoundingly Tuesday, showed surprising muscle in many Hispanic neighborhoods in Orange County, according to an analysis of voting patterns by The Orange County...

Government gives green light to possible AIDS vaccine trials.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 3, 1998... SAN JOSE, Calif. _ In a milestone in the battle against AIDS, the U.S. government gave the green light Tuesday to the first large-scale human trial of a possible vaccine. ``This is a giant step,'' said vaccine developer Dr. Donald...

School shootings prompt a look at statistics.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... FORT WORTH _ We had barely gotten over the carnage in Jonesboro, Ark., when a young gunman sprayed a high school cafeteria with a barrage of bullets in Springfield, Ore. When he was done, 24 students had been hit. Two died. Police have...

Group aims to get more women and girls involved in comics.(Originated from The Gazette)
June 4, 1998... The world of comics is largely a boys' club _ but the Friends of Lulu is knocking hard on the clubhouse door. The Friends of Lulu is a nonprofit organization devoted to getting more women and girls involved in comics. That goal, says...

Breaking open Mexico's labor scene. (Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 4, 1998... This is one in a series of op-ed pieces from the Progressive Media Project on issues of concern to people of Latin heritage. KRT FORUM By Lisa Duran NAFTA is on trial in a labor struggle at the Han Young factory in...

Seeking fairness by His Airness.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... Dear Mr. Jordan, I hope it's OK if I call you that, even though the NBA and the advertising geniuses have trained us to call you simply ``Michael.'' But this letter hopes to talk to you not merely as the greatest basketball...

Personalized 'smart guns' nearing reality.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... It's a tragically familiar story: A child stumbles upon a loaded gun in the home and accidentally kills himself or someone else. Making gun owners smarter about storing firearms is one way to curb such accidental shootings. Now...

Supreme Court rejects Starr's plea for sped-up hearing of privilege appeals (ARCHIVE PHOTOS) (HAS TRIM).(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court, spurning a request from independent counsel Kenneth Starr, refused Thursday to speed up action on two legal disputes that have delayed his investigation of an alleged White House cover-up. The ruling...

Look at facts before branding Clinton a traitor with regard to China.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Did President Clinton sell out the United States? That's what leading Republicans say, that he let the Chinese have missile secrets and thus helped them aim nuclear bombs at the United States. But before he is branded a...

John Doe 2? It's still an open question.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... The sentencing of Oklahoma City bombing suspect Terry Nichols on Thursday closed another chapter in the case, but the question of whether a wider conspiracy was involved in the deadly 1995 blast may never be laid to rest. ``There...

Terry Nichols gets life sentence.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... DENVER _ The Oklahoma City bombing was a crime against the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge said Thursday, and Michigan Thumb native Terry Nichols must spend his life in prison for his role in the blast. ``Terry Nichols has proven to...

Judge sentences Terry Nichols to life in prison.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... DENVER _ Saying that Terry Nichols had attacked the Constitution itself, U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch Thursday sentenced him to life in prison for plotting the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. ``What...

South Korea deserves U.S. aid and support as it seeks to weather a 'great depression'.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 4, 1998... KRT FORUM By Sukhan Kim WASHINGTON _ The coming visit (starting June 6) of the Republic of Korea's newly inaugurated President Kim Dae Jung will serve as a reminder for the American people of the United States' unique friendship...

How to get in the way of peace between Israelis and Palestinians.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 4, 1998... KRT FORUM By Louis Kriesberg The unquestioning support given to the present government of Israel by prominent Washingon political figures and some American Jews serves neither long-term American nor Israeli interests. ...

Recent nuclear tests show failure of U.S. policy, not of intelligence.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
June 4, 1998... KRT FORUM By Michael T. Klare Many Washington analysts say that India's surprise detonation of nuclear devices represents a massive failure of America's intelligence-gathering apparatus. They claim that if the United States had...

'Best Years of Our Lives' star has become an advocate of film preservation.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... Before director William Wyler called him, Harold Russell's closest brush with movie stardom was a short Army documentary. Russell was the subject of ``Diary of a Sergeant,'' which demonstrated how he survived and thrived after losing...

Suicide on live television: Voyeuristic 'news' and entertainment have desensitized audiences and whetted dark appetites.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
June 4, 1998... By Herbert London Bridge News NEW YORK _ In what is unquestionably the most bizarre event to unfold on a Los Angeles freeway, or any highway, a man with a gripe against HMOs parked his pickup truck at a busy intersection...

Africa Growth and Opportunity Bill can help stabilize new democracies.(Originated from)
June 4, 1998... By Sen. Dick Lugar INDIANAPOLIS _ For most of the last 50 years, U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa has been conditioned by Cold War strategic considerations, a host of bilateral donor-recipient aid programs and general disregard....

African aid bill hammers African-Americans, encourages low-wage sweat shops overseas.(Originated from)
June 4, 1998... By Alan Tonelson WASHINGTON _ Careless trade policies hit the world's most vulnerable workers hardest. That's something the Senate should remember when it votes on a new bill to liberalize U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa. The...

Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen protest goes on as scheduled despite Chinese rule.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... HONG KONG _ Once again, the people of Hong Kong did what their compatriots in mainland China could not: They honored the dead of Tiananmen. Braving lightning and pouring rain Thursday night, more than 40,000 people huddled under...

Justice system treatment of drug kingpins, small dealers creates rift.(Originated from The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
June 4, 1998... For about $11,000, a drug kingpin can buy a pound of nearly pure cocaine in New York City these days _ and literally triple his money overnight by dividing it up for sale by street dealers in small, smokable doses of crack. Not only is...

Drug enforcement systems slow to catch up with money-laundering schemes.(Originated from The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
June 4, 1998... For 28 years, a core group of congressional leaders, federal agents and bank officials has tried to stop drug tycoons from using their vast wealth to buy their way into the U.S. economy. They pushed for new laws, tougher financial...

Drug profiteers use their troves of cash to exploit U.S. corporations at will.(Originated from The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
June 4, 1998... The envelope arrived at the Chicago headquarters of Wilson Sporting Goods Co. amid the flood of mail received every day by the well-known maker of baseball gloves, tennis rackets, and golf clubs. Inside was a stack of money orders,...

In Atlantic City, launderers see a sure thing.(Originated from The Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
June 4, 1998... ATLANTIC CITY _ Luiz Vacanti Sr. planned to stay for little more than a week when he checked into Caesars Hotel Casino on Sept. 10, 1996. But his suitcase felt like he'd packed for a month. Up in his room, the 54-year-old Brazilian...

House falls short of adopting school prayer amendment.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... WASHINGTON _ A constitutional amendment to protect prayer and permit other religious activities in courts, schools and other public facilities fell short of adoption by the House Thursday after opponents complained it would plunge the nation...

Chinese dissident presses U.S. officials to help stop traffic in human organs.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 4, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Chinese dissident Harry Wu used the ninth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre to press U.S. officials on Thursday to help stop what he said is another Chinese government atrocity _ trafficking in human organs. Wu,...

Army drill sergeants remake themselves to deal with today's recruits.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)
June 5, 1998... HAMPTON, Va. - What a stunning collision of cultures it must be: America's bright yet undernurtured, out-of-shape youth, coming face-to-face at basic training with the Army's finest _ its drill sergeants. Its drill sergeants? ...

School of life teaches Indonesians democracy's promises and pitfalls.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
June 5, 1998... JAKARTA, Indonesia _ In a small classroom at the University of Indonesia, you can learn why Americans should be modest about giving developing countries advice on establishing democracy. A handful of student leaders who helped organize...