Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from May 1998

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from May 1998

Drug reactions, hospital mistakes put patients at risk.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... You may have heard the recent disturbing news about the potential dangers of drug side effects. According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, drug reactions (from prescription and over-the-counter...

NPR to air series on attitudes toward people with disabilities.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 1, 1998... Starting Monday, your local National Public Radio-affiliated station will be airing a four-part series on the history of widely held prejudices and misconceptions the general public often has regarding people with disabilities in America. The...

Increased space exploration is our bridge to peace and prosperity in the 21st century.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 1, 1998... KRT FORUM By Dr. Louis Sullivan ATLANTA _ As a physician, as an educator and as a former public official, I have learned the importance of space and how 40 years of space exploration has benefited our nation. America's...

Base closings offer a great tradeoff; useless land for advanced weaponry.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 1, 1998... KRT FORUM By John Berthoud ALEXANDRIA, Va. _ A critical decision on the future of the U.S. military awaits the 105th Congress. At stake is how best to allocate billions of dollars in resources in the declining national...

California man's invention called one to usher in a new era in railroading.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... LIVERMORE, Calif. _ When Dick Post looks at the jury-rigged ``drag strip'' of wood and surplus electrical hardware in an obscure Lawrence Livermore Laboratory basement, he sees the possible future of rail transportation in America. ...

Sometimes, just stopping and giving thanks can fill the void.(Originated from)
May 1, 1998... By Leonard Pitts, Jr. Knight Ridder Newspapers One morning last January, a Baptist preacher with a church in a Washington suburb was driving through the city when he was approached by two women. The preacher hesitated when...

Gunshot victim Tony Banks is learning to forge ahead.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... DETROIT _ Tony Banks noticed the car coming to a stop in front of his girlfriend's west side home. The driver called out and the 18-year-old replied, ``Yeah, what you want?'' ``I want you,'' said the driver as he opened the door,...

Banks has hopes for a better future.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... Tony Banks' determination and perseverance following a gunshot wound that left him paralyzed should be an example to others in the same situation. But even though the 25-year-old says he sometimes gives himself a pat on the back for how well...

TV violence is sickening America's soul.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
May 1, 1998... By Herbert London Bridge News NEW YORK _ America's television programmers are failing in their attempt to monitor on-screen violence, and youngsters are being harmed in the process. That's the gist of the recently completed...

Internet providing window into bald eagles' nest.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... A tiny camera, solar power and Internet technology are letting people from around the world virtually climb into a bald eagle nest in Massachusetts and watch a pair raise their newly hatched eaglet. People watched on local access TV and...

IRS chief admits there is a need to reform, prevent abuse of taxpayers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... WASHINGTON _ IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti acknowledged Friday that the tax collecting agency needs ``fundamental'' reform to improve accountability and prevent mistreatment of taxpayers. But the new commissioner, appearing as...

Testimony reveals IRS tactics, struggle between enforcers and modernizers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... WASHINGTON _ This week's Senate hearings into bullying and paramilitary overkill by the Internal Revenue Service went beyond the worst fears of many Americans. The Finance Committee heard testimony of taxpayers' lives turned upside...

Starr compares struggle with Clinton defense team to challenge of Watergate prosecutors.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr on Friday likened his fight with President Clinton's lawyers over what a president may keep private with the Watergate prosecutors' challenge of President Richard Nixon. ``The public... has a right...

Schools, libraries applying for $2 billion worth of help to get Internet connections.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... A new federal program aimed at making sure that schools and libraries can afford to get onto the information highway has attracted more interest than its funding will accommodate. Officials at the nonprofit agency administering the...

Confession in cyberspace: People type online what they might not say out loud.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Perched at the keyboard of his computer in his den on a lazy Sunday afternoon in March, Jim Shirk tapped into his e-mail to read the latest from an online support group of problem drinkers. What Shirk saw made him...

Trio of teens charged with murder in spree that killed 2, wounded 6.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... HAINES CITY, Fla. _ Three Central Florida teenagers were charged with murder Friday in a bloody four-day thrill spree that left two people dead and six others wounded _ victims apparently picked at random. ``I've been in law...

Californians prepare to decide the fate of bilingual education.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... LOS ANGELES _ So the legislature is logjammed. So state officials are stuck in the mud. When Californians find themselves fed up with a festering problem, they don't wait for government to get moving; they take the matter into their own hands...

Eldridge Cleaver, who founded the Black Panthers but spanned the political spectrum, dies at 62.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 1, 1998... Eldridge Cleaver, the firebrand Black Panther leader, radical polemicist, confessed rapist, international fugitive and, finally, born-again Christian and penniless drug addict, died Friday at 62, bequeathing a legacy as confused and...

Meeting targets teen violence.(Originated from KRT SOUTH)
May 1, 1998... By Diego Bunuel Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI _ More than 300 people met at South Miami Hospital Friday to discuss what works _ and what doesn't _ in curbing teen violence. ``We have to get smart on crime, not tough,''...

Across America, people boycott companies, products to reflect beliefs.(Originated from The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
May 2, 1998... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ The Marchant family has crossed off a third trip to Disney World from its summer vacation list. Gail Snyder walked out of a local restaurant after discovering it served Starbucks coffee. Cleta Jasper...

Scientist tries to learn why antidepressant Prozac pushes clams' reproduction rates.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 2, 1998... GETTYSBURG, Pa. _ In a biology lab a few hundred yards from this town's famous Civil War battlefields, a scientist is feeding clams Prozac. Peter Fong has found that when clams are under the influence of the antidepression medicine,...

Soviet surprise in '62: U.S. didn't know about 100 warheads in Cuba.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 2, 1998... Unknown to U.S. intelligence for 30 years, the Soviet Union had sneaked about 100 small nuclear weapons into Cuba at the time of the 1962 missile crisis, in addition to its more powerful strategic missiles. Cuban President Fidel Castro...

Despite bright economy, many remain hungry, homeless.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 3, 1998... OAKLAND, Calif. _ The stock market is booming, Silicon Valley is bustling, yet millions of people in the United States are homeless, hungry and are forced to work in demeaning, low-paying jobs. That was the conclusion Saturday at a...

No to English-only, yes to English-plus.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot)
May 4, 1998... Last summer, an Outer Banks, N.C., radio station aired a Brew-Thru advertisement with an insulting pitch. Paraphrased, it said: Unlike workers at the local convenience store, clerks at the drive-through beverage store actually speak...

Bring back hemp, America.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin)
May 4, 1998... Hemp is a source of strong fibers and nutritious oils, say those who want to resume cultivation of the crop in the United States. Hemp is the evil weed known as marijuana, say others who want the ban to stay in place. As far as Canadian...

A graduation gift for a lifetime of change.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 4, 1998... KRT FORUM By William A. Jenkins and Richard W. Oliver In the next few months almost 5 million students will graduate from high school and college. While graduation marks a time of achievement, ceremony and success, it also marks...

Capital punishment: How many is too many?(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... When Frank Basil McFarland went to his just reward Wednesday after a lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, he became the third man executed by the state within 10 days, and the sixth put to death in 1998. The pace at which Texas is...

Animals are worst part of Disney's Animal Kingdom.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 4, 1998... KRT FORUM By Ingrid Newkirk I admit I went to the opening of Disney's ``Animal Kingdom'' in Orlando, Fla., bearing a grudge. Thirteen ``reportable'' animals, members of the few species Disney is required by federal regulation to...

Comic strip creator takes on dating violence in 'Funky Winkerbean'.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... MEDINA, Ohio _ It is a spring evening in 1997. Tom Batiuk, the creator of the Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft comic strips, is sitting in the spacious studio attached to his home in Medina, Ohio. Behind him is a shelf filled with...

Our decisions add up to our life.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 4, 1998... ``Life's a Boolean. Everything is dichotomous. It either is or it isn't.'' _Ken Brewer, PhD. No matter how powerful a computer is, it can only make binary, either/or choices. The machine's speed, sometimes working in nano seconds...

Don't be misled by congressional hearings on the IRS.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... American taxpayers do not need another congressional hearing on questionable behavior by employees of the Internal Revenue Service. What taxpayers need is a simpler and less oppressive tax system. Don't be fooled by the Senate...

Scientists seek an affordable way to harness the fuel of the stars.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... People who want to harness the fuel of the stars to make clean, unlimited power here on Earth are in a bind. They think they can do it _ and that's saying a lot. After five decades of research, scientists are close to achieving a...

Report of drug that may fight cancer causes excitement tinged with caution.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... It seems too good to be true, and ultimately may be. But a Boston cancer researcher believes he may be only a year from human testing on two new drugs that, at least in tests on laboratory mice, can destroy any type of cancer with no...

Unabomber will spend the rest of his life in prison.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 4, 1998... SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Showing no remorse while a parade of victims spoke of the pain the Unabomber has caused, a ``cold, dead-eyed`` Theodore Kaczynski was formally sentenced Monday to life in prison, without possibility of release. The...

Desecrating the First Amendment.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 5, 1998... KRT FORUM By Robert Justin Goldstein While the media wallow in Lewinsky-gate, minimal attention is being paid to a far more serious and immediate threat to our political system: the proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw...

Values left bleeding on the side of the road.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 5, 1998... KRT FORUM By Wade F. Horn Just when I think it can't get any worse, it does. During a recent morning commute from the suburbs of Virginia into Washington, D.C., a van flipped over leaving one of its passengers lying in the...

'Class action' clients often fleeced by greedy and unscrupulous lawyers.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 5, 1998... KRT FORUM By Sherman Joyce WASHINGTON _ Hundreds of thousands of consumers in the United States have lawyers they don't know, working in their behalf on cases they know nothing about, in courtrooms they can't find. This...

In Guatemala, telling the truth can be fatal.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... Proof that Guatemala's right-wing government and leftist rebels agreed in 1996 to end three decades of fratricide is in the document signed by both sides. Proof that the peace accord wasn't worth the paper on which it was written has...

Deregulation is no excuse for taking private property.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 5, 1998... KRT FORUM By Nancie G. Marzulla More than 30 years ago, hundreds of Americans invested in an idea: that communications satellites could benefit their nation and the world. The result was COMSAT, a Maryland-based shareholder-owned...

What we've forgotten about Mother's Day.(Originated from KRT FORUM (ARCHIVE PHOTO)
May 5, 1998... By Julia Vitullo-Martin Bridge News NEW YORK _ ``Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too,'' the veteran bluesman B.B. King once said, laying bare the most fundamental human terror. If your mother doesn't love...

Nick Sarchet is a woman in the process of becoming a man.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... MIAMI _ Maybe you think Nick Sarchet is a tortured soul. Someone who deserves your pity. Or maybe, like the two men who beat him up two weeks ago, you think he's some kind of freak. ``You queers don't deserve to live,'' they hissed...

Some couples make decision to go childless.(Originated from The Gazette)
May 5, 1998... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ They're an unobtrusive bunch _ a lot like you, me and the couple next door. They work and play and laugh and cry as they trudge along on life's everyday treadmill. But these people are different. Not better,...

Expert urges mothers to let go of guilt and self-doubt.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... We were sitting around my kitchen table trading war stories when my friend Donna mentioned a public-service announcement aimed at teen-agers that she'd just seen on TV. In it, a movie star asks if the viewer wants a full-time job with...

Mathematician aims to give adults a better grasp on numbers.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)
May 5, 1998... HAMPTON, Va. _ Being a mathematician out to improve mathematical literacy in the United States sounds like serious business. But John Allen Paulos insists it isn't. Paulos' crusade, which he will continue in Hampton this week, has...

Number of women in prison rising at rate nearly double the rate of men.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... ZION CROSSROADS, Va. _ The state's newest prison has plenty of tall, chain-link fences and cinder-block walls. It also has a beauty shop, mammography clinic and children's playroom, where colorful cutouts of Plucky Duck and his Tiny Toons...

Experts say theories are wrong: U.S. economy will stay strong.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ The stock market is poised to set new records, the economy is growing at a pace that hasn't been seen in decades, inflation appears dead and consumer confidence is at its highest level in more than 30 years. All this good news is...

Economic boom could be smothered by overvaluation, too much productivity.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ While many economic signs are pointing to prosperity, there are still some tricky obstacles that could derail growth. Here are some of the theories on possible dangers ahead: _Some economists suggest that the United...

Temporary agency specializes in older workers.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... AKRON, Ohio _ At age 56, new divorcee Molly Moore wasn't wild about hunting for work, even though she longed to leave Indianapolis and return to her Akron roots. ``Even though it's against the law, there are ways not to hire older...

Resources on health care for the aged.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... Professional organizations: American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, (202) 783-2242 American Occupational Therapy Association, (301) 652-2682; www.aota.org American Physical Therapy Association, (800)...

Health care industry expected to bloom with more senior citizens.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... By the year 2030, more than half our population will be over the age of 40 and headed toward the longest life spans in the history of the United States. Perhaps no industry will be more deeply affected by the graying of America than...

What the Little Rock Whitewater grand juries did.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Here are some highlights from Whitewater grand jury activities in Little Rock: _ March 23, 1994: First Whitewater Grand Jury is impaneled in Little Rock, Ark. _ Dec. 6: Clinton friend and former Associate Attorney...

Burton's approach to the investigation leads to questions about him.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Despite insisting that his investigation would focus on President Clinton, Rep. Dan Burton is once again himself the subject of questions. His recent management of a House inquiry into Democratic fund-raising has Democrats...

McDonald's strike in Ohio town could be start of something big -- or not.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... MACEDONIA, Ohio _ In case it goes down as a pivotal moment in U.S. labor history, let the record show that the strike that rattled the golden arches began with this somber exchange, between two friends reeking of fry grease, in a car outside...

Starr dismisses Arkansas grand jury without charges against Clintons.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Almost four years and $40 million after the federal Whitewater investigation began, independent counsel Kenneth Starr is folding his tent in Arkansas with little to show for his troubles beyond convictions of three Clinton...

Judge rejects Clinton's claim of executive privilege in Lewinsky case.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 5, 1998... WASHINGTON _ A federal judge has rejected President Clinton's claim of executive privilege to keep top White House aides from testifying in the Monica Lewinsky investigation, Knight Ridder learned Tuesday. In a blow to the White House,...

STRANGERS AMONG US: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America; by Roberto Suro; Alfred A. Knopf, 349 pages, $26.95.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... `(KRT) In ``Strangers Among Us,'' Roberto Suro, a staff writer for the Washington Post, deftly analyzes the impact that legions of Latino immigrants are having on the United States. The numbers of Latino immigrants at risk of...

''Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America,'' by Randall Robinson; Dutton ($25.95).(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... There's no way, if you're an honest human, to get through ``Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America'' without feeling naked and ashamed. And so it's understandable why America's dad, Bill Cosby, carried Randall Robinson's memoir...

LBJ's latest biographer believes he had doubts about involvement in Vietnam.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... Even Lyndon Baines Johnson had doubts about the wisdom of American involvement in Vietnam, his latest biographer believes. By the time LBJ left the White House in 1969, 30,000 American troops had been killed in the Vietnam War. But...

Company chairman gives and gives and gives.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... When Fred Wikoff Jr. gets to heaven, let's hope the good Lord doesn't ask him to wax eloquent about why he devoted so much of his wealth to helping others. Here's the best Wikoff could come up with when I asked him: ``My wife says it's...

Michigan 12-year-old the nation's youngest murder defendant to be tried as adult.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... DETROIT, Mich. _ As the nation grapples with the specter of gun-toting youngsters shattering lives in states from Arkansas to Pennsylvania, Michigan's reputation as the toughest state on juveniles is about to take center stage. Oakland...

Author finds Asian-American women are in balancing act.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... Perhaps Claire Chow's mother really does know best. ``My mother always thought I'd be a writer,'' says Chow, 46, a San Ramon, Calif., therapist. But her mother's prediction wasn't so much an acknowledgment of Chow's talent as a...

'Dr. Spock: An American Life,' by Thomas Maier; Harcourt Brace (537 pages, $30).(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... ``Trust yourself. You know more than you think.'' The opening line of Dr. Benjamin Spock's ``Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care'' His life nearly spanned the 20th Century; he inspired millions of families and, in the...

The real story behind the study: Parental involvement keeps teen sex rate from rising.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 6, 1998... KRT FORUM (AT-RISK) By Gracie S. Hsu The headlines recently proclaimed that condom availability programs have no effect on teen sex rates, but several other published studies have found just the opposite result. After a...

The agony of a look-away observer.(Originated from N'Digo)
May 6, 1998... A few weeks ago while pushing my shopping cart toward the checkout line in a large retail store, I heard a series of mean screams and shouts coming from an aisle or two over. I could immediately tell from the inflections and pitch in the...

Ex-prisoner of war U.S. ambassador to Vietnam to marry Australian diplomat.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... HANOI, Vietnam _ As Pete Peterson reflects on his first year as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, he can claim the sort of tangible accomplishment that is rare here: He persuaded the Vietnamese government to change a law. Peterson and Vi Le,...

30 years after Poor People's March, there's scorn for the poor.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 6, 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 Julianne Malveaux Thirty years ago, the Rev. Ralph...

Civil discussion impossible on subjects such as abortion, homosexuality.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... Let's tackle two of the critical issues of our day: abortion and homosexuality. To do that, I'll tell you right up front that I don't plan to define my views on either subject. Whether I'm pro-choice or pro-life, whether I...

Journalists often end up being part of the problem.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... A law professor attending a mock Roman feast at a university campus asked during the appetizers if I often got up in the night to visit the bathroom. Even I, a journalist, blinked in surprise at his question. I was relieved when he...

Astronomers hope discovery of cosmic fireball will help explain universe.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Long ago in a galaxy far away, a cosmic fireball shattered the quiet, producing the most powerful explosion since the birth of the universe, awestruck astronomers reported Wednesday. ``For about one or two seconds, this...

Children want broader view of race on television, according to study by children's advocacy group.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... SAN JOSE _ Even at a young age, children of different races recognize the effects of stereotyping in entertainment and news and believe it is important to see people of their own race on television, according to a study released Wednesday by...

Mini ''Big Bang'' detected: It may be a common event.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 6, 1998... Astronomers have measured the most violent explosion known since the ``big bang'' that likely created the universe. For a few seconds, it shone as bright as all the rest of the cosmos put together. But don't worry _ it took place 12...

Lawyers approach High Noon; closing arguments begin on Thursday in tobacco trial, guaranteeing memorable drama.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 7, 1998... ST. PAUL _ Thursday's closing arguments in Minnesota's tobacco trial are likely to echo far beyond this week in legal history books. Lawyers were still busy Wednesday preparing their remarks for this final, pivotal chance to influence the...

Low-income Americans should not be taxed to make millionaire lawyers 'billionaires'.(Originated from)
May 7, 1998... By Amy Ridenour WASHINGTON _ Should a new law be passed under which Americans making $30,000 or less give as much as $58 billion to a small number of lawyers? It could happen if Congress does not approve a bipartisan bill, HR...

$150 an hour not enough: GOP's stiffing of lawyers in tobacco pact a payback for donations to Democrats.(Originated from)
May 7, 1998... By Charles Silver AUSTIN, Texas _ Trial lawyers give to Democrats; Republicans control Congress. Knowing only this, it is easy to understand why Republicans are backing legislation that would cap attorneys' fees in a global tobacco...

Our Cuba policy has not worked.(Originated from KRT FORUM (AT-RISK)
May 7, 1998... By Claiborne Pell Providence Journal-Bulletin One can only hope that the small but significant changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba that President Clinton announced in late March portend more sweeping changes in the months ahead...

Implications of the Unabomber case. (Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin)
May 7, 1998... It will be interesting to see what effect the case of Theodore Kaczynski will have on our perceptions of mental illness. Indeed, I had been hoping that the alleged Unabomber would be allowed to conduct his own defense last winter rather than...

AAy, Mamasita! What have they done to your song?(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 7, 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 Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte and Cristina Bodinger-de Uriarte On this Mother's Day, we...

The more you earn, the less you keep: The lessons of Tax Freedom Day.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 7, 1998... KRT FORUM By Sen. Rod Grams ``Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less you lead, the more you're driven, The more destroyed,...

Honor thy streetlight.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 7, 1998... KRT FORUM By Rodney E. Slater Drivers in the Washington area can be forgiven if they feel their morning commute on the Beltway is more like a lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A just-released report by the National...

Animals touch our lives every day.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
May 7, 1998... This week, veterinarians across the nation are recognizing National Pet Week, which celebrates the fact that ``Animals and People Need Each Other.'' Animals touch our lives every day. Even if you are not one of the nation's 125 million...

Blassie family is a step closer to learning identity of unknown soldier.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 7, 1998... WASHINGTON _ Fourteen years after a president publicly laid to rest the Vietnam War's unknown soldier, workers are set to privately exhume his remains next week in the hopes of learning his true identity. Defense Secretary William...

In blues, Mama means many different things -- not all of them clean.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
May 8, 1998... Mama, in the blues, is hardly ever a mother. She's usually a lover, or a woman so perfect and desirable you could never hope to attain her. John Lee Hooker sings leeringly about his ``Sugar Mama.'' J.J. Cale pines for his ``Crazy Mama.'' Amos...

USDA rules against calling irradiated or sludge-fertilized food organic.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 8, 1998... WASHINGTON _ In response to a flood of opposition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that it will not allow genetically engineered crops, foods processed using irradiation and those fertilized with sewage sludge to be labeled...

Terms of the Minnesota tobacco settlement.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
May 8, 1998... Hours before Minnesota's suit against the tobacco industry was due to go to the jury, the companies and the state reached an agreement Friday. Here are key terms: _Major tobacco companies will pay Minnesota about $6.2 billion over 25...