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- Clinton Calls for 'Just and Enduring' Peace
Saying that Israel and the Palestinians have "passed the point of no return," President Clinton flew to Camp David by helicopter Tuesday morning to kick off high-stakes peace negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
- Russia Prepares for Launch of Space Station Component
Zvezda, the living quarters for the International Space Station and the centerpiece of Russia's contribution to the project, was poised for launch from Kazakhstan Tuesday night to join the first two components already orbiting the Earth.
- Party to a Meltdown in Manhattan's 'Silicon Alley'
Bernardo's List is the hottest thing going among the teetering glitterati of Manhattan's "Silicon Alley" Internet set — the e-mail list of Internet-related parties is a must-read for anyone with pretensions of being connected here.
Nation
- Defectors Say CIA Reneges On Promises
During the Cold War, the diplomat and his wife were prized CIA recruits. Now, the couple is virtually penniless in Seattle and suing, claiming that the agency has reneged on the deal and cut off their $27,000 annual stipend.
- Child's Play—and Adult Rage
Youth sports rage is a growing phenomenon among parents with children involved in competitive sports that psychologists compare to aggression displayed by angry drivers on the road.
World
- Clinton Calls for 'Just and Enduring' Peace
Saying that Israel and the Palestinians have "passed the point of no return," President Clinton flew to Camp David by helicopter Tuesday morning to kick off high-stakes peace negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
- China Attacks U.S. Anti-Missile Plans Again
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen arrived in China on Tuesday and his hosts reiterated their demand that the United States drop plans to build an anti-missile defense system.
- Protest Scare Shuts Down N. Ireland
Belfast looked like a ghost town Monday as offices shut down early to let people get home before annual protests to celebrate a victory by Protestant forces over a Catholic army more than 300 years ago.
- Russia Prepares for Launch of Space Station Component
Zvezda, the living quarters for the International Space Station and the centerpiece of Russia's contribution to the project, was poised for launch from Kazakhstan Tuesday night to join the first two components already orbiting the Earth.
- Restoring Their Good Names
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia Call him Cosmos, Gen. Cosmos.
Metro
- Group Home Ex-Chief Is Indicted
The former head of a company that runs group homes for mentally retarded D.C. residents was accused Monday of stealing more than $800,000 from the nonprofit firm and using the money for luxury vacations, furs and other extravagances.
- Others Seen at Risk in HIV Case
A Landover man who is charged with first-degree assault for allegedly having unprotected sex with a woman even though he knows he has AIDS may have infected other women in the Prince George's County area, a prosecutor said Monday.
- Newseum Looks to Move From Rosslyn to Downtown D.C.
The Newseum, the interactive media museum in Rosslyn, will announce Tuesday that it has offered to pay the District $100 million to secure a prime downtown site at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street NW, where it would relocate the popular tourist attraction.
- Worker Falls From House Building, Dies
A contract employee working on a roof repair at the Longworth House Office Building near the Capitol fell eight stories to his death Tuesday morning.
- Barriers To Guard Washington Monument
The federal government is working on a plan to protect the Washington Monument from terrorists by using a circle of spaced metal bollards or a barrier of some other design to prevent vehicles from approaching it.
- From Welfare to Worse
Many recipients are getting jobs, but often at such low wages that they remain mired in poverty .
Business
- Party to a Meltdown in Manhattan's 'Silicon Alley'
Bernardo's List is the hottest thing going among the teetering glitterati of Manhattan's "Silicon Alley" Internet set — the e-mail list of Internet-related parties is a must-read for anyone with pretensions of being connected here.
- Spectrum Up for Grabs
In the quest for one of the last big open chunks of the airwaves capable of carrying wireless telephone calls and high-speed Internet links, companies in the country have hired some of the biggest names in the lobbying business: Haley Barbour, Tom Korologos, Tony Podesta.
- FTC Sues Web Store Over Plan To Sell Data
The Federal Trade Commission sued a financially troubled Internet toy store Monday to keep it from selling detailed information it had promised customers it would never sell.
- AOL Launching Service in Mexico
America Online Inc. plans to launch an Internet access service in Mexico on Tuesday, a move that industry analysts say will be an important test in the company's struggle to capture a subscriber base outside the United States.
Style
Health
- The Further Adventures of Eczema Boy
One man's adventures through the trials of finding an effective treatment for his severe eczema leads him down many paths.
- Report Says Biotech Fails To Help Neediest Farmers
Commercial considerations are keeping advances in biotechnology from the poor farmers in developing countries who need them the most, according to a joint report by the National Academy of Sciences and seven other academies around the world.
- U.S. Halts Cancer Tests In Oklahoma
Federal regulators have shut down all government-funded human medical experiments at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa amid evidence that researchers there broke rules designed to protect patients and then tried to cover up their lapses.
- Circumcision Debated In Control of AIDS
AIDS researchers heard provocative although far from definitive information Monday about the links between male circumcision and infection with HIV at the International AIDS Conference in South Africa.
Politics
- For GOP, a 'Different Kind of Convention'
Republican party officials said Monday they plan to break with tradition by having nominee George W. Bush make strategic appearances each day at the national convention.
- Bush Vows Better Ties to Blacks
George W. Bush told the NAACP on Monday he recognizes the Republican Party has not always been seen as friendly toward blacks, and vowed to work to improve relations.
- Gore Links Bush to Inaction on Hill
In his most strident rhetoric since locking up the Democratic nomination, Vice President Gore Monday blasted George W. Bush for a silence that "aids and abets the do-nothing Republican Congress."
- Tipper Gore: Heart and Soul of the Gore Team
The reasons insiders think it would be great fun to watch Tipper Gore as first lady? She's an iconoclast, a fiercely protective creator of the home, and a deeply involved political operative.
- President Makes Case for Compromise
In his farewell appearance before the nation's governors, President Clinton pleaded for bipartisan support of a tax cut-prescription drug compromise with Congress.
- Court Papers: Starr Aide Said He 'Inadvertently Confirmed' Story
Soon after signing a court statement denying he was the source of a news leak, an aide to then-independent counsel Kenneth Starr acknowledged he may have "inadvertently confirmed" the story, the Justice Department said Monday.
- Judge Scolds White House Over Recovery of Subpoenaed E-Mails
A federal judge chastised the White House Monday for failing over a 20-week period to produce a single tape of subpoenaed e-mail correspondence, saying its explanations were "preposterous."
- Financier's Ads to Urge Public School Alternatives
A wealthy financier and philanthropist plans to announce a $20 million advertising campaign Tuesday aimed at rallying public support for alternatives to the existing public education system.
- West to Leave VA This Month
After an occasionally rocky two-year tenure, Veterans Affairs Secretary Togo D. West Jr. said Monday that he will step down by the end of the month and return to the private sector.
- Photo Caption from July 5, 2000, Post Corrected
- THIS WEEK
- Up in Arms: The Defense Department
Instead of groaning through sit-ups, push-ups and two-mile runs, Army soldiers may soon find themselves tossing around medicine balls as part of a major reevaluation of physical fitness training.
- Gays Share Grievances at Hearing
For Robert Rigby, one of the main attractions of teaching at Glasgow Middle School in Alexandria was its diversity. He saw students of various races, representing more than 60 countries and speaking at least 30 languages, attending classes together with little sign of ethnic, racial or religious discord.
- As Metro Runs Later, Night-Owl Riders Cheer
Revelers and workaholics alike took advantage of Metro's new extended weekend hours in what officials called a successful first night of a year-long experiment into late service.
- Cable Firms Spice Up Pay TV
AT&T is among a growing list of corporations that are using their high-speed fiber-optic networks to meet one of the strongest demands in media: for pornography, the more graphic the better.
- Holiday Events in Washington
ON THE MALL. The Independence Day parade will begin at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW and end at 17th Street and Constitution. The 34th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival dance parties, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Fireworks, 9:10 p.m., from the east end of the Reflecting Pool. Use of Metro is advised. 202-619-7222.
- La Plata Truck Collision Snarls Traffic, Power Lines
A collision early Friday afternoon along Route 301 in La Plata sent a tractor-trailer headlong into a utility pole, downing power lines and snarling traffic for hours along the busy road.
- OBITUARIES
- Colonial Forge Boys Team Celebrates 'Milestone' Win
Yes, it was a Metro South summer game, and yes, the opponent was first-year school Forest Park. No matter. The Colonial Forge boys basketball team notched just the second win in school history, and as far as the Eagles were concerned, the 64-51 triumph at Woodbridge was reason enough for celebration.
- Court Lets EPA Enforce Clean-Air Rule
A federal appeals court yesterday gave the Environmental Protection Agency approval to begin enforcing a hotly disputed regulation that will force Michigan, Ohio and other midwestern states to sharply curtail power-plant emissions that drift into eastern states.
- Statement Assures Doubters: HIV Causes AIDS
More than 5,000 prominent scientists and physicians from around the world released a document Sunday asserting that the AIDS virus causes AIDS.
- Photo Caption from June 30, 2000, Edition Corrected
- ON THE TOWN
- More Visas for Techies?
A consensus is growing on Capitol Hill to ease visa restrictions so that more high-skilled foreign workers can enter the country to meet the technology community's nearly insatiable demand for new workers.
- Cello Recordings Files for Chapter 11
The year after he took UUNet public in one of the most profitable initial public offerings ever, Richard L. Adams Jr. splurged and had a state-of-the-art custom entertainment system designed and installed in his home. He apparently liked the system so much he decided to build a nationwide network of design centers aimed at helping affluent homeowners blend "entertainment excellence and aesthetic perfection."
- A Lynching, a List and Reopened Wounds
MARIETTA, Ga. The shadowy men who kidnapped Leo Frank from a prison bed and lynched him here in 1915 are all long dead, their identities hidden cistern-deep under a code of secrecy.
- Deal on Cuba Would Ease U.S. Sanctions
House Republicans struck a deal Tuesday to allow the sale of food and medicine to Cuba for the first time in nearly four decades, opening the way for the most substantial easing of U.S. sanctions since Fidel Castro assumed power.
- Sharing the Lessons of Sobriety
When Joel Gunzburg was in high school, he spent two years caring for his father, who had Alzheimer's disease. But after his father died, Gunzburg meandered listlessly through the days.
- Samuel Witt Dies
Samuel Sullivan Witt, 88, an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency from 1947 to 1971 who was also a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died of pneumonia June 13 at the Illif Nursing Home. He had congestive heart failure.
- The Houses on Harvard Hill
The invitation read "Blocktails . . . 2000 at Harvard on the Hill." But this was no class reunion. This was a neighborhood revel on a fine spring evening that put to rest any notions of urban isolation.
- 'Shaft': Can You Still Dig It?
Precious few things in life conjure nostalgia more effectively than music. There's an individualized jukebox full of memories inside of every one of us. Unfortunately, oldies radio and the record companies have become so adept at pushing our buttons that some of the magic has been leached from the process. The most powerful music-induced nostalgia feels like an accidental ambush, a twist of fate rather than a calculation of market demographics.
- OBITUARIES
- Local CEO Compensation Chart from June 26, 2000, Corrected
- Photo Caption from June 27, 2000, Post Corrected
- Don't Forget to Breathe
"Mission: Impossible 2" is a feast of outlandish pleasures.
- 2000 CEO PAY REPORT
Stock-option grants dominate the executive pay packages at the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the Washington region for 1999, while comprising the main contributor to a nationwide escalation in executive compensation since the mid-1990s.
- PLAN AHEAD
- Fairfax Seeks Defense Complex to Anchor Revitalization
Fairfax County has launched a bid to lure a new Department of Defense office complex to one of its aging neighborhoods in the hope that the presence of thousands of federal employees will help jump-start renewal efforts.
- NCAA COLLEGE NOTES
- Missile Shield Eroding U.S. Arms Control Goals
The United States' campaign to develop a national missile defense system has intensified doubts abroad about its commitment to arms control, which in turn is undermining a key U.S. foreign policy goal: strengthening safeguards against the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Colombia Aid Nears Approval In Senate
The Senate Wednesday endorsed a massive escalation in U.S. military involvement in Colombia, as lawmakers neared final approval of almost $1 billion in aid that the White House says will stem the flow of drugs out of South America.
- D.C. Grandmother Killed in Fight Over Woman, Police Say
Thirty minutes before 76-year-old Southeast resident Grace Edwards was felled by a stray bullet, one of the men charged with her killing spotted his girlfriend on a motorcycle with another man.
- FILM NOTES
COME OUT of the haze on the Mall and watch Hong Kong on the silver screen. The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art (Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW) presents its fifth annual "Made in Hong Kong" film festival, with films by such cult favorites as Ringo Lam, Johnnie To and others. Also in the series, which starts this weekend: the popular "A Chinese Ghost Story."
- Photo Caption from June 15, 2000, Prince George's Extra Corrected
- For Clampett, a Follow-Through
Bobby Clampett's rise to within a chip shot of the leaders at the U.S. Open on Thursday was a shocking and inspiring turn of events, writes Thomas Boswell.
- SCIENCE
- Hagler Bailly Agrees To Buyout
Hagler Bailly Inc., an Arlington management and economic consulting firm whose stock price tumbled in the past year after an unsuccessful acquisitions campaign, agreed yesterday to be purchased by a London-based competitor, PA Consulting Group, for $96 million.
- Morocco's King of Hearts
There's nothing like a handsome bachelor king to bring out a crowd. Last night's state dinner for King Mohammed VI of Morocco was the largest state dinner in White House history.
- CORRECTION
In the June 18 Loudoun Extra, Karie Morrison, a sophomore pitcher on the Park View softball team, was inadvertently omitted from the list of All-Met players that appeared in the sports year in review section. Morrison was a second team All-Met selection this spring.
- FAIRFAX IN BRIEF
- Infodata Systems Inc.
Infodata Systems Inc. of Fairfax is looking to hire 30 people in the next 60 days, with or without a degree, as long as they have experience. Eva Franklin, the company's director of human resources, talked with The Post's Vanena Ralay about what to expect when you apply for a position.
- Photo Caption from June 18, 2000, Outlook Section Clarified
- Illustrations in June 18, 2000, Arts Review Corrected
- Photo Caption from July 2, 2000, Loudoun County Extra Corrected
- Summer Blockbuster: The Selling of Sammy Sosa
Two summers ago, Sammy Sosa almost surpassed Michael Jordan as Chicago's most popular athlete. Now, he's almost certain to be traded in the next few days.
- Lawyers Hit the Road In Have a Heart Races
Thousands of lawyers and law students participated in the 10th annual Lawyers Have a Heart 10K and 5K races.
- OUT & ABOUT
- Photo Caption from June 18, 2000, Outlook Section Corrected
- Photo Caption from June 15, 2000, Southern Maryland Extra Corrected
- June 18, 2000, Mini Page Corrected
- Sorcerer's Tremendous
- D.C.'s Early Raisers
In an unprecedented display of bipartisan hometown confidence, Washington's Democratic mayor was feted last night.
- D.C. Fundraiser Raising Concerns
Some District residents are criticizing D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams for kicking off his reelection campaign tomorrow at a fundraiser in a Northwest Washington mansion, miles from the Southeast church where grass-roots activists drafted him to run.
- Moist Weather Aids Effort to Contain Colo. Wildfires
Smoke began to recede Friday as firefighters made headway against a pair of wildfires that have raged through nearly 2,000 acres of mountainous Colorado forest and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
- For N.Y. Felons, Nun's Home Is a Saving Grace
Sister Simone Ponnet, who runs the Abraham House to rehabilitate convicts, spent 20 years as a jailhouse chaplain and has learned to convert warmth and discipline into results.
- High-Tech Investments Lure Some Senators, Too
Many members of the Senate have watched their personal portfolios swell courtesy of the stock market's boom, financial disclosure statements revealed Wednesday.
- Gone Too Far
It of an old camp game. But in this version, the player tries to uncover models and photograph them in their underwear (to save the Earth from aliens . . . yeah, right).
- Pacers Just Don't Get the Point
The Pacers had plenty of chances to win Wednesday night, writes Michael Wilbon.
- Map from June 8, 2000, Prince George's Extra Corrected
- St. Mary's to Hold Meetings On New Zoning Regulations
St. Mary's County officials will hold a series of public meetings in coming weeks to explain efforts to develop a new set of zoning regulations, called the Unified Land Development Code.
- Columbia Council Tackles Two Big Issues, One Step at a Time
The Columbia Council has taken baby steps toward resolving two of the biggest issues that will likely face the 10-member board this year by setting a rough timetable for the search for its new president and scrutinizing the cost of a proposal to extend Columbia's boundaries.
- High Court Hands HMOs A Victory
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that HMOs cannot be sued in federal court for offering bonuses to doctors who hold down costs -- even if a patient is harmed when a physician withholds care.
- Clinton to Keep Political Appointees Out of Decision on Census
The Clinton administration will act Wednesday to make it more likely that a sample survey of U.S. households will be used to revise the census count and include millions more people, mainly minorities, despite bitter Republican opposition.
- Mourning Syrians Anoint Successor
Syria draped itself in mourning Sunday for the late President Hafez Assad as thousands jammed the streets of this capital city to mark the passing of one leader and the elevation of another Assad's eldest surviving son, Bashar.
- Hopefuls Abound In Pr. George's Race
The election to succeed Wayne K. Curry (D) as Prince George's county executive is more than two years away, but already seven candidates are trolling for dollars, formulating sales pitches and privately trying to undermine each other.
- Europe . . . Or Canada? Comparing Destinations
Thinking about a last-minute trip to Europe this summer? With the season's inflated airfares, you may be out of luck. So save yourself a bundle of time and money by heading to the Canadian equivalents of your favorite European destinations.
- Fatal Fire Forges Bond Once Lost in Suburbia
Sometimes it takes a tragedy such as a fatal fire to bring neighbors together in today's isolating suburbs, where the homes are set far back from the street and garages let residents get inside without speaking to people outside.
- Today In Congress
- Photo Credits from June 11, 2000, Metro Article Corrected
- Attribution from June 11, 2000, 'Mutual Funds' Column Corrected
- The Sage Of Innocence
- Hafez Assad
- Syria's Assad Dead at 69
Syrian President Hafez Assad, for thirty years the standard-bearer of Arab nationalism and opposition to Israel, died Saturday, ending a political career that was forged by war but concluded in a quest for peace with Israel.
- Inexperienced Bashar Faces Steep Learning Curve
Trained as a doctor in the military, Bashar Assad has had a bookish image, of the bachelor ophthalmologist whose hobbies included using computer software to tinker with photographs of his friends.
- Drug Surveillance Hampered, White House Says
U.S. ability to fly counterdrug surveillance missions over Colombia, Peru and Bolivia has been severely hampered by drawn-out negotiations with other governments over landing facilities and by congressional funding delays, administration officials testified yesterday.
- Photo Caption from June 10, 2000, Prince William Extra Corrected
- OBITUARIES
- Curling Up With Cutting Edge
I am the proud owner of a NuvoMedia Rocket eBook, a device about the size of a box of Cracker Jacks. The most popular of the new hand-held electronic readers, it stands in a cradle on my desk as an outrider of The Future that has the publishing business buzzing. It weighs less than two pounds. It is sleek and well-designed; I can store 10 books at a time on it.
- ON SCREEN
- ON EXHIBIT
- ON STAGE
- 911 System Surcharge Approved
A monthly surcharge of 56 cents would be imposed on about 620,000 residential and business telephone lines in the District under a plan quietly approved by Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the D.C. Council to pay for an improved 911 system.
- MSFT No Longer A Sure Thing
The choice of an investment is always a "compared to what" proposition. And it wasn't long ago that Microsoft was incomparable.
- Poll Finds First Lady, Lazio in a Dead Heat
With the latest poll showing Republican Rick Lazio pulling even in the New York Senate race, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is refocusing its attention on core demographic and regional blocs it believes are up for grabs.
- Klingle Road Caught in a Tug of War
For David Littleton, Klingle Road NW is a bucolic nature trail, a safe place to walk with his 15-month-old daughter, Allie, to teach her about trees, foxes and woodpeckers.
- Photo Caption from June 6, 2000, Style Article Corrected
- CALENDAR
- HERE & NOW
- OAS Votes to Send Mission to Press Peru on Reforms
The Organization of American States, rebuffing a campaign by the United States and Canada to impose sanctions on Peru, moved instead Monday toward dispatching a high-level mission to pressure President Alberto Fujimori to adopt democratic reforms.
- Backstage
Washington attorney Jane Lang was "stunned by the stark power of the images" in artist Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" when she first saw the paintings at the Phillips Collection in 1993. "They captured me completely as art, as art telling a story," she said in a recent phone interview.
- 3 Teens Injured in Gaithersburg Crash
Three teenagers were injured, one seriously, early yesterday when the car in which they were riding slammed into a tree in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County police reported.
- Shake-Up Shocks Hospital Panel
D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams's appointment of five new board members to the Public Benefit Corp. threw the financially ailing agency into turmoil yesterday, prompting the agency's chairwoman to condemn the action as a political stunt.
- NATION IN BRIEF
- Merton Miller, 77
Merton Miller, 77, a University of Chicago professor emeritus who was a co-winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, died June 3 in Chicago. The cause of death was not reported.
- Why Science Can't Cope With Mbeki
Political leaders are expected to know a little about a lot of things, and even when they don't, they often tell us what they think anyway. Yet, for all their lack of shyness about expressing their views, few are the times in which politicians hold forth on questions of scientific fact. World leaders aren't presumed to have detailed opinions about, say, the quality of the evidence presented in a pathbreaking article in the latest issue of Nature. When it comes to science, it seems, politicians are in much the same boat as the rest of us: disqualified from comment by virtue of a lack of relevant expertise.
- Item from June 3, 2000, Religion Page Corrected
- Pr. George's Church Gets Reprieve
The Rev. C. Anthony Muse and members of the Ark of Safety Christian Center can remain in their Oxon Hill storefront church for at least two weeks while a Prince George's judge considers the county's request to close the church because of fire and building code violations.
- OBITUARIES
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