![]() May 27, 1998 |
![]() Disabled man stands atop Mount Everest A 49-year-old American man with an artificial leg reached the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first disabled climber to stand atop the worlds highest peak. Gingrich denies Albright comments U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich met Wednesday with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and accused the Clinton administration of picking a fight with him while he was overseas. Oklahoma bombing witness faces sentencing Michael Fortier, whose silence helped cost 168 lives, is to be sentenced Wednesday for doing nothing to stop the Oklahoma City bombing. World Bank loan to India delayed The Clinton administration is settling for postponement of $865 million in World Bank loans after failing to get enough support from other countries to reject the money outright because of Indias nuclear tests. FDA approves Lyme disease vaccine A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday that SmithKline Beechams Lymerix be approved for the prevention of the tick-borne illness in people 15 and older. One schools way of teaching English Would a proposed switch away from bilingual education work? I found some clues at Immaculate Conception School in the crime-ridden Rampart section of Los Angeles. Lewinsky to give voice, writing samples Monica Lewinsky will appear Thursday at the FBIs offices in Los Angeles to provide fingerprints and samples of her voice and handwriting, sources tell NBC News. Nuclear test for Pakistan soon? Pakistan is poised to test a nuclear device at its Chagai Hills test range, senior intelligence and military officials told NBC News on Tuesday. Students attend class, then funeral Students at Thurston High returned to classes for a few hours Tuesday, and were then dismissed early to attend the funeral of one of the two boys shot dead last Thursday. [Home] News [Business] [Sports] [Technology] [Living Travel] [Opinion] [On Air] [Weather] |