Calendar has Clinton scrambling for peace
The president wants a deal in the Mideast, but details can take time.
Russia denies missile shift; Poland wants inspections
MOSCOW -- Russia stepped up its denials Thursday that it had moved short-range nuclear missiles to a naval base on the Baltic Sea, close enough to threaten parts of Poland and Lithuania.
National briefs
U.S., Calif. act to resolve electricity crisis
Health briefs
Drug may cut chemo-linked hair loss
Lott offers plan to share power on Senate panels
WASHINGTON -- One day after the 107th Congress convened, the Senate Republican leader floated an idea for sharing power with the Democrats who will control half the chamber, and House Republicans picked a decidely conservative slate of committee chairmen.
Bush brain trust complete
His Cabinet complete, President-elect Bush broadened his focus Thursday to sub-Cabinet and senior White House positions by nominating campaign manager Joe Allbaugh to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Washington briefs
Depleted uranium poses no risk to soldiers, Pentagon repeats
World briefs
Hussein appears on TV amid stroke rumors
Clinton plans to shield more U.S. forest land
WASHINGTON -- In the biggest land conservation act in decades, President Clinton will approve an order today putting nearly one-third of the national forest land permanently off-limits to future road building and logging.
