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House approves inquiry
WASHINGTON - For only the third time in the republic's 210 years, the House opened a formal impeachment proceeding yesterday against the president of the United States, and its largely party-line vote signaled a rancorous investigation ahead.
Hockey draws interest
The familiar sounds that fill Yost Ice Arena on game nights - the rhythmic cow bell "Go Blue" cheer and the chants of supportive students - could become louder if hockey interest is kept high this season.
After being dealt two stinging blows - the all-time high season ticket prices and the plummeting sales of student tickets - the debut of the Michigan icers Saturday still bought out the vivid interest in hockey that stimulated discussion of adding more seats to the arena in the future.
Goss emphasizes department's values
Athletic Director Tom Goss always refers to his department's eight key values.
In a speech delivered yesterday as part of a Rackham lecture series focusing on American values, Goss outlined the underpinnings of a part of the University that faces obstacles and challenges that are unique to the Athletic Department.
'U' Delta Zeta chapter to close
After a year of insufficient interest by rushees, the University chapter of the Delta Zeta sorority was closed Wednesday night by its national organization.
The closing of the chapter was not a shock, said Delta Zeta President Meredith Weiss.
B-School ranking declines
The University's School of Business Administration's MBA program dropped two spots in BusinessWeek's biannual rankings to fourth in the nation.
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business received the top honor.
Dollar down, investors worried
WASHINGTON (AP) - The high-flying U.S. dollar plunged dramatically for a second straight day, taking many U.S. stocks down as well yesterday. The world's economic troubles hit closer to home despite international officials' best efforts to prove they are fighting back.
Clinton vetoes agriculture spending bill
WASHINGTON - Partisan wrangling between Congress and the White House over key budget issues intensified yesterday as President Clinton vetoed the agricultural appropriations bill and both sides reported slow progress in ironing out differences on other spending measures.
City, 'U' collaborate on State St. Project
The commitment of both the University and the City of Ann Arbor combined to create the new State Street Project, an 18-month collaborative study intended to plot a course of development and support the street's diversity.
The approximately $1.3 million project is an effort involving the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority, the State Street Association and the University.
Computers come to Union's MUG
Students who need to check their e-mail or review the latest news on the Web don't need to run over to the Fishbowl anymore.
The information superhighway will soon be at their fingertips in the basement of the Michigan Union.
LSA senior nets game show spot after reading casting advertisement
LSA senior Eric McCutcheon is hoping he will soon be "ready to solve the puzzle." That's because McCutcheon left last night for Los Angeles to be a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune.
McCutcheon said he ended up on the show by accident. He was reading through one of his father's magazines when he saw an advertisement seeking contestants for a soap opera theme show.
Notes: Student's wallet stolen from Bursley room
A student's wallet was stolen from his room in Bursley Residence Hall early Wednesday morning, Department of Public Safety reports state.
Between the hours of 12 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., the victim said that he did not lock his room and left his room a couple of times.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Fieger, Engler fight over issues of environment
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) - Geoffrey Fieger hammered Gov. John Engler's environmental record yesterday, saying the two-term Republican had allowed developers and industry to trash the state's natural resources.
Campaigning in scenic northern Michigan, the Democratic nominee released an environmental policy statement that accused Engler of weakening the Department of Natural Resources and making the Department of Environmental Quality "an advocate and protector of polluters.
Memorial service this week for prof.
The Department of Classical Studies will hold a memorial service this weekend for Prof. Glenn Knudsvig, who served the University for 35 years.
The service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union.
Attorney General race heating up
DETROIT (AP) - The battle between the candidates to replace Frank Kelley for attorney general went in a new direction yesterday, with both camps touting endorsements from influential groups.
Democrat Jennifer Granholm announced the endorsement of a coalition of police and corrections officer unions. Republican John Smietanka picked up the endorsement of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, which often supports Republican candidates.
Michigan residents have ample, cheap fuel
LANSING (AP) - With no recent threats of an energy crisis, state officials predict a winter of warm, well-lit homes for Michigan residents.
There will even be enough affordable gasoline for a trip.
Nobel Prize awarded to Portugese playwright
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago, whose exuberant imagination and playfulness have made him popular but whose bluntness sometimes can offend, won the 1998 Nobel Literature Prize yesterday.
After years of being nominated and not winning, Saramago saw no reason to stick around the book fair in Germany he was attending and wait for the award's announcement.
Famous Florida launch site prepares to send off upcoming mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.-Standing on a precarious access arm 195 feet above launch pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center, Sen. John Glenn and his Discovery crewmates came face to face yesterday with the complex beast that will rocket them into orbit later this month.
Iran said to beat back Afghan attack
TEHRAN, Iran-Iran claimed yesterday to have beaten back an attack on a remote border post by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, saying it inflicted heavy casualties in what would mark the two sides' first armed face-off after more than a month of threats and saber-rattling.
Study: Colombian forces break war rules
BOGOTA, Colombia-Civilians here are under attack from three guerrilla forces, seven private armies and even the national army and police force, which all systematically violate the rules of war, according to a two-year study released yesterday.
Searching for the complete truth
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton tried hard to treat yesterday like a regular day.
He stood with senior citizens and announced steps being taken to prevent HMOs from dropping Medicare patients. He denounced the attacks in Kosovo that threaten to again turn the Balkans into a humanitarian catastrophe. He huddled with his economic advisers.
Judiciary Committee begins witness list draft
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Judiciary Committee began drafting a list yesterday of potential witnesses in its impeachment inquiry, but lawmakers said they preferred waiting until after the November election to hold hearings.
Sources close to the committee said it is likely to seek testimony from former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and her former friend Linda Tripp; Clinton's personal secretary, Betty Currie, and friend, Vernon Jordan, and Deputy White house Counsel Bruce Lindsey.
Representatives support Democratic proposal that would have stalled impeachment inquiry process
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michigan's 10 Democrats in the U.S. House were united yesterday in voting against an impeachment inquiry that would make President Clinton subject to an open-ended investigation into whether he should be removed from office.
The real vote on impeachment will be Nov. 3: A partisan process
The historic 258 to 176 vote to launch an open-ended inquiry into President Clinton's actions will go down in history books as the second impeachment
investigation this century. But the other incident, when the Judiciary committee investigated Richard Nixon, was almost unanimously supported by both Republicans and Democrats in a 410 to four vote. Yesterday's vote was mostly divided along partisan lines, with only 31 Democrats voting for the inquiry and no Republicans voting against the
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