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...become a rite, and wrong, of summer. For the third time in 14 years, the baseball players' union has called for a midseason strike. This one, barring a lapse into common sense between players and club owners, begins Aug. 12. It could be brief, a blip in the sport's troubled labor history. Some think it will be brutal. As historian Bill James wrote recently, "We may be nearing the end of major league baseball...
...from Majority leader George Mitchell that effectively drops employer mandates. Since the final package will be a compromise, nervous House members, many of whom face re-election in November, will be watching to see which way the political wind's blowing before they cast votes on the Gephardt bill Aug. 19. "People in the House are wondering why they should make a hard vote," Thompson says, if the Senate refuses to produce legislation that looks anything like the House version. Bills that become laws, of course, require a House-Senate compromise, which may not be possible on health care. Thompson...
...swearing-in as the U.S. Supreme Court's 108th Justice. So, a week ahead of schedule, he sneaked up to Chief Justice William Rehnquist's Vermont summer home for a private ceremony. Breyer's wife, Joanna, was the only witness. The White House will still hold a public ceremony Aug. 11 for the groundlings...
...Woodstock '94 and a competing quasi-reunion, "Bethel '94," are in the hole. A bad case of jitters caused by 100,000 unsold tickets led organizers of the 25th anniversary Woodstock to extend the sale period and loosen up on parking rules. And at Bethel -- planned for the same Aug. 13-14 weekend, but on the site of the original Woodstock -- the original organizer pulled out complaining the event was getting too commercial. He also left the show looking for a new angel. If Bethel's crew can land on their feet, the show will mark the first concert...
Pyongyang and Washington will resume talks to end the nuclear standoff on Aug. 5, officials from both countries said. The discussion had been suspended after the death of North Korean President Kim Il Sung on July...