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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Tobacco settlement yields extra income

Published October 14, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The world's economic troubles did not stop the cash from flowing into the state treasury well ahead of pace last quarter. Largely because of Minnesota's settlement with the tobacco industry,...

Carlson grads expand juice bars to Dinkytown

by Emily Dalnodar
Published October 14, 1998

After spending five years and thousands of dollars on a University education, Eric Strauss finally worked his way up to Chief Carrot Peeler. It's not a hard luck story. Chief Carrot Peeler is actually...

Profs to file suit against U for $100,000

Published October 14, 1998

Two University Chinese professors plan to file suit against the University for alleged discrimination against them and the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. Professors...

Ex-intelligence analyst accused of selling nuclear target list

Published October 14, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former intelligence analyst with the Pentagon's supersecret National Security Agency was charged Tuesday with selling the Soviet Union top defense secrets, including a target list...

Senator chastises Health Department for lagging behind

Published October 14, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- More than a year after a law passed requiring tobacco companies to report if their products contain certain toxic substances, they aren't doing so. But a state senator says it's not their...

Holbrooke wraps up deal on Kosovo but threat remains

Published October 14, 1998

ushing to meet a deadline set by NATO, the government outlined its plan Tuesday to comply with a deal to solve the Kosovo crisis while foreign powers took the first steps to put 2,000 monitors in place...

Jacobson in limbo due to NBA lockout

by Michael Dougherty
Published October 14, 1998

For the first time in years, former Gopher and current Los Angeles Laker Sam Jacobson is spending the month of October with his basketball future up in the air. Currently, the NBA owners are locking out...

Pharmaceutical giants

Published October 14, 1998

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two giants of the pharmaceutical industry, American Home Products Corp. and Monsanto Co., called off their $33.6 billion merger Tuesday over what some analysts said was a clash between...

Tuition hikes around country double current inflation rate

by Sean Madigan
Published October 14, 1998

The average annual in-state tuition rate rose 4 percent nationally this year, more than twice the rate of inflation, according to a survey released by the College Board. To calculate last year's inflation...

Speech focuses on America’s changing roles

by Kelly Hildebrandt
Published October 14, 1998

The United States is still a beacon to the rest of the world and allows people to reinvent themselves, David Halberstam said Tuesday at Willey Hall. More than 300 people gathered for Halberstam's speech,...

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