Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.news From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: news Wed, Mar 25 1992 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 05:43:34 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: News USA TODAY Update March 25, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network BROWN DEFEATS CLINTON IN CONN.: Longshot Jerry Brown scored a stunning upset win over Bill Clinton Tuesday in the Connecticut primary. With 96% of the vote in, Brown won 38%, Clinton 35%. Paul Tsongas, who dropped out last week, grabbed 20%. The upset throws attention on New York, Wisconsin and Kansas, the next battlegrounds, April 7. On the GOP side, President Bush defeated Pat Buchanan by a 3-1 margin. HIV TEST KIT DRAWS IRE: A California firm that began Tuesday to advertise the first at-home test kit for HIV ran into objections from state health officials. The company's $24.95 offer letting people take finger-prick blood samples, mail them to a lab and get results by mail or phone violated state law, a health official said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly rejected similar plans. NORIEGA'S WIFE DENIES ARREST: Felicidad Noriega Tuesday said "it's just rumors" that she was arrested Friday for shoplifting $305 in buttons at Burdine's Department Store in Miami. Clothing worth $1,242.87 was damaged. Store security officers say they saw her ripping buttons off designer clothes. Her husband, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, is on trial in Florida for drug trafficking. RUDMAN PLANS TO RETIRE: Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., said Tuesday he won't seek a third six-year term. "Frankly, the pace is a bit slow for me," he said. His decision, Rudman said, was born out of frustration at Congress' inability to balance the deficit. Rudman was one of the authors of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget-balancing amendment. He said entitlement programs such as Medicaid will have to be reined in. LIBYANS COULD BE HANDED OVER: Two Libyans wanted in the bombing of a 1988 Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, are expected to be released to Arab diplomats Wednesday, said U.N. Security Council President Diego Arria. U.S. officials remained skeptical Tuesday and turned up the heat against Libya to hand over the men. The State Department's Margaret Tutwiler downplayed the pending deal, calling it "speculative." PERKS' PRICES WILL GO UP: Lawmakers are trying to rid the House of free goods and services that are part of the job. House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., announced last week an end - in 30 days - to free prescriptions at the congressional drug store. Members soon will pay more than $100 per year for the House gym. Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, says such changes are merely cosmetic. "It doesn't fool anyone," he said. DE-ICER GOOD FOR FIVE MINUTES: As investigators Tuesday continued probing Sunday's USAir crash at La Guardia Airport, it became clear many were alive after the crash but unable to escape. But a key focus continues to be the possibility of snow or ice buildup on the wings. More than 30 minutes passed between the plane's second de-icing and the start down the runway. The fluid used normally protects for five minutes. TIMBER JOBS COULD BE SAVED: The Bush administration is crafting a plan to save half the 31,000 Pacific Northwest timber-related jobs expected to be lost in efforts to save rare spotted owls, Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., told Congress Tuesday. The plan would stabilize the owl population, not increase it. It does not meet requirements of the Endangered Species Act; Congress would have the final say on plan approval. ACT MAY BRING NO PROSECUTION: Authorities Tuesday said a recent abandonment may bring no prosecution. John Kingery, 84, was abandoned Saturday in a wheelchair at an Idaho race track. He has Alzheimer's. A note said he was John King. He couldn't identify himself or who brought him there. Employees at two Oregon nursing homes identified him after his picture was publicized. Idaho has no adult-abandonment law. GOTTI LAWYER HELD IN CONTEMPT: A defense lawyer at John Gotti's murder and racketeering trial was held in contempt Tuesday after exploding in anger and accusing the judge of treating the defendants unfairly. The courtroom theatrics were triggered by federal judge I. Leo Glasser's ruling that an expert witness could not testify for the defense. Anthony Cardinale faces up to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine. NORTHEAST TO SEE MILD WEATHER: A storm system will feed mild conditions to the Northeast Wednesday, while the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states enjoy partly sunny skies with temperatures hovering in the 50s and 60s. Sunny skies and mild readings are expected for the central and southern Rockies. More sun and mild temperatures will greet the Northwest. Stormy conditions will visit portions of California. DOW JONES OPENS ON DOWNSWING: The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials opens Wednesday at 3260.96, after closing down 11.18 Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange composite opens at 225.89, down 0.50. The American Stock Exchange market value opens at 399.57, down 1.79. The NASDAQ OTC composite opens at 618.68, down 3.15. News Editor: Beth Mann. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM