December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A prehistoric bone yard entombed for eons by the rocky red sands of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has yielded one of the great finds in paleontology: a nesting dinosaur fossilized in …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Have you ever wanted something so much that you could taste it - and the closer you came to attaining it, the sweeter the taste became? Anticipation tingles.

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane County Commissioner Steve Hasson wants “high-and-mighty” District Court judges to stop discounting tickets for traffic and parking violations. The county should not give up any money, he said, while …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Rejecting a compromise put forth by President Clinton, the Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ask the courts to enforce a subpoena for White House documents that investigators believe …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Handing senior citizens a bitter pill, U.S. Sens. Larry Craig and Dirk Kempthorne voted to protect an important stomach drug from competition from generic manufacturers, advocates for the elderly say. …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Wednesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 563. Wednesday’s winning Washington Lotto numbers: 1-4-13-21-39-42. No winner, next jackpot $4 million. Wednesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 8-11-15-16- 18-22-24-26-29-35-39-40-50-55-59-60-63-66-70-76. Wednesday’s winning Quinto numbers: …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A 1,000-acre conference site in rural Maryland will serve as the location for Israeli-Syrian talks next week, Secretary of State Warren Christopher said Wednesday. Delegations from the two countries will …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A soldier with the U.S. Army military police patrols along the fog-shrouded Sava River on the border between Bosnia and Croatia. The army plans to build a bridge in this …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 As Shutdown II drags on, some taxpayers are asking: Why should federal workers be paid for not working? They were paid the last time around. President Clinton and Senate Majority …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 President Clinton on Wednesday heatedly rejected critics’ efforts to equate the Whitewater controversy with the Watergate scandal that destroyed Richard M. Nixon’s presidency and he declared that $25 million worth …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A plane that crashed in remote southern Angola, killing at least 136 people, had been chartered by UNITA rebels to relocate refugees after the country’s 20-year civil war, UNITA said …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Roman Catholic parents have a duty to pull their children from sex education programs that promote condoms to avoid pregnancy or AIDS, a Vatican document urged Wednesday. The 60-page text …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A jumbo jet bound for Florida with 467 people aboard skidded off a runway at Kennedy Airport and smashed into a concrete tower when the pilot aborted takeoff during a …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A lanky, 6-foot man was kidnapped and held for ransom in a suitcase for four days before he talked his captors into letting him out, police said Wednesday. Jason Stanley, …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Charles and Diana were married in 1981. File/ Associated Press

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Negotiators reached agreement Wednesday on the final provision in a wide-ranging telecommunications bill - increasing the number of radio and TV stations a company can own, but preserving many other …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 In a stinging rebuke to President Clinton, the House voted Wednesday to override his veto of a bill limiting security-fraud lawsuits. It was the first override of Clinton’s presidency, still …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 A massive bill to overhaul welfare advanced Wednesday after negotiators agreed to an experimental change in the federal school lunch program instead of abolishing it altogether. The sweeping measure would …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 You’ve heard it before, but experts say more people need to listen: 30 minutes a day of moderately vigorous exercise can prevent heart attacks for millions of Americans who have …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 A 7-year-old girl who underwent surgery to allow her to smile will be home for Christmas. Chelsey Thomas, her face slightly swollen after Friday’s 11-hour surgery, was expected to be …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 A medicine approved last month to treat AIDS also shows promise against hepatitis B. The drug, 3TC, suppresses the hepatitis B virus in people with chronic infections, stopping its damage …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 An international team of scientists has identified a second major breastcancer gene that makes some women highly likely to get the disease. In families with a strong history of breast …

December 21, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 An American Airlines plane from Miami carrying about 150 people crashed Wednesday night as it was making its final descent toward the Cali airport in southwestern Colombia, radio reports said. …