February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the seventh time in a year Wednesday, sparking debate over whether the move will do more harm than good.

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Resentment over the federal wolf transplant project boiled up in the Idaho House on Wednesday as legislators rejected a state wolf management plan. Unless the state Legislature comes up with …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Gov. Mike Lowry invented “savings” in his proposed budget by counting phantom state employees as layoffs, Senate Republicans charge. “He’s just making this stuff up,” said Sen. James West, R-Spokane. …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Jungblom

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The Coeur d’Alene Tribe won approval to run the biggest lottery in American history.

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 A radio station will continue using a condom commercial featuring the sounds of a couple having sex even though two other advertisers are withholding their business in protest. Meriter Hospital …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 No Art

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Preschoolers and older minority women are at increasing risk of being killed in an America where murder rates hover near record levels, according to a new private analysis. Minority teenagers …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A sister and brother shot three weeks ago by their despondent mother were whisked from Orlando by ambulance and airplane Wednesday for rehabilitation at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Security guards …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 South Carolina legislators took a roundabout vote Wednesday in support of the Confederate battle flag, then quickly backed away from the issue. The flag’s supporters in the House sought to …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A longtime friend of O.J. Simpson, exclaiming “I still love the guy” from the witness stand, testified Wednesday that the night after Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered the defendant confided …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A constitutional amendment slapping term limits on lawmakers cleared its first congressional hurdle Wednesday in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. Approved on a 5-3 party-line vote, the Republican-backed proposal generally would …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 House Republicans took a big step forward on their “Contract With America” agenda Wednesday, pushing through a bill restricting the federal government’s ability to impose unfunded mandates on the states. …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Dr. Henry Foster Jr., a medical school leader known for fighting teenage pregnancy in Tennessee, is President Clinton’s choice for surgeon general, officials said Wednesday. Foster, 61, former acting president …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Mexico City newspapers announce the U.S. aid package. Photo by Associated Press

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 As Congress considers turning the food stamps program over to the states to run, federal investigators testified Wednesday that waste and fraud cost taxpayers about $3 billion annually, or more …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The blastoff of the space shuttle Discovery on a mission to rendezvous with a Russian space station was delayed Wednesday for at least a day, from early today to early …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A victim of the war in Chechnya. Photo by Associated Press

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 After an exhaustive probe into the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Scotland, investigators have concluded there is still a case against two Libyans, Britain said Wednesday. Responding …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Prime Minister John Major, facing a Protestant rebellion that threatens to torpedo the Northern Ireland peace process and his own government, appealed to the province’s people Wednesday for time and …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Serbs opened a key road into Sarajevo to international charities Wednesday. But the route was kept closed to everyone else in the Bosnian capital, cut off from the outside world …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Russia charged the leader of the breakaway region of Chechnya with treason Wednesday as Russian troops intensified their assault on its capital, Grozny, and small towns in the countryside. The …

February 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali kicked off celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations on Wednesday, calling for a year of “reflection and renewal.” Ending its first half-century, the world …