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aimed at seeking a wage deal for 3.2 million public sector union employees appear to have reached a consensus. The talks were complicated by government plans to cut spending and welfare benefits to try to qualify Germany to join the single European currency.

cutting prices by an average of 20-percent. To offset the price cuts, the cereal maker plans to greatly reduce the number of coupons it prints... Some analysts speculate that this could result in a cereal price-war.

to balance the budget is unlikely, after two weeks of debate. Initially it was thought that this amendment would be a shoo-in with Republicans, but increasingly members of the GOP have voiced their doubts... especially concerning the amendment's possible impact on social security.

of a freighter into a riverside shopping complex in New Orleans. Ted Davisson, the river pilot aboard the freighter, spoke to members of the NTSB and the Coast Guard about what happened before and during the accident.

takes up the Ethics Committee's recommendations to reprimand Speaker Gingrich and require him to pay a 300,000 dollar fine for violating House rules. If the House approves those recommendations, as expected, Congressman Gingrich will be allowed to continue as Speaker.

State of the Union address. Last night, members of both parties applauded what President Clinton called "unfinished business"...a balanced budget, campaign finance reform and finding jobs for Welfare recipients.

>Journal of the American Medical Association which shows the rate of heart disease deaths has been slowly declining for 30 years. That may have more to do with better medical treatments than with healthier lifestyles.

in the contest over which party will control the next U.S. Congress. Democrats are targeting four of the seven House seats currently held by Republicans. And the incumbents in at least three of them are considered vulnerable.

Turkey's government and Kurdish separatists. The 12-year-old war has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced millions. The European community is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in aid because of Turkey's human rights abuses.

two years after a U-S-led multi-national force restored democratic government to the island nation. There has been some political violence in Port-au-Prince, but much less than before the intervention.