Environmentalists, antinuclear activists, and many Nevada politicians will fight a Yucca site. They say groundwater movement, earthquakes, or volcanoes could someday release the dangerous wastes. Most arrestees are fingerprinted and photographed, but New York Police Commissioner Howard Safir believes crimes would be easier to solve if his city joins Louisiana by forcing suspects to give up DNA samples as well. The idea is raising hackles among civil libertarians, who worry that it might usher in a high-tech Orwellian police state with official files of personal genetic data. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani wants to go even further and collect genes from newborns in local hospitals to help track down missing children.
Opponents are likely to challenge the DNA sampling plans in court.
Federal Open Market Committee reviews interest rates, but no change is likely. The euro becomes the common currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.