The option of adjusting the numbers to offset a supposed undercount is rejected. Final decision set for next week. New funds will go to smaller programs, focused on developing a cheaper, more reliable launch system within the decade. Problems such as lost medical records and medical advances not being implemented are cited by the Institute of Medicine. Four Americans are among those freed in the jungle after they were abducted in October.
National briefs Rapper Combs testifies, denies carrying gun.
Forty percent of chickens from model plants were found defective in 2000.