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NATIONAL * President Clinton is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress tonight at 9 PM ET. * Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to visit Tennessee today to tour areas affected by tornadoes on Sunday. - Federal Emergency Management Agency director James Lee Witt will accompany Gore. * CNN reports that a new Justice Department investigation into the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 centers on claims by two men who claim to have evidence of a possible conspiracy in the matter. * Attorneys for President Clinton say they have added three Democratic members of the House of Representatives to their impeachment defense team. - related: both Republican and Democratic legislators say it appears that witnesses will be called to appear before the Senate during the impeachment trial of President Clinton. - the trial is scheduled to resume today at 1 PM ET. * Justice Department investigators say the search area for anti-abortion activist James Charles Kopp has been expanded to include Mexico. - Kopp is being sought in connection with the October shooting of a New York abortion provider. * Reports say Pentagon officials will travel to China today for talks aimed at improving efforts to account for more than 8,000 Americans still missing from the Korean War. INTERNATIONAL * The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz cites sources close to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as saying that the Palestinian Authority will delay its declaration of an independent state until December 31. * Reports from Moscow say Russian President Boris Yeltsin's condition is stable. - Yeltsin was hospitalized Sunday for a bleeding ulcer. * Preliminary election results in Grenada indicate that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's New National Party has been re-elected. * About 250 participants from 40 nations are scheduled to attend an international conference today on combating child pornography on the internet. - the conference is being sponsored by the U.N. child welfare agency UNESCO and is taking place in Paris. * The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Agency reports that food shortages in Sierra Leone have become desperate and could reach famine status soon in the capital city of Freetown. * Jordan's King Hussein is scheduled to return to his country today from the U.S., where he has been undergoing cancer treatment. BUSINESS * Market review from yesterday: DJIA: 9340.55 +219.62 Transport: 3148.53 +68.25 Utilities: 306.54 +3.11 Advance & Declines: 2177 852 NYSE Volume: 798.19 Mil NASDAQ: 2348.20 +71.38 S&P 500: 1243.26 +31.07 Value Line: 437.93 +7.77 30 Yr Tsy Yld: 51.10 +0.50 * Economic officials in Brazil yesterday raised key interest rates in an attempt to strengthen the nation's financial standing before global markets opened today. * Reports say Ameritech Corp. is seeking a buyer for its Chicago- area wireless communications business. - the business is expected to sell for about $2.5 billion. * AtHome Corp. is reportedly in final talks to purchase internet search and directory company Excite Inc. * World currency vs. US$: + European Monetary Union Euro 1.1591 + Australia Dollar 0.6340 Austria Schilling 11.8715 Belgium Franc 34.8028 Brazil Real 1.4800 Canada Dollar 1.5290 China, P.R. Yuan 8.2790 Denmark Krone 6.4220 Finland Markka 5.1296 France Franc 5.6592 Germany Mark 1.6874 Greece Drachma 279.3000 Hong Kong Dollar 7.7485 India Rupee 42.5000 + Ireland Pound 1.4718 Italy Lira 1670.4900 Japan Yen 114.1900 Malaysia Ringgit 3.8000 Mexico Peso 10.2900 Netherlands Guilder 1.9012 + New Zealand Dollar 0.5405 Norway Krone 7.4850 Portugal Escudo 172.9600 Singapore Dollar 1.6800 South Africa Rand 6.0800 South Korea Won 1185.0000 Spain Peseta 143.5500 Sri Lanka Rupee 68.5500 Sweden Krona 7.8740 Switzerland Franc 1.3785 Taiwan N.T. Dollar 32.2600 Thailand Baht 36.5500 + United Kingdom Pound 1.6500 Venezuela Bolivar 570.7100 * Buying rates are quoted in foreign currency unit per U.S. dollar unless denoted by an "+". Rates denoted by a "+" are quoted in U.S. dollar per foreign currency unit. ENTERTAINMENT * Country singer Tricia Yearwood is the latest artist to be invited to join the cast of the Grand Ole Opry. - Yearwood will be the Opry's 71st current member. * Reports say Dreamworks will re-release "Saving Private Ryan" nationwide on February 5. SPORTS * Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio was released from a Florida hospital yesterday. - DiMaggio was admitted to the hospital in October to undergo removal of a lung tumor. * NBA: The Associated Press cites NBA sources as saying that the Chicago Bulls will trade Scottie Pippen to the Houston Rockets after the player lockout ends. - the Bulls will receive forward Roy Rogers and a second-round draft pick in exchange for Pippen. - the NBA lockout is expected to end either tonight or tomorrow morning. SPORTS SCORES * National Hockey League Canucks (5) vs. Stars (3) Capitals (4) vs. Canadiens (4) Devils (1) vs. Sharks (3) Flyers (5) vs. Senators (0) Maple Leafs (2) vs. Hurricanes (4) Penguins (3) vs. Ducks (5) Predators (1) vs. Bruins (8) Sabres (4) vs. Panthers (0) ____________________________________________________________________ This service is a product of Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.incinc.net 576 Maxfield Road, Keswick, VA, 22947 To subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To make comments or suggestions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For information on advertising: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or access your membership settings at: http://gs4.revnet.com/GMG/ctrlpanel/0/55 Intelligent Network Concepts provides the Daily Brief to subscribers without warranty of any kind and accepts no responsibility for its accuracy or for any consequences of its use. (c) 1999 Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc. 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