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A federal appeals court rejected a request by former White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky that the government pay her attorney in the criminal investigation of President Clinton, who initially denied having a sexual relationship with her. A three-judge panel said Lewinsky failed to show that the perjury and obstruction probe of Clinton would not have occurred except for the now-expired Ethics in Government Act. The court did not say how...

Former White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky, whose sexual relationship with President Clinton led to his impeachment, has graduated from the London School of Economics, her publicist said in New York. Lewinsky, who was 21 when she became involved with Clinton, is interviewing for jobs in Britain, publicist Barbara Hutson said. Lewinsky received her master of science degree in social psychology.

Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., who became a media star as O.J. Simpson's defense lawyer, said Sunday he was approached as a possible attorney for Monica S. Lewinsky but "indicated quickly" he wasn't interested. On ABC's "This Week," Cochran said someone outside Lewinsky's family telephoned to ask whether he would be interested in representing the former White House intern, whose alleged affair with President Clinton is the subject of a grand jury investigation.

A new line of Chinese condoms is attracting headlines, legal scrutiny and more than its share of bad jokes. The products' names: "Clinton" and "Lewinsky." The condoms are sold in boxes of 12, with one product named after former President Clinton priced at $3.70 and the other after former White House intern Monica Lewinsky at $2.25. Guangzhou Haojian Bioscience Co. said it registered both trademarks and priced the brands differently to reflect the higher quality of the Clinton line.

President Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky was "basically like foreplay," but "nothing was ever taken to completion," a new player in the inquiry told Newsweek. Dale Young, 47, a businesswoman from Scarsdale, N.Y., said Lewinsky told her details in 1996 about her alleged relationship with the president, according to Newsweek's latest edition. Young testified last week in the probe conducted by independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr.

Monica S. Lewinsky denies that she kept a navy dress with a stain of the president's semen as a souvenir. But it was never laundered, she says, because she has her clothes cleaned just before she wears them--and she never wore that garment again. Lewinsky's description of her navy work dress--"it's not a cocktail dress"--was among grand jury materials released Monday by the House Judiciary Committee. Lewinsky testified that the telltale stain occurred during an encounter on Feb.

Prosecutors have summoned Monica S. Lewinsky to provide them with fingerprints, samples of hair and a recording of her voice--and the former White House intern will comply, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. According to people familiar with the investigation, Lewinsky is scheduled to provide the new evidence this morning to representatives of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr at the federal building in West Los Angeles.

On the day after Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection, Monica S. Lewinsky put on the black beret she knew he liked and joined a crowd of well-wishers on the South Lawn of the White House to give him a triumphant welcome home. For most Americans, it was the first image they have of her, a bubbly moon-eyed supporter giving Clinton a hug in the by-now familiar TV film clip.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, Monica S. Lewinsky has emerged from under layers of veils, the mysterious young woman at the center of a yearlong national spectacle. On Saturday, using videotape of her deposition, lawyers on both sides of the impeachment divide drew away yet another veil. But what they revealed was perhaps no more telling than the disembodied voice, the naughty e-mails or the flirtatious smile in endless video loops seen before now.

A timeline of President Clinton's comments and testimony about Monica S. Lewinsky and allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice that led to the Senate impeachment trial. * Jan. 17, 1998 Paula Corbin Jones deposition: Q: "Did you have an extramarital sexual affair with Ms. Lewinsky?" Clinton: "No." Q: "If she told someone that she had a sexual affair with you beginning in November of 1995, would that be a lie?" Clinton: "It's certainly not the truth. It would not be the truth."

A federal appeals court rejected a request by former White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky that the government pay her attorney in the criminal investigation of President Clinton, who initially denied having a sexual relationship with her. A three-judge panel said Lewinsky failed to show that the perjury and obstruction probe of Clinton would not have occurred except for the now-expired Ethics in Government Act. The court did not say how...

Former President Bill Clinton has a regular TV gig on "60 Minutes." Now Monica Lewinsky has a prime-time spot too. Fox announced Wednesday that it had signed the former White House intern, whose affair with Clinton led to impeachment proceedings against the chief executive, to be the host of "Mr. Personality," a staged, unscripted prime-time series. The show, premiering April 21, has a familiar core of one woman deciding which of a group of men she likes best.

Monica Lewinsky, the world's most infamous intern, approached HBO last year with what she thought would be an enticing offer: a tell-all special that would begin the process of clearing her name once the restrictions on her immunity deal with former independent counsel Kenneth Starr expired Jan.22. At first, the cable network's executive vice president of original programming, Sheila Nevins, thought the country had already heard more than it wanted.

Shaken but unbroken, Los Angeles lawyer Charles G. Bakaly III--the only man prosecuted in the criminal courts for his role in the Monica S. Lewinsky affair--returned to Washington last week intent on resuming his career. The chief spokesman for independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, Bakaly was accused of lying to a judge about leaking information in the investigation that led to former President Clinton's impeachment.

Monica Lewinsky. Put that name in the Google search engine and you get 137,000 hits, even three years after she suddenly became a public figure because of her relationship with President Clinton. The Internet played a major role in her unwanted fame, providing a conduit for a steady stream of news, accusations, rumors and jokes. Now, Lewinsky is hoping to turn the tables and use the Internet to her own advantage. She and a group of investors have a Web site, at http://www.therealmonica.

Kenneth W. Starr, whose six-year investigation of former President Clinton ranged from Whitewater to Monica S. Lewinsky, said Sunday that the deal sealed by Clinton last week was a fitting end to an "unfortunate era." The last-minute agreement between Clinton and Starr's successor as independent counsel, Robert W.

She has, in some quarters, been reviled as a tramp, denounced as a liar and scorned as a delusional brat. But on the eve of her deposition in the Senate's trial of the president, politicians on both sides of the aisle are talking about Monica S. Lewinsky as if she were a damsel in distress and they were her knights in shining armor. As the Senate trial grinds toward its final stage, both Democrats and Republicans are courting the young woman with the flirtatious grin and the colorful past.

When Monica S. Lewinsky takes a dip in the Watergate pool, workers in the adjacent office complex go to the windows to watch. It seems many locals can't get enough of the former White House intern--whether it's seeing her in a purple one-piece or following the legal arguments surrounding the case in which she is ensnarled. But one Washingtonian claims to be trying to ignore it all--at least for now. Attorney David P.

The deal between Bill Clinton and the office of his old nemesis, Kenneth W. Starr, developed quickly and even civilly--chiefly in the last three to four weeks--because both sides saw it as beneficial. Independent counsel Robert W. Ray, Starr's successor, had seemed hellbent on getting an indictment of Clinton soon after the president left office, so much so that he insisted on putting Monica S. Lewinsky through the rigors of another secret interrogation in his office on Dec. 8.

Here is the text of a statement by independent counsel Robert W. Ray explaining his decision announced Friday to drop his investigation of President Clinton over the Monica S. Lewinsky affair: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Fifteen months ago, I promised the American people that I would complete this investigation promptly and responsibly. Today, I fulfill that promise. President Clinton has acknowledged responsibility for his actions.