Did you check Bikepedia? I am pretty sure that has to be much later than late '90s so it should be there. I agree it looks cannondalish but those welds look like a bad chaulking job.
AH HA!! I bet it is a Nashbar touring frame in Cdale livery,
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...39_-1___202337
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