New colorized $50 bill debuts to thwart counterfeiters
The Treasury unveils a redesigned $50 note with subtle red blue and yellow background colors while keeping Grant on the front and the Capitol on the back. Borders around Grant and the Capitol are removed. Treasury Secretary John Snow says the design enhances security and recognizability. The preceding $20 note first received color treatment last fall. See MONEY, Page 10A
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Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Capitol
Grant
U.S
Treasury
John Snow
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
Capitol
Medicare drug card program to begin
Enrollment starts May 3 for a Medicare drug discount card offering $600 in government aid to buy prescriptions. For low income beneficiaries the choice is easy and free with $600 for this year and another $600 in 2005, but selecting the right card remains confusing for many.
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Medicare
Bush Administration
Limehouse fever grips Aiken as Derby day nears
Dogwood Stable's Limehouse readies for the 130th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with local fans in Aiken rallying behind the horse. Hats pins and homemade buttons spread support as Dogwood staff plans to attend in Kentucky.
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Limehouse
Bowery
Dogwood Stable
the Roses
Aiken
Mary Jane Howell
Dogwood
Wood
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Kentucky
Howell
Daniels guilty of 2001 murder
Mitchell C. Daniels pleaded guilty to the April 28 2001 shooting death of Susie Summers Bookman at her Oak Ridge Club Road home. Judge James Williams sentenced Daniels 38 to 35 years in prison. The incident followed a heated argument witnessed by a repairman and Daniels’ family.
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James Williams
Susie Summers Bookman
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Bookman
Mitchell C. Daniels
Oak Ridge Club Road
Daniels
Williams
Benjamin Moore
Melvin Shultz
Moore
Justices rebuke prayers case reasons in VMI dispute
Conservative Justices Scalia and Rehnquist criticize liberal members for ducking a church state fight over meal time prayers at the Virginia Military Institute. The dispute centers on whether the court should rule on whether its ban on school sponsored prayer applies to college students. Stevens notes procedural problems while Ginsburg and Breyer back him. The lower court ruling stands against nightly prayers.
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Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Virginia Military Institute
VMI
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Stevens
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