Guardsmen and troopers search for missing Dru Sjodin
North Dakota Guardsmen and state troopers map their route as they scour a wide area in two states for Dru Sjodin, a University of North Dakota student. Officials say the massive search is in its final days and will cover about 800 square miles with limited future wide-scale efforts after the weekend.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
N.D
University of North Dakota
Dru Sjodin
Mike Fender
Grand Forks County
Pataki vetoes disability bill for emergency workers
New York Governor George Pataki vetoed a bill to increase retirement benefits for thousands of emergency workers who responded to the September 11 attacks. He said the plan was too costly, with estimates ranging up to 260 million dollars annually for city and state.
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New York
George Pataki
World Trade Center
Pataki
Wen Jiabao Seeks Win Win Ties with Mexico in PEMEX Visit
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reassured Mexican cadets that China and Mexico are partners not rivals as he spoke before Mexico's Senate during a Mexico City trip. He urged mechanisms to keep mutual growth on a win win track and avoid economic rivalry with PEMEX chief Felipe Calderon present.
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Felipe Calderon
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mexico
PEMEX
Mexico City
Jiabao
China
Wen
FBI adopts shared approach to terrorism investigations
FBI field offices nationwide now operate under updated guidelines that allow criminal and intelligence agents to work together and share information on terrorism cases. The rollout, completed over the summer with a directive issued in October, enables side by side staffing and increases surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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Albany
N.Y
Albuquerque
N.M
FBI
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Supreme Court
Scientists warn of worldwide flu outbreak
The piece reports experts from Mayo Clinic and Vanderbilt warn a flu pandemic is likely someday, with 1 to 2.3 million hospitalizations and 280 000 to 650 000 deaths in industrialized nations, while vaccines may not prevent or rapidly respond to a new strain.
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New York
Greg Poland
Mayo Clinic
William Schaffner
Vanderbilt University
Schaffner
World Health Organization
United States
Poland
Iraqi physicist uncovers Manhattan Project data in attic find
Iraqi scientist Imad Khadduri recalls discovering dust coated boxes of U S Manhattan Project books and reports in a Baghdad library attic. He details how 164 calutron patents emerged in his 1987 effort with WIPO help and Iraqi students gathering material for Iraq's bomb program research.
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U.S
America
Khadduri
Iraq
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United Nations
Peter R. Lavoy
U.N
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Israel
India
Pakistan
Soviet Union
China
Homeland
Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission
Tuwaitha
Baghdad
Manhattan
Toronto
World Intellectual Property Organization
Geneva
WIPO
Rutgers to award Gregory Hines honorary degree in May 2004
Rutgers University will honor Gregory Hines with an honorary degree in May 2004. The renowned tap dancer, who died of cancer in August at 87, founded the Gregory Hines Dance Power Endowed Scholarship and starred on Broadway and in films such as White Nights and Running Scared. Also receiving honors are Puerto Rico Governor Lila Calderon and NBA Commissioner David Stern.
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Gregory Hines
Rutgers University
Hines
Will & Grace
Rutgers
Puerto Rico
Lila Calderon
NBA
David Stern
Todd Hewitt
Hewitt
Sarah Fuller
Wayne Brady
Soroptimist International
Lake Arrowhead
Peter Jennings to Receive Edward R. Murrow Award
Peter Jennings of ABC News will receive the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting from Washington State University. He will visit the Pullman campus on April 14 to accept the honor. Other winners include Daniel Schorr Bernard Shaw Ted Turner and Keith Jackson.
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Pullman
Wash
Peter Jennings
ABC
Edward R. Murrow
Washington State University
Jennings
Murrow
Alexis Tan
Murrow School of Communication
Daniel Schorr
Bernard Shaw
Ted Turner
Keith Jackson
ABC News
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Indiana Geological Survey
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