Students learn environmental law in unique DC course
In Washington, 17 year old Kevin Roberson leads a mock trial defending an accused employer, part of a four month course on environmental law taught by Justice Department lawyers to Anacostia high school students. The program, begun in 1995, draws about 30 volunteer attorneys and 10 to 20 students per session, with trips to study the Anacostia River and hands on activities shaping future environmental lawyers.
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Washington
Kevin Roberson
Justice Department
Anacostia
Tom Sansonetti
David Johnson
Roberson
Sansonetti
Clinton
Lois Schiffer
Dick Lahn
Tamara Rountree
Chuck Garland
Lahn
Kkids
Jennifer Whitfield
Anacostia River
U.S
Fred Jackson
Mockiny
Jom l
Joshua Bell
Jerome Robertson
Dominique Hammond
Melvin Jackson
Anacostia High School
Department
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Governors Island Returned to New York State for $1
The federal government transfers Governors Island in New York Harbor to New York state for one dollar after over two centuries under federal control. Governor Pataki and President Bush finalize the deal at the White House, with plans to use the island for teacher training, recreation, and cultural purposes, and to open Revolutionary War forts to tourists.
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Washington
Governors Island
New York Harbor
New York State
George Pataki
Bush
White House
Manhattan
Pataki
New York
Aiken Business Services Expands E-Filing and RAL Services
Aiken Business Services reports enhancements to the government E-filing programs and announces continued offering of Refund Anticipation Loans known as RALs.
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Aiken Business Services, Inc
Aiken Business Services
Augusta Road
Warrenville
President urges 1.5 billion in famine relief funding
President Bush proposed a total of 1.5 billion for famine relief worldwide with 1.2 billion in emergency aid in the 2004 budget request. Congress has not yet approved the final figures, and previous years ranged from 854 million in 2002 to planned increases including a 300 million package for new funds. Bush emphasized aid to Africa and other regions, linking hunger relief to disease fighting efforts.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
Congress
White House
Africa
State of the Union
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Buck Parker
Earthjustice
National Park Service
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Secretary of the Interior
Gale Norton
Aiken
Lynn Wyman
Richland Ave
Ine’s Day Tv
Alentine
Worist
Aiken Technical College
One Stop Carer Center
Workforce Investment Act
WIA
ATC
Ashley J. Little
Kay K. Mortimer
CPP
Bryant
Langley
Ms. Mortimer
The
American Payroll Institute
Tax Tax Service
Visa
MasterCard
American Express
Discover
Bryant's
Old Depot Street
Jesus
St. Thaddeus Church
Pendleton St. S.W
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