Ford resumes pneumonia treatment at Eisenhower Medical Center
Former President Gerald Ford, age 92, remains hospitalized in Rancho Mirage California as doctors continue pneumonia therapy. Penny Circle, Ford's chief of staff, says his condition is improving and daily discharge decisions are to be made, following a previous mid December admission for a severe cold. Betty Ford stands by him at their desert home, about 117 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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Washington portrait sets world record auction price
Christie's in New York sold Charles Willson Peale's George Washington at Princeton 1779 portrait for 21.3 million dollars, the highest price for an American portrait. The painting led a collection from Natalie Knowlton Blair sold for 32.3 million, an Americana record.
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Knowlton Blair
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Union membership holds at 12.5 percent in 2005
The Labor Department reports 12.5 percent union membership in 2005, with 15.7 million workers involved. Blacks lead in unionization, public sector workers far more likely to be members, and full timers in unions earn a median of 801 dollars weekly versus 622 dollars for nonmembers.
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Teamsters
James P. Hoffa
Afl-Cio
John Sweeney
Sweeney
Two West Virginia Miners Die in Alma No 1 Mine Fire
Rescuers found the bodies of two miners trapped after a conveyor belt fire at Aracama Coal’s Alma No 1 mine in Melville. The deaths raise WV’s on the job toll to 14 in under a month as crews battled the blaze for more than 40 hours. Governor Manchin and Senator Rockefeller briefed families before Massey Energy's Don Blankenship.
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Jay Rockefeller
Don Blankenship
Aracama
Massey Energy
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Mad cow clouds hopes for beef sales in Asia
U S officials fight to save Japan as bone in beef shipment triggers halt. Agriculture Secretary Johanns orders extra inspections and unannounced checks while ports hold meat and markets weigh renewed bans. Atlantic Veal & Lamb barred. industry calls it a technical violation not a safety issue.
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Tokyo
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United States
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National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Atlantic Veal & Lamb
Evacuees seek affordable housing schools and levees for Katrina rebuild
Katrina evacuees told FEMA and the Louisiana Recovery Authority at forums across the South that affordable housing better schools and stronger levees are priorities as South Louisiana plans its long term rebuild. Some fear areas like New Orleans Lower 9th Ward may not be restored.
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Hostage crisis in Nigeria threats to kill others if captain dies
An American ship captain Patrick Landry is missing in Nigeria amid a kidnapping. Militant Brutus Ebipadei warns that three other hostages from Britain Bulgaria and Honduras would be killed if Landry dies. Landry's son notes long untreated health issues.
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Morales seeks blessing before inauguration in Tiwanaku temple
Bolivia's president elect Evo Morales, wearing a bright red tunic, pledged to end the colonial state and neoliberal model during a spiritual ceremony at Tiwanaku on the eve of his inauguration. He praised indigenous unity and called his landslide win a global victory for poor nations.
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Bolivia
Evo Morales
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