Technology ineffectual in border tunnel discovery
U S government efforts to locate drug smuggling tunnels with ground penetrating radar largely fail as officials rely on human intelligence. The longest tunnel found last week measured 2400 feet deep up to 90 feet, with Carlos Cardenas Calvillo arrested on conspiracy to import over a ton of marijuana.
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U.S
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Lauren Mack
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Kraft Foods to Slash 8000 Jobs in Restructuring Drive
Kraft Foods Inc. plans 8,000 job cuts and up to 20 plant closures as part of a broad restructuring. The move aims to save $700 million annually, adding to $450 million targeted since January 2004, with total restructuring costs pegged at $3.7 billion. The company also plans a 10 percent reduction in its brand portfolio.
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Chicago
Kraft Foods Inc
Kraft
Northfield
Broadmeadows
Victoria
Australia
Hoover
Ala
Poor planning hampered Katrina aid response
FEMA official William Lokey testified that poor planning and communication hampered the relief effort after Hurricane Katrina. He said Interior Department offers of boats planes trucks and personnel were not heard or used, indicating a lack of preplanning and coordination at the federal level.
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FEMA
William Lokey
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Interior Department
Lokey
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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Susan Collins
Maine
Alito heads toward confirmation in 72 25 vote
The Senate ended debate on Samuel Alito 72 to 25 and set a Tuesday confirmation vote to replace Justice Sandra Day O Connor. At least 57 votes are pledged for confirmation with 53 Republicans and four Democrats supporting.
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Samuel Alito
Supreme Court
Alito
Sandra Day O’connor
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
John Kerry
U.S
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O’connor
Byron Dorgan
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GOP
Olympia Snowe
Maine
Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
Chafee
Bush
State of the Union
Mitch McConnell
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Gang of 14
Byrd
Tim Johnson
South Dakota
Kent Conrad
North Dakota
Ben Nelson
Nebraska
Jury Selected for Enron Fraud Trial in Houston
A 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen in Houston federal court for the Enron case against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Judge Sim Lake warned jurors to avoid media coverage while opening statements were set for Tuesday. The trial follows Enron’s 2001 collapse amid massive corporate scandals.
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Enron Corp
Kenneth Lay
Jeffrey Skilling
Houston Federal Court
U.S
Sim Lake
Enron
Americans’ savings rate hits negative for first time since Great Depression
Commerce Department data show the personal savings rate at minus 0.5 percent last year as Americans spend all after tax income and dip into savings or borrow. Analysts warn risky behavior amid 78 million baby boomers nearing retirement and rising home wealth.
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Washington, D.C
Commerce Department
U S Journalist Jill Carroll Appears in New Al Jazeera Video
The video dated Saturday shows Carroll crying and wearing a veil calling for the release of all Iraqi women prisoners. She was seized Jan 7 by the Revenge Brigades and held as U S troops freed several women prisoners.
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Iraq
U.S
Jill Carroll
Al-Jazeera
Carroll
Christian Science Monitor
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