VA officials face conflicts in large bonus payouts
Nearly two dozen Veterans Affairs Department officials who received hefty performance bonuses last year also sat on boards approving the payments. Documents obtained by The Associated Press raise questions of conflicts of interest as 21 of 32 board members got more than half a million dollars themselves while a budget shortfall worsened veterans’ health funding.
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Veterans Affairs Department
Associated Press
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Day care shut down after hiding infants
In Lafayette Tennessee an unannounced state inspection led to the closure of Payettes Group Day Care Home after a worker left eight children with one adult. Three infants under two were placed in play pens with blankets over top and the door closed. The inspector arrived to crying infants.
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Department of Human Services
Michelle Mowery Johnson
Cities unite to push local climate action at C40 summit
Mayors from Seoul Sao Paulo Albuquerque and Addis Ababa convened with Bloomberg and Clinton in New York for the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. They urged rapid local solutions beyond national governments to curb global warming and protect the environment.
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Falwell dies at 73 in Virginia pastor who built Moral Majority
Rev Jerry Falwell died at 73 in his Liberty University office after a heart condition. The televangelist founded Moral Majority in 1979, fueling Christian conservative politics and aiding Reagan’s rise. tributes called him a tower of strength while critics cited anti gay and anti AIDS campaigns.
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Rice and Putin agree to tone down Russias tough talk
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Vladimir Putin press for improved ties amid differences on missile defense and Kosovo. Rice says no veto on U S plans for a European missile shield while opposing concessions. Lavrov warns against Cold War talk and stresses cooperation in war on terror and nonproliferation. Rice travels to Moscow ahead of G 8 summit talks with Bush scheduled.
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Condoleezza Rice
Vladimir Putin
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U.S
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United States
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Bush
Germany
Novo-Ogaryovo
Inflation cools modestly as gasoline spikes press on
April consumer prices rose 0.4 percent while core inflation edged up 0.2 percent, the third month at or below that level. Analysts said core inflation remains moderating, fueling hopes of earlier Fed rate cuts amid housing market weakness and rising mortgage foreclosures.
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Search intensifies in Iraq for missing soldiers
In Iraq, U.S. forces drop leaflets and widen the hunt for three soldiers feared captured after a pre-dawn ambush that killed four Americans and an Iraqi. Maj. Kenny Mintz says captors lack freedom of movement and troops are diligently probing suspected areas.
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U.S
al-Qaida
Iraq
Maj
Kenny Mintz
San Diego
Hamas ambush leaves Fatah police dead in Gaza
In Gaza, eight policemen from President Abbas's Fatah loyalists were killed when their jeep, aiding embattled comrades, was ambushed by Hamas. The vehicle overturned after veering off the road, and militants fired on the trapped officers in a brutal, execution-style attack. A nearby factory worker named Jamil witnessed the scene, intensifying fears of a split in the unity government.
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Jamil
Palestinian Unity
Brazilian rancher found guilty of murder in nun case
A Belem Brazil jury convicted Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura of ordering the 2005 slaying of American nun Dorothy Stang, a rainforest defender. He received the maximum 30 year sentence as relatives expressed relief and the judge called the act violent and cowardly. Stang’s brother David attended the trial and said justice was done.
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Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura
Dorothy Stang
Raymond Moises Alves Flexa
Stang
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