SBA debt default rises as 11 attacks loaned billions
The SBA faces a growing loan default problem from its 11 September disaster program. About 245 million of the 1.2 billion in direct 11 loan aid to more than 10 000 companies is in default, signaling widespread payment failures and recovery challenges for taxpayer money.
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Supreme Court blocks government suit against tobacco firms
The Supreme Court refused to let the government pursue tobacco companies for 280 billion dollars under RICO for misleading on smoking dangers. A federal judge presided a nine month trial and has not yet ruled on guilt. In a separate case Serono Laboratories agreed to pay 704 million dollars and plead guilty to federal conspiracy tied to boosting Serostim sales with doctor kickbacks.
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Iraqi election panel to audit referendum results
Iraq's election commission announced an audit of unusually high yes vote totals in about a dozen provinces during the constitution referendum. Sunni leaders alleged fraud as U.S. forces reported civilian deaths in western villages, while the commission cautioned results may not be final.
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FBI reports murder rate at 40 year low in 2004
The FBI notes 2004 saw the murder rate fall to the lowest in 40 years with seven major crimes down and the violent crime rate at a 30 year low. Chicago and Washington, D.C. drove much of the drop while St. Louis rose, and experts caution against expecting a nationwide trend like the 1990s.
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St. Louis
James Alan Fox
Supreme Court Orders Missouri to Allow Abortion Transport
The Supreme Court unanimously refused to intervene, ordering Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate four months along to an abortion clinic. Governor Blunt criticized the ruling as an overreach while the case highlights ongoing abortion rights debates amid Harriet Miers hearings.
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U.S
Dean Whipple
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WHO warns of bird flu spread and Asia mutation risk
The World Health Organization cautions that bird flu will spread to more countries while the main threat of a human killer strain remains highest in Asia due to ongoing virus circulation and animal-human mixing.
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Somali war crimes suspect arrested in Sweden at Horn of Africa conference
Somali former interior minister Abdi Hassan Awale was arrested in Stockholm on war crimes suspicion while attending a Horn of Africa development conference. Swedish Somalis identified him and alerted police, organizers said.
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Gillian Nilsson
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