Local speaks at BP inquiry in Texas City
Mont Belvieu resident Gretchen Bruner spoke at a CSB public hearing about the fatal March 23 BP Texas City explosions. She asked why BP would change now after years of safety issues, honoring her father Larry Linsenhardt who died in the blast.
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Gretchen Bruner
Mont Belvieu
Texas City
Bruner
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Larry Linsenhardt
General Electric
CSB
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Mount Belvieu
Sonny Sanders
United Steelworkers Union
Sanders
OSHA
John Bresland
Miers Withdraws as Supreme Court Nominee
Harriet Miers ends her bid for the Supreme Court after three weeks of conservative criticism. She cites White House document demands as the reason, while Senate Republicans and Democrats blame politics and vow to move forward with a replacement quickly.
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Washington
Bush
White House
Harriet Miers
Supreme Court
Senate
Miers
Senate Judiciary Committee
GOP
High Court
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John Warner
R-Va
Dan Coats
Iraq
John Cornyn
Texas Supreme Court
Senate Democrats
Antonin Scalia
Sen
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Sandra Day O’connor
Bill Frist
Arlen Specter
Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania
Edward Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Minnesota Court Bans Store From Subsidy Program
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a grocery store could be barred from a state food aid subsidy after a customer used a $3.19 pack of cigarettes paid with a WIC voucher among seven items. Both store and customer called the transaction a mistake per court documents.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Grand jury subpoenas seek 2002 emails in DeLay probe
A Texas grand jury issued subpoenas for 2002 emails from three indicted DeLay associates John Colyandro Jim Ellis and Warren Ronold as part of an alleged campaign finance scheme inquiry. The panel did not seek DeLay's own emails.
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Austin
Texas
U.S
Tom DeLay
John Colyandro
Jim Ellis
Warren Ronold
DeLay
Detroit and Montgomery honor Rosa Parks with reserved seats
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick placed a black ribbon on the first bus seat as 200 buses will reserve the front seat in tribute to Rosa Parks. In Montgomery the first seat was covered with black fabric and a Parks photo, marking the civil rights legacy as her funeral nears.
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Detroit
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Parks
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Texas draft plan outlines bird flu outbreak response
Texas unveils a plan to handle a possible bird flu outbreak covering quarantines hygiene vaccines and antiviral medicines. Acting state epidemiologist Dr Tom Betz says Texans will face challenges reaching all residents as the state spans large urban areas and sparse rural regions. The plan notes possible school and business closures and limits on certain activities such as shopping.
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Houston
Texas
Tom Betz
Exxon Mobil tops records with $10 billion quarter
Exxon Mobil Corp. posted a near $10 billion third quarter profit and topped $100 billion in quarterly sales, the first public company to reach that mark. Royal Dutch Shell followed with about $9 billion in quarterly profit, drawing calls in Congress for a windfall profits tax from Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer.
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Dallas
Exxon Mobil Corp
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Congress
Chuck Schumer
D-N.y
Clash near Baghdad leaves 15 dead in Shiite Sunni fighting
In the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad a clash between Shiite militiamen and Sunni militants killed 14 Shiite militiamen and a policeman. Police reported 14 others wounded as U.S. forces reported three American soldiers killed in combat.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Muqtada al-Sadr
Nahrawan
Amer al-Husseini
al-Sadr
al-Husseini
Thair Mahmoud
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