Bush orders investigations to curb high gas prices
President Bush announced measures to combat rising fuel costs amid record gas prices. He proposed price-fix investigations and suspending shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to boost supply and ease oil prices. Environmental rules on cleaner fuel additives would be temporarily relaxed to aid relief.
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Bush pressures EPA and oil firms amid high gas prices
Senators Grassley and Harkin criticize White House budget cuts and support renewable fuel funding. Bush pledges EPA flexibility to boost supplies and orders probes into possible price manipulation by oil majors. Experts warn prices remain high this summer despite rhetoric. industry sees limited near term impact.
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California man found guilty of supporting terrorists
A federal jury convicted Hamid Hayat, 23, a seasonal farm worker from Lodi, of providing material support to terrorists and lying to the FBI after his alleged attendance at an al Qaida training camp in Pakistan. His father Umer Hayat faces a separate trial on related charges.
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