Cheney presses for McVeigh execution amid pope clemency plea
Vice President Cheney said Timothy McVeigh deserves death and should be executed for the Oklahoma City bombing. He noted Pope John Paul II's clemency request to President Bush. Bush has no clemency plan. McVeigh faces a May 16 lethal injection in Terre Haute, Indiana for the 1995 attack that killed 168 people, including 19 children.
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Bush uses humor in White House correspondents dinner
President Bush mocked himself and family with a slide show at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. He joked about brother Jeb and his own school report card while highlighting arsenic control and praising the China plane crew and journalism award winners.
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Wisconsin bill would legalize vigilante abuse by relatives
Wisconsin Rep. Marlin Schneider proposed a bill allowing relatives of domestic abuse victims to beat their attacker without simple battery charges. Critics warn the measure could increase violence and undermine domestic violence prevention efforts led by groups like the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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Timeline of major events from 1789 to 1991
A compact chronology lists landmark moments including George Washington's 1789 inauguration in New York, the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, 1900 territorial status for Hawaii and Casey Jones’s death, 1939 New York World's Fair, Hitler's 1945 death, Nixon’s Cambodia move and resignations in 1973, Saigon fall in 1975, and the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone toll.
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Insurer seeks OTC switch for allergy drugs amid FDA pressure
WellPoint Health Net asks the FDA to move Claritin Allegra and Zyrtec to over the counter, challenging manufacturers who prefer prescription status. The move could cut costs but reduce insurance coverage while reshaping the allergy drug market and patient access.
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Fire drives evacuations across New Jersey and Italy defuses World War II bomb
Brush fires roared across New Jersey burning hundreds of acres near Millville Airport and Newark Airport smoky conditions lingered but flights were not affected. In Denver a physician airlifted from the South Pole arrives after pancreatitis treatment and a gallstone episode during a year at the research station. Vicenza evacuated 77000 residents as bomb from World War II was disarmed in the cemetery, described as Italy’s largest evacuation of this kind.
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