Bush Seeks Unity as Bipartisan Tone Shapes Transition
President-elect Bush interviews cabinet contenders and likens outreach to heal post election rifts while pushing a 1.3 trillion dollar 10 year tax cut. Democrats voice willingness to cooperate though concerns remain about tax plan size and benefits.
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al Gore
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Texas
Dan Coats
R-Ind
Defense
Paul O'Neill
Alcoa
Treasury
Ann Veneman
Firestone tire failures linked to design and plant
Bridgestone/Firestone attributes tire recalls to a mix of tread design and manufacturing issues at the Decatur Indiana plant. Investigators say tread separation linked to the wedge area near the shoulder and other factors including temperature climate load speed and place of manufacture.
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Decatur
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Security Council defeats Palestinian bid for UN observer force
The Palestinian call for a UN observer force in the West Bank and Gaza failed in the Security Council after abstentions by the United States and Russia among others. Eight members backed the resolution, short of the nine needed, avoiding a US veto though signaling limited support for a new peace process.
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Crime rate decline levels off in U S
FBI data show the national crime decline nearly halted in the first half of 2000 with a 0.3 percent drop. Murders fell 1.8 percent and robberies 2.6 percent while rape and aggravated assault rose 0.7 percent. The South and Northeast diverged with regional increases.
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HP Worker Dies In Plane Jump In Sacramento
Elisabeth Mathilde Otto, 29, an HP purchasing employee from Holland, plunged from a corporate plane at 2,000 feet after reportedly opening an emergency exit. The Sacramento County coroner ruled the death as death by own action, with the body found in a Sacramento area vegetable garden. Otto had recently relocated to San Francisco from Europe for work and had been described as low in spirits by a source.
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