Kerry faced scrutiny over early speaking fees and charity donations
The AP details John Kerry taking paid speaking fees from 1985 to 1990 while in Congress and as a senator later earning over 120000 in fees. He donated only once to charity, cited fees from diverse groups, and faced links to Metalbanc involved in a drug cartel case later dropped. Kerry says he stopped fees to avoid money in politics, and learned of the Metalbanc tie in 1996.
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John Kerry
Political Action Committee
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Associated Press
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Senate
Boston Globe
Second Muslim group leaves marriage alliance
The Islamic Society of North America ISNA withdraws from the Alliance for Marriage an interfaith coalition seeking a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage ISNA says allegations of extremist links are baseless and it left advisory board in January to avoid discord The alliance includes Roman Catholics Protestants Jews and Muslims aiming to ban gay marriage but permit civil unions in states
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Washington Post
Alliance For Marriage
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Indiana
Mosques
Stewart secretary tears up on witness stand in ImClone case
Martha Stewart’s secretary Ann Armstrong cried while describing a plum pudding gift and a broker’s warning that ImClone Systems stock would fall. The judge let jurors go early as Armstrong testified about messages Stewart received before leaving for a Mexico vacation on December 27, 2001.
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Martha Stewart
Ann Armstrong
Armstrong
Stewart
Mexico
Peter Bacanovic
ImClone
Minority enrollment drops at Michigan after ruling
In Ann Arbor Michigan seven months after the Supreme Court struck down the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action policy minority applications from Blacks Hispanics and American Indians fell 23 percent from the same period last year. The number of those remaining declined as well.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Foreign bans threaten poultry industry after avian flu outbreak
An avian flu case on a Delaware farm prompted quick containment efforts. Tests on 19 of 20 nearby chicken houses were negative, with one result pending. Dr Corrie Brown of the University of Georgia cautioned overseas bans could impact exports, which make up about 20 percent of U S poultry trade.
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Corrie Brown
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Brown
USDA
U.S
Associated Press
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