Low summer meal takeup for free lunch kids nationwide
Washington reports that only about 3.2 million of the 14.9 million children eligible for free or reduced lunches participate in the federally subsidized summer meal program. Ten states have participation under 10 percent, with Texas and Wyoming showing notably low rates. DC leads at 67.6 percent, while advocates warn many kids go hungry without access to summer meals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food Research and Action Center
Lynn Parker
Texas
Wyoming
Iowa
District of Columbia
Anita Reyes
Antonio Food Bank
Doug.o’brien
Death toll 58 in Bombay landslide disaster
Rescue teams pulled 58 bodies from a shantytown landslide in Bombay as monsoon rains inundated nearly a quarter of the city. Army moved in to aid survivors, with 46 rescued and 100 left homeless as water clogged roads and rail lines amid ongoing heavy rain.
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Bombay
India
Army
AS. Negi
Press Trust of India
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Fire Brigade
Tampa prosecutor Harry Lee Coe Ill dies by gunshot
State Attorney Harry Lee Coe Ill, 68, was found dead under an expressway after a probe began into loans he allegedly received from subordinates. Coe had disappeared from his office amid Gov. Bush ordering the inquiry and left a district marked by financial disclosures and rumors.
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Tampa
Fila
Harry Lee Coe Ill
Jeb Bush
Jane Castor
Coe
Ida Coe
Four California condors die from lead poisoning in Arizona
Four California condors released in a wildlife reintroduction program died of lead poisoning in Arizona. Officials suspect ingestion of a carcass shot with a shotgun. one bird had seventeen lead shotgun pellets in its digestive system. The Peregrine Fund plans further testing as recapture efforts continue.
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Phoenix
California
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Jeff Cilek
The
Peregrine Fund
Boise, Idaho
Senate debated bill to abolish federal inheritance tax
The Senate weighed a Republican bill to end the federal inheritance tax and trim Social Security benefits taxes while offering tax breaks for farmers. It defeated a Democratic bid to raise estate tax exemptions and rejected added funding for Medicare drug benefits and a temporary gas tax pause.
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Washington
Senate
Chuck Coutiler
Energy officials block sale of contaminated scrap metal
The Energy Department orders a halt to thousands of tons of scrap metal from nuclear weapons facilities to stop recycling into consumer goods. Secretary Richardson seeks a new contamination standard by year end while supporters say contamination levels are low and critics urge caution. Officials admit no inventory of past sales exists, with estimates in the low tens of thousands of tons.
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Washington
Energy Department
Energy
Bill Richardson
Con
Richard Miller
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