Abduction of 14-year-old girl in Salt Lake City
A gunman forced entry into a Salt Lake City home and abducted 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom. Police, aided by tracking dogs, launched a manhunt and first used a statewide alert to publicize the missing child. Investigators examined the home’s computer records and questioned Bryant Intermediate School students. The eight bedroom home, listed at 1.19 million, was reported as for sale.
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Mia Harrison
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Baird
Pakistan rejects Indian proposal for joint patrols
Washington Post reports New Delhi proposes joint military patrols to curb militant incursions into Kashmir while Pakistan calls the plan unworkable. Both nations seek advantage ahead of U S mediators. Musharraf and Vajpayee meet in Almaty as Armitage and Rumsfeld plan regional visits.
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Washington Post
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U.S
Atal Behari Vajpayee
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Paki
Vladimir Putin
Vajpayee
Musharraf
India
Islamabad
Foreign Ministry
Richard Armitage
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Armitage
Rumsfeld
Solar eclipse visible across western U S and beyond
An annular solar eclipse will be seen across the western United States Mexico Canada and parts of Asia next week with up to 99 percent of the sun obscured in places like San Diego and Baja California while the Eastern Seaboard sees nothing after sunset. The event runs 7 18 p m CDT with peak viewing around 8 20 p m and the shadow travels 8 700 miles from Asia across the Pacific.
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United States
Mexico
Canada
Asia
U.S
San Diego
Chicago
Baja California Peninsula
Fred Espenak
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Solar eclipse shadow to sweep across Americas Monday
A vast Moon shadow will race eastward at 1,000 mph from Asia and reach much of Central and North America on Monday. In Los Angeles observers will see a partial eclipse. experts caution against directly staring at the sun and advise solar filters or safe projection with binoculars onto an index card. A total eclipse is due December 4 over southern Africa and Australia. Online resources listed.
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Florida
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Allan Mayer
Polk County
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FBI
Ed Genson
Cook County
Richard Devine
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Central
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Los Angeles
Mosley
Truck Freeways Proposed to Separate Heavy Trucks from Cars
A Capitol Hill plan from the Reason Foundation calls for dedicated truck freeways on interstates to run heavier long double and triple trailer trucks separately from cars. The lanes would use concrete barriers, own ramps, and toll financing with a pilot program eyed for next year’s highway bill. proponents argue reduced crashes and cost savings, while noting years of construction.
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Washington
Congress
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Reason Foundation
House Transportation Committee
Don Young
Alaska
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Young
The
Census finds drop in welfare cases in Iowa and nation
The U S Census Bureau reports a 1996 to 2000 decline in welfare participants, with mothers in family welfare programs dropping by about 50 percent nationwide from 8 million to 15 million. Iowa also fell from 34 000 cases in 1996 to 19 000 in 2000, a 44 percent drop, though numbers rose slightly in 2001 2002. The report notes the Welfare Reform Act aimed to push work and schooling to end dependence.
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Iowa
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Iowa Department of Human Services
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