Bipartisan Senate Deal Averts Filibuster Showdown on Nominations
A 14 senator group preserved Senate rules while allowing votes on three of five Bush nominees to federal appeals courts, including Cynthia Owen of Texas. Republicans plan rapid confirmation, Democrats retain extended debate option, and both sides vow to limit filibusters to extraordinary circumstances.
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Senate
John McCain
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Bush
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Bill Frist
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Ex nominee Campbell blasts GOP hypocrisy over rules
Bonnie Campbell of Iowa criticizes Senate Republicans who blocked her 2000 judicial nomination and now push to change the rules, calling the party hypocritical.
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Bonnie Campbell
Iowa
Bennett High bids farewell as district ends in-door era
In Bennett Iowa the last graduating class of 17 marks end of the Bennett Community School District. Mayor David Wendt recalls a strong community that sustained the school through decades of consolidation talk. Beginning fall, 90 junior and senior high students will attend Durant or Tipton under a whole-grade sharing plan.
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Diane Heldt
Gazette
Ennett
Bennett
Cedar County
Iowa
Bennett Community
David Wendt
Durant
Tipton
Brian Ray
the Gazette
April Irwin
Bennett Community School
Bennett Elementary
Supreme Court backs government funded beef ad campaign
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that mandatory beef promotion fees are constitutional as government speech. The ruling allows producers to fund the multimillion-dollar campaign over individual opposition, framing the message as government authored. Justice Scalia writes the opinion, joined by Rehnquist, O’Connor, Thomas, and others.
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Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
William Rehnquist
Sandra Day O’connor
Clarence Thomas
Stephen
Iraqi attacks kill over 50 as toll rises across Iraq
Shiite civilians and U.S. and Iraqi forces faced deadly attacks in Baghdad Mosul Tikrit and other areas. Officials said more than 50 were killed on Monday. total deaths exceed 600 since a new government stalled. U.S. losses include four service members in Mosul and Tikrit and a fifth in a vehicle accident near Kirkuk. Large joint raids around Abu Ghraib and near Baghdad airport captured about 300 suspects.
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Washington Post
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Tikrit
Kirkuk
Clifford Kent
Abu Ghraib
Nickelodeon contest finalists from Cedar Rapids
Best friends Stacia Drafahl and Colleen Henson, sixth graders at Franklin Middle School, are among five finalists in Nickelodeon’s Baby Bottle Pop Star Contest. They await national votes for a possible cameo in Nick magazine after recording at least 65 singles on the contest hotline.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Stacia Drafahl
Colleen Henson
Nickelodéon
Henson
Franklin Middle School
Nick
Nickelodeon
Drafahl
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