Amtrak subsidy fight narrows on funding bill
In Washington the House approved 900 million for Amtrak next year amid protests from supporters who say 1.8 billion is needed to maintain current service. Senate panels proposed 1.35 billion, still short of Amtrak's request. The transportation bill also dropped a highway set aside for bike trails and pedestrian projects.
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Amtrak
House
Bush
Senate Appropriations Committee
Prank shooting shocks Amish community in Ohio
A Labor Day prank escalated when a motorist, after being pelted by tomatoes by a group of Amish youths near Mount Hope Holmes County, exited his vehicle and fired multiple rounds into a cornfield, killing 23 year old Steven Keim. No arrest has been made.
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Mount Hope
Ohio
Steven Keim
Marty Yoder
Marty
Cleveland
Holmes County
Keim
Apple Creek
Robert Anthony
Sheriff's Department
Alabama voters to decide on 1.2 billion tax increase
Gov. Bob Riley champions a statewide referendum to raise 1.2 billion dollars, the largest tax increase in Alabama history, to fund public schools and government. Polls show the measure trailing by more than 20 points as Riley campaigns across the state amid budget pressures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bob Riley
Riley
New York
Fallout from lake plunge links to DUI. investigation continues
A Clinton Illinois man, Prince Lagrone Jr., 28, faces DUI charges after a car carrying his partner and three young children plunged into a lake. Authorities question whether the incident was an accident and why the vehicle was near the water as officers review statements.
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Clinton, Ill
Roger Massey
Massey
Pince Lagrone Jr
Regulators warn elderly investors about high risk scams
Kenneth Reusser, 82, of Beaverton Oregon, says he lost over 260000 in a high yield scheme learned via a Life After 50 club. He and his wife filed bankruptcy ahead of foreclosure on their home worth over 1 million as regulators warn seniors face widespread investment fraud risk. The North American Securities Administrators Association unveiled education programs and a senior investor resource center to help protect 35 million U S seniors amid scams such as unregistered securities Ponzi schemes and bogus promissory notes.
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Kenneth Reusser
Beaverton
Ore
Life After 50
Reusser
Trudy
North American Securities Administrators Association
United States
Canada
Mexico
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Christine Bruenn
Maine
Bruenn
Massachusetts
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