Congress OKs extension of tax breaks for middle class
Congress passed a 146 billion package extending expiring tax cuts aimed at middle income families. The House approved 339 to 65 with Iowa members united, and the Senate followed 92 to 3. The bill keeps the $1000 child tax credit for five years and maintains other middle income relief including a 10 percent rate for six years and four years for married couples. It extends wind energy credits to 2006 and preserves electric and clean fuel vehicle incentives.
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Washington
Congress
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Iowa
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House
Senate
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Harkin
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Grassley
White House
Two Forest Service workers survive Montana plane crash
Survivors Ramige and Hogg walked from the northwest Montana crash site after days in 20 degree cold. Doctors credited their survival to huddling for warmth as three others died. Hogg stable at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Ramige in serious condition with a spinal fracture and burns.
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Forest Service
Montana
Hogg
Kalispell Regional Medical Center
Ramige
David Heimbach
Stealth long-necked dinosaur found by scientists
Scientists report a new stealth hunter Din OCephalosaurus orientalis from a shallow sea in southeast China over 230 million years ago. The 3 foot body and 5 1/2 foot neck could allow the predator to strike without revealing its full form. The discovery is described in Science by Chun Li and an international team including Olivier Rieppel.
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Olivier Rieppel
The
Field Museum
Chicago
China
Chun Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Science
Storms Ivan moves toward Texas and Florida hurricane Jeanne aims for state
Ivan, now a tropical storm, heads for the Texas coast with possible heavy rains up to 10 inches. Florida braces as Hurricane Jeanne, an 105 mph storm, threatens a fourth direct hit this season, while residents recall power outages from Frances. Four tropical systems churn offshore as Ivan lingers in the Gulf after previous U.S. landfalls.
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Gulf of Mexico
Ivan
Florida
Jeanne
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Lane
Greenacres
Fla
Frances
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
United States
Louisiana
Haitians bury victims as Jeanne devastates Haiti city
In Gonaives, Haiti, residents faced hunger, thirst, and panic while workers struggled to bury hundreds of corpses six days after Tropical Storm Jeanne. More than 1,100 killed and 1,250 missing as 250,000 housed homeless. health workers warned of potential disease outbreaks amid unburied bodies and sewage.
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Haiti
Jeanne
Cludes
Marilade Fortune
Detective recounts Peterson tear during wife and fetus discovery
Redwood City California Detective Craig Grogan testified that Scott Peterson lowered his head and shed a tear when told the missing wife and fetus were found along San Francisco Bay. The lead investigator described leads pursued before Peterson's April 18 2003 arrest in San Diego.
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Calif
Scott Peterson
San Francisco Bay
Modesto
Craig Grogan
Peterson
San Diego
Grogan
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