Oil price rise blamed on politics and profits
The piece notes rocketing gas prices tied to political and financial profiteering. Bush touts an energy plan while a U.S. Energy Department report says domestic oil boosts profits but does little to curb imports. OPEC sees no need to alter output as demand remains weak and Iran and Iraq hint at limits. Analysts expect pump prices to peak this summer. The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
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Bush
Cheney
Alaska
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Energy Department
U.S
Mideast
OPEC
Ali Rodriguez
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Iran
Iraq
Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Miss
Colleges confront binge drinking on campuses
A Harvard School of Public Health survey of 119 four year colleges shows no change in excessive drinking among students for nearly a decade. About 44 percent drink heavily. calls for stricter underage drinking enforcement and campus bans on alcohol where binge drinking is rampant.
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Scohol
Harvard School of Public Health
Rebels Pressure Chavez as Venezuelan Army Rises
General Efrain Vasquez Velasco urged officers to back a rebellion after clashes between troops and pro Chavez gunmen left at least 13 dead. President Hugo Chavez resigned earlier in the day amid turmoil and political crisis. Jury forewoman Helen Knipp dismissed Traficant's antics as he faced 10 federal charges including racketeering and bribery. Israeli gunner Yaron Zeltzer described Palestinian militants in Jenin setting ambushes and traps before the West Bank invasion.
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Efrain Vasquez Velasco
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Helen Knipp
Ohio
James A. Traficant Jr
Traficant
Yaron Zeltzer
West Bank
Jenin
This Day in History Highlights Across Centuries
On April 12 marked events include the Civil War start at Fort Sumter in 1861, the Union flag adoption in 1606, Andrews raid near Marietta in 1862, Fitzgeralds Tender Is the Night published in 1934, FDR death in 1945, Salk polio vaccine in 1955, Gagarin space flight in 1961, Shuttle Columbia first test flight in 1981, Garn space flight in 1985, Hoffman and Sugar Ray Robinson deaths in 1989, Euro Disneyland opening in 1992, and John Paul IIs Sarajevo peace mission in 1999.
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Fort Sumter
South Carolina
England
James J. Andrews
Marietta Ga
Buster Keaton
F Scott Fitzgerald
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Harry S. Truman
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Jake Garn
Utah
Abbie Hoffman
New Hope
Sugar Ray Robinson
Culver City
Calif
Marne- La-Vallee
France
John Paul II
Sarajevo
Spring cleaning echoes through a packrat family's history
Ellen Goodman recalls five weekends of sorting decades of belongings from childhood to World War II letters, balancing junk and heirlooms. She contrasts her view of treasured items with a spouse who sees most as waste, seeking what truly matters for children and family stories.
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Goodwill
United States urged to lead on climate as Kyoto moves forward
Andrew Aulisi argues the United States must abandon isolationism and join 180 nations at Morocco talks. He notes market mechanisms like emissions trading grew from U.S. tech, warns of lost influence and markets if Washington stays out, and urges proactive policy, fuel efficiency, and plant pollution controls.
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United States
Morocco
U.S.A
America
U.S
Congress
John McCain
R-Ariz
Joe Lieberman
D-Conn
Watching too much hockey fuels wild acts across scenes
A string of violent incidents is linked to anger and stress as a Connecticut woman erupts over a broken nail in a salon, a Cambridge man kills coworkers claiming insanity, and a New Jersey officer carries out a vendetta. A deputy killer, a California pastor, a Toulon suspect, an Argentina housewife, and others surface, all amid media chatter about hockey and late-night news.
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Connecticut
Cambridge
Michael McDermott
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
New Jersey
Edward Lutes
Lutes
California
Toulon
Curtis Thompson
Argentina
Garden City
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Steve Delaney
Bill Draper
Delaney
Draper
Mts
Oston
Tutankhamen
Woolworth’s
Ellen Goodman
Ellengoodman
Globe.com
Ntary
Washington Post
Andrew Aulisi
Jaclyn O'Malley
Omalley
Gctelegram
Garden City Telegram
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