Ashcroft Hearing Opens Amid Criticism and Debate
President elect Bush's pick for attorney general John Ashcroft faced intense scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing. Democrats questioned his civil rights record and opposition to abortion while Ashcroft urged against racial profiling, promising to enforce the law impartially amid a week of cabinet confirmations.
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Bush
John Ashcroft
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Missouri
Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court
Ashcroft
Gale Norton
Colorado
Linda Chavez
Patrick Leahy
Dick Cheney
Mel Carnahan
Jean
Ronnie White
St. Louis
White
League of Women Voters
Barbara Boxer
D-Calif
Sen
ConAgra Bish plant to re build after layoffs at Garden City
ConAgra officials announced layoffs at the Garden City plant affecting 2300 workers with 20 percent relocating to Texas Nebraska and Colorado. A rebuilt facility could reopen by April 1 at the earliest and many staff may return through relocation packages while seniority is preserved for those who leave and come back.
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ConAgra Beef
John Simons
Garden City
Texas
Nebraska
Colorado
ConAgra
Fox
ConAgra Beef Plant Hopes to Rebuild by April 1
ConAgra Beef details reopening plans after a devastating fire that left about 2,300 workers out of work. Firefighting efforts lasted 43 hours with significant structural damage. Management outlined relocation packages for furloughed staff and emphasized a cautious timeline despite intent to rebuild a modern plant, with costs and insurance adjustments still undecided. Local lawmakers estimate damages in the hundreds of millions but officials will not speculate.
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John Simons
ConAgra Beef
Fox
ConAgra
Finney County
Dumas
Texas
Inventories Rise While November Sales Falter
U.S. inventories climbed 0.5 percent to 1.22 trillion in November, while sales fell 0.3 percent to 896.3 billion. Revised October data show inventories up 0.7 percent and sales down 0.5 percent. The pattern signals a slowing economy with weak demand and rising stockpiles. The two straight monthly sales declines last occurred in July and August 1998.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Earthquake toll rises in El Salvador as coffins arrive
Amid a 7.6 quake death toll surpassing 600, El Salvador prepares for mass burials with 3,000 coffins from Colombia expected. President Flores warned the tally will grow. authorities bury unidentified bodies in Santa Tecla while rescue teams search shattered hillside homes and residents protest development blamed for landslides.
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el Salvador
Colombia
Guatemala
Francisco Flores
Las Colinas
Congress
Supreme Court
Oscar Ortiz
Raquel Barrera
Barrera
Fire destroys century old Sugar Hill church
A blaze at Sugar Hill First Baptist Church, in use for over a century, destroyed the building. Investigators had not determined a cause and could not inspect the wreckage. Fire officials said the site was too hot to enter as water was kept on the remains. The church had just sold to the Korean New Church of Atlanta, while the former congregation awaited a new home ready in six to eight weeks.
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First Baptist Church
Mark Potter
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
First Baptist
Korean New Church of
Atlanta
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