Smarter security portation push at nine US airports
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta leads a push for smarter security with nine airports including Los Angeles and Ontario. Admiral David M. Stone and FBI veteran Richard R. Baker join TSA amid calls to reduce random searches and rely on computerized passenger profiling focusing on anomalies in itineraries finances and personal data rather than race or ethnicity.
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Norman Y. Mineta
David M. Stone
Los Angeles International
Richard R. Baker
Ontario International
Stone
Navy
Baker
FBI
Transportation Security Administration
al Gore
Israel
Los Angeles Times
Fire starters blamed for West and Southwest wildfires
A narrative describes dangerous wildfires across Colorado and Arizona. It attributes causes to human error and arson, including a Colorado case involving a park ranger and an anger-driven act, plus Arizona fires started by a hiker signaling a helicopter and a firefighter seeking work, highlighting human recklessness.
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Colorado
Fireworks, gunman at airport, eating champ claim world title
Lois Fontana hails Fourth of July display in New York honoring Sept 11 victims and heroes. Vanessa Spinelli recalls the Los Angeles airport shooting at an Israel Airlines counter. Rich Shea lauds Takeru Kobayashi as he defends the hot dog eating world title by consuming 50 1/2 franks in 12 minutes.
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bin Laden
New York City
Lois Fontana
Vanessa Spinelli
Los Angeles
Israel Airlines
Rich Shea
International Federation of Competitive Eating
Takeru Kobayashi
Kobayashi
July 5 History Highlights From 1801 to 1950
On this date figures of note include David G Farragut born in Knoxville in 1801, Venezuela's 1811 independence move, and William Booth founding the Salvation Army in London in 1865. The first black MLB player Larry Doby signed with the Indians in 1947, and Private Kenneth Shadrick of West Virginia died in the Korean War in 1950.
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Molitor Pool
Paris
David G. Farragut
Knoxville
Tenn
Venezuela
Spain
Ers
William Booth
Salvation Army
London
Larry Doby
Cleveland Indians
Kenneth Shadrick
Skin Fork
W.va
U.S
Requiem for a Renaissance man Claude T. Anderson’s death
Kathleen Parker recalls a strange digital friendship with Claude T. Anderson Ramgoo, a multifaceted mentor and letter writer. The piece details their years of erudite correspondence, his rich life as doctor, colonel, Rhodes Scholar, and pilot, and the final email confirming his death. A poignant reflection on human connection and the limits of technology.
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Claude T. —Anderson
Claude
Ramgoo
Army Air Corps
Pomona
Calif
Chihuahua
Hanks
Richmond
John
River City
Loni
Peter
Lydia
Farm Bill outrage goes global alarms rise over subsidies
Sophia Murphy of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy argues the Farm Bill expands subsidies by nearly 80 percent, undercuts decoupling promises, and fuels global protests at the WTO. She calls for curbing market power, sustainable production, and better oversight of food markets worldwide.
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World Trade Organization
Geneva
United States
Brazil
Brussels
Brisbane
U.S
European Union
Sophia Murphy
The
Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy
Pre-emptive strike debate and critique
Donald Kaul questions White House push for pre-emptive war toward Iraq and critiques Cuba policy and Bush administration secrecy. He contrasts historical judgments, warns against carte blanche power, and stresses safeguards amid potential missile and bio weapons risks.
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Detroit
West Point
Pearl Harbor
George W. Bush
Cuba
Mr. Bush
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Darth Vader
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Hitler
Iraq
Jimmy Carter
San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
Bush
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Bill Draper
Delaney
Draper
Park Ranger
Arizona
Wwe
Coontrayaties
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Claude T. Anderson
Ramgoe
Tom Hanks
Wilson
Neverland
Nald Kaul Oman Media
Donald Kaul
Washington
Des Moines Register
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