Iraq Car Bomb Kills 13 as Coalition Prods Rebuilds
A car bombing in Baghdad killed 13, including eight Iraqis and five foreigners, with over 60 injured as people rushed victims to hospitals. The attack struck three SUVs carrying contractors near a power plant area, amid ongoing insurgent sabotage and efforts to restore electricity. Prime Minister Allawi vowed justice whileGE and other firms eyed Iraq contracts and rebuilding efforts.
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Iraq
Interior Ministry
U.S
GE Energy Products
Europe
Iyad Allawi
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
Gary Sheffer
Issam Ali
Neurological Hospital
Al-Kindi
Education Ministry
Kamal al-Jarah
United Nations
Bassam Salih Kubba
Fallujah
America
Saddam
Abu Ghraib
International Committee of the Red Cross
Supreme Court Keeps Pledge Ruling Mixed In Elk Grove Case
The Supreme Court preserves the pledge ruling but notes the pledge does not violate the Constitution. Justices O Connor and Thomas concur with the decision. The decision overturns an appeals court ruling that would strip God from the pledge recited by about 9.6 million students in California and western states. The case centers on Newdow and his daughter amid ongoing First Amendment debates over religion in public schools.
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Clarence Thomas
High Court
God
California
Newdow
Supreme Court
United States of America
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Girl’s School
Theodore Olson
Olson
Sandra Banning
Stevens
Congress
Bush
United States
Elk Grove Unified School District
Nichols jurors deadlock over death penalty for Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma jury convicted Terry Nichols on 161 counts of first degree murder but failed to reach a death sentence, prompting automatic life in prison. Defense says indecision reflects broader doubts about capital punishment amid Oklahoma’s high execution history and a divided panel.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma
Terry Nichols
Nichols
Creekmore Wallace
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Bob Macy
Macy
Beef Empire Days parade winners announced downtown
Crowds filled streets as the Beef Empire Days Rodeo Committee float topped the adult division. Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding Program led the animal division, while the Steel City Circus Train float won the commercial division. Security Savings Bank claimed the vehicle prize, Wheelmen of Kansas led the youth group, and 86 entries competed.
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Beef Empire Days Rodeo Committee
Finney County Relay For Life
Little Sahara Club
Miles of Smiles
High Plains Paso Fine Horse Association
Garden City Church of Christ
Steel City Circus
Double C Ornamental
Tatro Plumbing
Security Savings Bank
Tom Reed
Garden City Quasquicentennial
Wheelmen of Kansas
Steps Dance School
Garden City High School
Salinas Finds Passion in Restoring Antique Radios
In a mosaic of work and hobby Salinas repairs old electronics including a 1937 Philco radio. He maintains dozens of radios and televisions at his mother’s Ulysses home and says antiques are his specialty noting how a rewired antenna helps the set glow with long faded tubes warming to broadcast news such as Ray Charles’s death.
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Salinas
Temple Inland
Inland
Sears
Ulysses
Philco
Ray Charles
Forms reveal senator's finances in broad disclosure
Sen Sam Brownback shows substantial wealth in newly released financial disclosure forms. Sen Pat Roberts extended filing time, while Brownback’s spotlight continues until midweek as Kansas House members’ reports follow. The annual forms cover outside income assets liabilities gifts and travel but offer only broad value ranges, not precise figures.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Brownback
Kansas House
Congress
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