ConAgra Boosts Profile With Big East Sponsorship
ConAgra Foods sponsors the Big East Basketball Championship at Madison Square Garden to tell its story amid uncertainties about its Finney County plant. Officials cite ongoing insurer settlement talks after the 2000 fire that furloughed nearly 2300 workers. construction continues to stabilize damaged areas as the future of beef production remains unclear. Community leaders stay hopeful yet wary about the company’s return plans and local operations.
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New York
ConAgra Foods
ConAgra
Big East
America
Madison Square Garden
Tim McMahon
Finney County
ESPN
Cartoonist defends abortion of outrage in Sept 11 widows cartoon
Ted Ball defends his editorial cartoon despite charges of disrespect toward Sept 11 widows who oppose it. Widows like Nicole Petrocelli condemn the mockery of their loss while another Richmond woman, Nessa B. Johnson, joins the United Daughters of the Confederacy, noting race records are not kept by the group.
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Ted Ball
Nicole Petrocelli
Rall
Nessa B. Johnson
Richmond, Va
United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC
Johnson
History Today Highlight March 7 Milestones
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. In 1850 Daniel Webster urged the Compromise to save the Union in a Senate speech. In 1911 the U.S. sent 20,000 troops to the Mexican border. In 1926 the first transatlantic radio telephone call occurred. In 1936 Hitler ordered troops into the Rhineland.
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Alexander Graham Bell
U.S. Senate
Daniel Webster
United States
New York
London
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Garden City High School overcrowding vote inquiry
School officials presented concerns that Garden City High School is overcrowded and urged a vote to address capacity. The poll asks readers whether they believe the school is overcrowded, with options Yes No or Not sure.
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Garden City High School
Bet The Farm TV quiz shocks with barnyard bets
A satirical farm game show parody pits contestants Bill Cumming and Joe Moreland in bets on GM corn profitability and U S beef imports. The finale reveals Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture, with both players winning self-healing trucks.
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Gene Splicer
BioMech Inc
Farm Service Agency
Arthur Anderson
Bill Cumming
Joe Moreland
Bill
Gene
Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy
U.S
Joe
America
Congress
Senate
House
Tyson Foods
ADM
Cargill
J.B. Penn
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Agriculre
China
War Protests Against Self Defense Move Debated Arena
Kathleen Parker argues that war is a grim necessity after Sept 11, praising decisive action against Iran Iraq and North Korea. She condemns protesters led by Daschle Kerry for political gain and defends anticipatory self defense under international law.
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Daschles
Kerrys
United States
The Enron saga and sociopathy parallel Bugsy Siegel and Capone
Myriam Miedzian argues Enron figures resemble sociopaths in lack of empathy, grandiosity, charm, and rule breaking. She cites Lay’s email, executive greed, deregulation efforts, California energy crises, and blitz of political contributions as evidence, urging reform to curb corporate crimes and protect employees and investors.
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Bugsy Siegel
al Capone
Kenneth Lay
Enron
Jeff Skilling
Andy Fastow
Lay & Co
Bugsy
John Allario
Ken Lay
Kenny Boy
Missouri
Sherron Watkins
Lay
Bush
California
Skilling
Lay’s
Republican National Committee
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Garden City Telegram
Aguebert
Worldnet
Farm & Food File
War Times
John Kerry
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Tom Daschle
Europe
Gary Condit
Defense Department
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Orlando Sentinel
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Orlando Sentine
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