Refugee family finds new life after perilous voyage
The Nguyen family fled in the late 1970s by boat with about 30 others. A storm roughened the voyage before a false sense of rescue gave way to a brutal island ordeal at the hands of Thai fishermen. A U S helicopter and naval vessel rescued them, leading to life in Kansas and success for Toan and Hieu, with their 10 month old now a KU senior. Nguyen reflects on how her children cannot grasp their early hardship.
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Nguyen
U.S
Indonesia
California
Nguyens
Garden City
Kansas
Toan Nguyen
B.T. Plumbing Co
Hieu
Victor Ornelas
University of Kansas
Kansas farmers push reform to end uneven agricultural land valuations
State officials discuss changing how farmland is valued to remove district based disparities. Sen Tim Huelskamp and Clark argue current crop reporting districts create unequal outcomes, proposing a board to apply local factors and shift toward county or regional valuation. Some owners may gain or lose under the reform.
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Logan-Thomas County
Logan County
Thomas County
Clark
Tim Huelskamp
Kansas
Holeman
Bush tax plan faces midcourse option and Senate push
Bush signals openness to a midcourse correction on the tax cut as Democrats like Feinstein and Landrieu weigh support. A NBC-WSJ poll suggests 73 percent back a tax cut tied to surpluses while Sen Gramm warns against a fiscal straitjacket. Republicans seek compromise after House passage margins.
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Dianne Feinstein
California
Mary Landrieu
Louisiana
Nbc-Wall Street Journal
Gramm
Senate
Lott
Congress
NBC
Meet the Press
John Kerry
D-Mass
Bush
House
Kerry
ABC
John Edwards
Dn.c
Florida
Zapatistas Enter Mexico City in Puissant Demonstration
Masked Zapatista rebels rode into the capital to press for an Indian rights bill, drawing 75,000 supporters in Zocalo. Subcomandante Marcos urged peaceful aid, while Comandante David and Esther attacked Fox’s market approach, as leaders vowed to stay until the measure passes.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Zocalo Plaza
Marcos
Zapatista
Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Congress
Comandante David
Vicente Fox
Zapatistas
Huichol Zapatista
Zocala Plaza
Washington trip frames tense airport funding talks
D.C. officials toured the capital on the first day, enjoying monuments and sidewalks, while Garden City leaders pressed the U.S. transportation agenda. Mayor Mesa and Commission members weigh Essential Air Service subsidies amid airline merger concerns, and regional executives note the small but persistent role of federal programs in local development.
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Dyer
Washington
Garden City Community College
Business and Industry Institute
Carol Meyer
Garden City
Mesa
North
Essential Air Service
United
U.S. Airways
Hopkins
Capitol
Pickett
FAA probes near collision over Fort Lauderdale airfield
The FAA is investigating a near collision on March 4 at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International when Delta Flight 323 arriving from Atlanta flew over a US Airways Boeing 767-200 taxiing for takeoff. The Delta jet reportedly landed over the other aircraft. controller error is blamed and retraining ordered.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Federal Aviation Administration
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Delta Air Lines Flight 323
Atlanta
US Airways
FAA
Kathleen Bergen
Delta Boeing
Bergen
Jim Reynolds
Fort Lauderdale International
Burger King recalls 400000 Rattling Riverboat toys
Burger King is recalling 400000 Rattling Paddling Riverboat toys distributed nationwide from January 15 to February 13 for children under three due to a choking hazard. A pin holding the paddlewheel can loosen and be inhaled. No injuries have been reported.
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Burger King
Kim Miller
Miller
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