Fuel prices hold steady amid war in Iraq
Gas prices linger around $1.62 to $1.69 at Garden City stations as oil markets show volatility from a Venezuela supply shift and crude moves. AAA Kansas predicts national averages near $1.76 next month while officials warn against price gouging and urge prudent fueling amid tension in Iraq and broader energy concerns.
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Venezuela
Amanda Millard
AAA Kansas
Garden City
Millard
Energy Information Administration
Iraq
U.S
Kansas
Bill Hoyt
Attorney General’s Office
Hoyt
Attorney General's Office
Mike Utz
Texaco Food Mart
Kansas Ave
Bill Phillips
Kansas Consumer Protection Division
Gas prices rise modestly despite war impact
Gas prices remain about 30 cents higher than last year with national average at 1.709 and Kansas at 1.655. The figures compare today to yesterday and a month ago, showing gradual increases year over year according to Kansas AAA Web.
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Kansas
Iraqi forces surrender as U S and British advance in southern Iraq
Hundreds of Iraqi soldiers surrendered as American and British troops moved through southern Iraq capturing Umm Qasr port and advancing toward Basra. A Marine died and 12 more service members were killed in a non enemy helicopter crash. U S forces seized two western airfields and pushed toward Baghdad while Iraqi leadership appeared to fracture and anti U S sentiment sparked clashes in Yemen.
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Iraq
U.S
Kuwait
1St Expeditionary Force
1St Marine Division
Safwan
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Abdullah
Cpl
Matt Nale
Seattle
Wash
Nate
Umm Qasr
Baghdad
Associated Press
U.S. Army
3Rd Infantry Division
Euphrates River
Yemen
America
FBI Fights Terror Threats Across Nation as War Looms
Federal agents interview thousands born in Iraq and guard against hate crimes while FBI bureaus run around the clock. Officials warn oil and gas pipelines, ports, and meat plants to heighten vigilance as Adnan El Shukrijumah remains a suspected attacker and agencies boost chemical and biological testing and disease surveillance nationwide.
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Washington
America
Iraq
FBI
Florida
Meat and Poultry
Jesse Majkowicsi
Agriculture Department
Food Security Office
Food and Drug Administration
Centers For Disease Control
First American Casualties of War Reported
Residents mourn Beaupre family as Marine captain from Illinois is believed killed in a Kuwait helicopter crash near the Iraq border. Alyse Beaupre, 31, notes her brother Beaupre’s graduation from Bishop McNamara High School and Illinois Wesleyan University. Mass in St. Anne's observed for the captain. parents Mark and Nicky Beaupre comforted by neighbors.
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Murphy
Ryan
Illinois
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Beaupre
Kuwait
Iraq
Alyse Beaupre
Bishop McNamara High School
Illinois Wesleyan University
Mark
Nicky Beaupre
Kari Leisure
Christopher
St. Anne’s
St. Anne
Chicago
Saddam's Fate Unclear Amid U S Attack and Intelligence Gap
Reports describe a video showing Saddam Hussein in uniform reading a pad amid unclear timing after the bombardment on a residential compound. U S officials and CIA analysts weigh whether the message was recorded before or after the strikes while Saddam and possibly his two sons were believed inside the target site.
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Jacques Chirac
Iraq
United Nations
United States
Britain
Chirac
U.S
Baghdad
Republican Guard
Mohammed Sa’eed al-Sahhaf
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
CIA
Washington
Special Republican Guard
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Regular Army
Rumsfeld
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Brier & Hale Music
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