Al-Qaida plotting rise fuels terror warnings in US
New intelligence cited by the Bush administration links increased al-Qaida communications and activity to a renewed threat of attacks in the United States. Officials describe a cyclical pattern of peaks in threat reporting, while public warnings from FBI Director Mueller and Vice President Cheney emphasize ongoing risk and preparedness.
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Washington
Bush Administration
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
U.S
Abu Zubaydah
Pakistan
New York City
FBI
Robert Mueller
National Association of District Attorneys
United States
Dick Cheney
Bush
White House
Bono guides Paul O Neill on Africa aid tour in Ghana
In Accra Ghana Bono and U S Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill begin a four nation visit to highlight World Bank and development projects. O Neill has criticized aid waste yet says trained Ghanaian workers prove Africa can use aid well. They plan meetings with President Kufuor cashew producers and northern Tamale hospital visits. The trip ties to Millennium Challenge Accounts pledging aid to reforming countries.
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Accra
Ghana
U.S. Treasury
Paul O’neill
Bono
Africa
O’neill
World Bank
O'Neill
John Kufuor
Tamale
South Africa
Uganda
Ethiopia
Bush
Paul O'Neill
Inter-American Development Bank
Washington
Treasury
Saharan
School police cleared in teacher sex case USD 457
A civil jury in King County Superior Court found that school officials and police bore no liability in the case involving Vili Fualaau, who was 12 when he began a relationship with sixth grade teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. The verdict was read in Seattle area court as his mother Soona Vili and attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. considered an appeal. Letourneau is serving seven and a half years for child rape.
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KENT
Wash
Mary Kay Letourneau
Vili Fualaau
King County Superior Court
Soona Vili
Cyrus Vance Jr
Fualaau
Letourneau
Burien
Seattle
Rocky Welton
Ressler
Milt Pippenger
Water festival teaches students about earth's water distribution
Education groups led a Kansas water festival in Finney County involving about 60 facilitators and 300 activities for students. Activities included a rain simulator, stream bed model, and computer games to teach water distribution and pollution. Students engaged with hands on demos and learned through interactive models and tests by Water Wizard Diane Coe.
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Farm Bureau Association
Environmental Planning
Kansas Water Office
Connie Richmeier
Finney County Conservation District
Roland Steine
Kansas Association For Conservation and Environmental Education
Faye Ramos
Sitts
Brent Naab
Diane Coe
Long
Major trafficker arrested after armed chase ends in surrender
Authorities say the suspect brandished a gun during a pursuit and rammed patrol cars before exiting a vehicle and surrendering. He was armed with a 22 caliber pistol. Police seized 27 grams of cocaine, half a pound of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and $2,400 in cash from his car. a home search yielded firearms and packaging materials. Additional locations in Grant County were searched with further drug findings.
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Leiker
Oneal
E. Road 12
Grant County
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