Congress bickers over highway spending
Washington AP reports stalled talks on a $200 billion plus six year highway bill over two points. House negotiators reject trimming $9 billion in special projects to about $56 billion while Senate would withhold 10 percent of highway funds from states not lowering the drunk driving threshold to 0.08. Officials warn delays threaten jobs and the construction season ahead of Memorial Day recess.
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Washington
Senate
House
Transportation
Rodney Slater
Congress
Slater
American Society of State Highway and Transportation Officials
White House
Powerball Jackpot Boosts Convenience Store Sales Nationwide
Nationwide demand surges as 113 million dollar Powerball prize fuels lines at stores from Iowa to New Hampshire. Clerks report up to five percent weekly sales gains and tickets sold by individuals and groups, with forecasts of record totals and cross-border rushes as the world record hopes rise.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Oregon
New Hampshire
Beverly Schwerdt
Mustang Martin
Doug Orr
Lee Stannard
Mark Bush
State Line
Conway
N.H
Rhode Island
Ray Grimes
Lottery
Massachusetts
Apphore
David Bottone
Providence
R.I
False HIV Positive Case Faces Fort Worth Court Suit
Khristol Watson sues National Psychopharmacology Laboratories and three doctors over a 1991 HIV positive diagnosis later found false. She seeks up to 38 million dollars for pain, lost earnings, medical costs, and mental anguish from the misdiagnosis and its lifelong consequences.
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Fort Worth
Trex
Khristol Watson
Watson
Henri Dussault
National Psychopharmacology Laboratories Inc
Tennessee
Dussault
Willow Creek Hospital
Arlington
Texas
Muddamalle Augustine
Augustine
Jordan Parker
California
Steven Sotman
Daniel Barbaro
Sotman
Barbaro
Judith Grantham
Randy Hall
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Sen
John Chafee
R-R.i
Senate Transportation Committee
Connecticut
Lawrence
Hes
Kansas Furniture Factory
Kansas
Furniture Factory
Moi
Creer’ Cola
W.A
Anailes
Brighton
Bausch & Lamb
Ray Ban
Serengeti
Suncloud
Reve
Frank Lloyd Wright
Rennie Mackintosh
Mass
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