Radar aided drug interdiction faces moral questions
Corpus Curisti Texas reports on U S and Andean air forces using radar data to intercept cocaine flights from Peru to Colombia. While authorities say Operation Constant Vigil disrupts the Cali cartel, critics worry about killings and due process as intercepts and shootdowns occur under strict rules of engagement.
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Colombia
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John Fowler
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Bush Administration
Coca
Bolivia
Brian Sheridan
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Conover
Southern Command
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Professor donates part of paycheck in pay controversy
An Ohio State University professor, William Eldridge, has donated 1000 from his salary each year to protest faculty pay. This year the funds go to Gene Goudy, a 61 year old janitor earning 14000 annually, highlighting the hardship faced by low wage workers. Eldridge cites a 31 percent pay raise for university president Gordon Gee as the trigger, with prior gifts to the university general fund and to low paid staff groups.
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William Eldridge
Gene Goudy
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College of Social Work
Gloria Estefan involved in fatal watercraft collision
Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan Jr were aboard a 33 foot vessel when a personal watercraft struck a pleasure boat off Miami Beach. A passenger on the watercraft died and a second passenger was injured while Estefan and her husband were unhurt. Authorities say Estefan appeared not at fault.
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Bomb found at Detroit Newspapers strike site
A homemade bomb was dismantled outside a Detroit Newspapers distribution center. No injuries or suspects were reported as a bomb squad responded after a police threat between 8 and 10 a.m. Union officials condemned the act while 2,500 employees across six unions remain on strike since July 13 over wages and work rules.
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Gas prices ease slightly nationwide survey shows
Los Angeles reported a third of a penny fall in two weeks with the Lundberg Survey placing the national average at 119.80 cents per gallon including taxes. Self service prices ranged from 113.0 to 131.4 cents with full service from 149.59 to 165.48 cents, as crude oil prices stayed soft.
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Former Intel engineer charged in spying case
William Gaede, 42, a former Intel software engineer, was arrested in Mesa, Arizona, and charged with mail fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property for stealing Intel and AMD secrets. FBI says he sent videotapes detailing Pentium and earlier chips to AMD in Sunnyvale, with transfers to China Iran and Cuba alleged.
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