Officials say death benefit boost falls short of needs
Washington lawmakers and military leaders press Bush proposal as too narrow. They argue benefits should cover all service members who die on active duty, including those who die training or outside designated war zones. Pentagon plans would raise gratuity to 100000 for war zone deaths and extend life insurance to 400000 with subsidized premiums for combat troops.
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Naval Operations
T. Michael Moseley
Pentagon
United States
David Chu
Defense
Associated Press
Chu
Sen
Carl Levin
Michigan
Armed Services Committee
Levin
Returned Vietnam dog tags honor fallen soldiers
WHEATON Ill V R Roskam and his wife have bought and returned nine World War II and Vietnam era dog tags found in Vietnam to the families or units of the soldiers they belonged to. The couple, join others like Bryan Marks and Stacey Hansen, who say the tags offer dignity and closure to veterans who faced stigma on returning home.
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Martha
Vietnam
Roskams
Alabama
Illinois
U.S
Bryan Marks
San Jose
Stacey Hansen
Robert Mann
Navy Department
Wheaton, Ill
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Jefferson
Texas
Denzil Messman
Martha Roskam
Messman
Marks
Larry Greer
Defense Department
Missing Personnel Office
Mann
Robert McMahon
New Hampshire
Anthony Kurr
Schaumburg
Baby 81 custody case nears end in Sri Lanka court
The custody battle over Baby 81 heats up as a Sri Lankan court hears rival claims from nine women. The hospital has held the child since the tsunami and may require a DNA test to determine parentage, with the Jeyarajah couple asserting connection to the boy named Abilass.
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Kalmanai
Sri Lanka
Murugupillai Jeyarajah
Jackson judge says he has enough prospective jurors
Santa Maria Calif The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case says he has a sufficient pool of about 250 prospective jurors for the six month trial and will not need about 300 more who were scheduled to report. Judge Rodney Melville plans to seat 12 jurors with eight alternates and begins individual voir dire Monday after two days of group screening. About 430 jurors reported and roughly 200 said they could not serve while most excuses were granted.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Michael Jackson
Superior Court
Rodney Melville
Melville
Jackson
Task Force backs ultrasound screening for older male smokers
The U S Preventive Services Task Force now urges one time abdominal aortic ultrasound for men ages 65 to 75 who have smoked to cut death risk from a ruptured artery. The change reflects evidence from 1998 to 2003 showing benefit, affecting an estimated 6 to 7 million men.
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Philadelphia
Federal Health Task Force
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
United States
Petitti
Memorial marks Columbia crew on second anniversary
Families and officials gathered in Houston to dedicate a granite memorial for the seven astronauts who died when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas on February 1 2003 after a 16 day mission. The plaque honors the crew who made the supreme sacrifice to advance humankind near a row of magnolia trees beside a Challenger tribute.
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Columbia
Johnson Space Center
Jefferson D. Howell Jr
Texas
Hempui.t Garden Cuus
Loretta Sterle
Hemphill
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