Darman admits tax revenue forecast overestimate
Washington budget chief Richard Darman acknowledged a January miscalculation that inflated five year tax revenue estimates by 113.9 billion dollars. The error stemmed from a misapplied 20 percent rate on alimony pension income and royalties instead of 10 percent.
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Father turns down son's heart transplant in Raleigh
Ed Reid declined a heart transplant that would have used his diseased heart replacing it with his 23 year old son Eric Reid's heart after Eric died from head injuries from a July 4 golf cart fall. He chose to remain with family during the funeral and said he would struggle with a heart beating that belonged to his son. Reid's heart currently works at about 15 percent capacity, and he felt someone else might need it more.
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Unprecedented Millisecond Pulsars Found in Dense Star Cluster
New York AP reports astronomers discovered ten millisecond pulsars in a single star cluster nearly doubling the known tally. Pulsars are dense stars emitting energy in regular, lighthouse-like beams. millisecond pulsars blink at intervals of thousandths of a second, aiding galaxy formation studies.
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New York
Earth
Fired police chief not sorry for antiabortion protest
Mike Gerrety, former Redwood Falls police chief, sits in a North Dakota jail after being fired by Redwood Falls City Council for defying a return-to-work order. He faces trial July 30 in Fargo for criminal trespass at the state’s only abortion clinic, while 24 protesters were charged and have posted no bail.
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North Dakota
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Redwood
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AT&T Pregnant Workers Win $66 Million Settlement
A federal magistrate preliminarily approves a $66 million EEOC settlement with AT&T for 13,000 workers affected by pregnancy discrimination at Western Electric and related units from 1965 to 1977. The deal, awaiting final court approval, marks the EEOC’s largest cash recovery.
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Evan J. Kemp Jr
Pentagon unsure if photo shows American POWs in Southeast Asia
Nine months of analysis failed to confirm the authenticity of a grainy photo claiming to show three American prisoners. Relatives insist the image is real, while the Pentagon cautions it cannot verify the men as missing servicemen. Senators Kerry and Brown plan hearings on postwar POW remains.
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Senate moves to restore abortion counseling at clinics
The Senate approved restoring abortion counseling at thousands of federally funded family planning clinics by voice vote, signaling a step toward a veto clash with President Bush. Debates over whether pregnant teens must inform a parent or judge before abortion also surfaced, with a measure reversing a DHHS rule barring clinics from advising abortion.
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House
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