Businesses urge Congress over CSX strike effects
Federal negotiators wage slow talks as a CSX wage dispute idles 20 000 workers and prompts transportation chaos. Amtrak faces a midnight strike deadline injuring 62 000 daily riders, while Florida Maryland and California shippers reroute cargo and dealers report layoffs and empty showrooms as truck and rail costs rise. Local workers fear lost wages and disrupted commutes amid the nationwide disruption.
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Tom McDonald Sard
Bush
Michael J. Boskin
Carmen
CSX
Thomas Crawford
Machinist Local 257
Jacksonville
Northeast
Amtrak
South Florida
West Paul Beach
Miami
Maryland
Maynard Tedder
Brunswick, Md
Economy grows amid sluggish job gains and policy tension
The economy shows signs of strength in housing and business investment while unemployment hovers near 7 percent for the year. Commerce reports after tax profits rose 11.3 percent in Q1, with consumer spending up 5 percent and a $1.2 billion boost from trade to GDP, totaling $4.90 trillion. The Bush administration pushes the Fed for rate cuts as inflation remains calm.
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Commerce Department
Bush
Federal Reserve
Michael Boskin
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Fed
U.S
Way files civil suit to clear name after firing
The suit claims Mrs. Stallings and Mr. Kass spread rumors that Way was a Ku Klux Klan member and threatened Stallings. Way says the false statements damaged his 56 year reputation and he sought resolution without litigation but was forced to move. Spokespersons could not be reached for comment.
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Way
Mr. Way
Mr. Perot
State Perot Committee
Annapolis
Ku Klux Klan
Kass
Stallings
Dallas
Frederick City
Frederick
Perot
Larry Way
Klan
John Birch Society
KKK
East Patrick Street
Uninvited guest crashes family pool in stormy night
A Walkersville family watched a tree topple into their grandmother's pool at 6 45 pm during a high wind event. The fallen tree, struck by lightning before, created a bizarre scene as emergency crews responded to downed wires and storm debris amid a weekend forecast of warm, partly cloudy weather.
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Walkersville
Jennifer Beach
Jennifer
Mary Jane Bauer
Bauer
National Weather Service
Maryland
Weather Service
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