Bush shifts from subsidy to hydrogen fuel cell cars
Washington AP reports the Bush administration ends an eight year program to boost high mileage family sedans after about 1.5 billion dollars in subsidies. Energy Secretary Abraham at a Detroit auto show outlines Freedom Car to advance hydrogen fuel cells and reduce oil dependence and emissions.
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Bush Administration
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Detroit
Department
Abraham
Senate
Energy Department
White House
Michigan
Carl Levin
Enron executives cashed out over a billion in stock
Enron near peak stock selling by executives topped one billion dollars as retirees and about 4 500 workers lost jobs amid a rapid fall into federal bankruptcy court The firm acknowledged overstated profits for four years and faces a Justice Department probe into possible fraud tied to off balance sheet partnerships The White House kept discussions off Enron finances with Vice President Cheney aides while Ari Fleischer rejected knowledge of any internal talks.
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Enron
Tion
Wall Street
Arthur Andersen LLP
United States
Justice Department
Bush
White House
Dick Cheney
Cheney
David Addington
Ari Fleischer
Debt and credit card deals target students and teens
Banks MBNA and Capital One push campus and teen cards with parental guarantees and modest limits. Experts urge early financial education, suggesting parental loans and rigorous repayment. A student with about 4000 in debt describes using casino winnings to pay bills, highlighting risky behavior.
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MBNA
Brian Dalphon
Capital One
Diana Don
Juliette Fairley
Doyle
CPA
St. Petersburg
Fla
Miller
Atlantic City
Immigrant benefits clash over food stamp rules debated
Immigrants advocacy groups press to restore benefits for all immigrants, including farm workers. The White House proposes a 2.1 billion ten-year plan facing Senate Democrats who seek 150,000 beneficiaries while other proposals would raise farm-subsidy limits. Debates hinge on work requirements, costs, and budget impacts amid a program that has fluctuated from 25.5 million recipients in 1996 to about 18.4 million by last year.
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Senate
Agriculture Department
Congress
Eric Bost
Food and Nutrition
Texas’ Welfare
Bush
House
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
United States
Robert Rector
Heritage Foundation
Marines Suffer KC-130 Crash in Pakistan Mountains
Central Command reports four-engine KC-130 Hercules crash in southern Balochistan. Name of service members withheld until families informed. Plane, valued at $37 million, took off from Jacobabad with multiple stops. Bush and Rumsfeld commented on the tragedy as Pakistani troops secured the crash site.
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Tampa
Fla
U.S
Pakistan
Jacobabad
Bush
Jeb
Florida
Pentagon
Rumsfeld
Saeed Malangzai
Associated Press
Balochistan
Lundi Mountains
Malangzai
Marine Corps
Afghanistan
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