American hostage escapes captors in Baghdad incident
Thomas Hamill, 43, a Halliburton contractor, pried open a held house door and fled a half mile to a passing military convoy. He identified himself to U S soldiers, led them back to his Iraqi captors, two were captured, amid ongoing insurgent attacks across Iraq that killed 11 Americans. Hamill’s escape came weeks after his abduction near Baghdad and amid Fallujah operations winding down under a new agreement.
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Thomas Hamill
U.S
Hamill
Macon
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Halliburton Corp
United States
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United Way Opposes Texas Budget Cuts and Reorg
United Way officials say sweeping social service cuts and a reorganization will burden nonprofits. Jason Sabo of United Ways of Texas warns the legislature has made access to services harder. House Bill 2292 consolidates 12 agencies into five, affecting Odessa area nonprofits.
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Statewide Medicaid cut projections by county in Texas
The report details estimated Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program reductions for area counties. Andrews receives 2,036,965 dollars in cuts, Dawson 2,169,167, Ector 19,484,969, Gaines 2,709,209, Glasscock 107,468, Howard 3,873,250, Jeff Davis 178,700, Loving 8,169, Martin 636,084, Midland 12,625,934, Pecos 2,457,677, Reagan 635,613, Reeves 2,530,299, Terrell 127,607, Upton 406,254, Ward 1,783,761, Winkler 1,329,359.
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Pecos
Reagan
Reeves
Terrell
Upton
Ward
Winkler
Gaza Withdrawal Plan Rejected by Likud in Referendum
In Jerusalem, Likud voters rejected Ariel Sharon’s unilateral pullback from Gaza and parts of the West Bank by 60 to 39 percent. The defeat casts doubt on his disengagement strategy and potential Cabinet reshuffle or early elections. Gaza militants killed a pregnant settler and her four children as campaigning continued. Israel retaliated with airstrikes on a Gaza radio station and a West Bank strike in Nablus.
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Ariel Sharon
Likud
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Sharon
Army
Gaza
Israel
Nablus
Yale Class of 1966 and 1968 clash in presidential year
Yale New Haven AP describes a class war as Yale College seniors from the Classes of 1966 and 1968 discuss the 2004 presidential race. Both George W. Bush and John Kerry, Skull and Bones members, reflect on Yale life in the 1960s amid campus upheaval and activism.
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Yale University
Kerry
Bush
Skull and Bones
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