Local jobs steady to stronger in Ottawa and region
Ottawa area employers anticipate steady or rising hiring through spring and into summer 2004, with Manpower International data showing Topeka strength and Lawrence stability. Kennel Aire Plasti Crate and Ottawa Truck report mixed hiring, Midwest Cabinet expects growth to 110 workers, while national unemployment rises to 5.7 percent and Franklin County sits near 6.4 percent.
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Ottawa
Topeka
Lawrence
Dale Criss
Kennel Aire Plasti Crate
E. North St
Joe Hastert
E. Dundee St
Hastert
Midwest Cabinet Co. Inc
N. Industrial Ave
Manpower International
Labor Department
Franklin County
Ottawa Area
Education stymies legislators in Kansas session end
The Kansas Legislature adjourned without a school finance package as District Judge Terry Bullock warns the current funding system is unconstitutional and may prompt action. Lawmakers hope a cleanup session will yield a plan, but House and Senate have blocked each other on multiple proposals amid divisions across Johnson County and urban counties.
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Herald
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Bullock
Kansas House
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Independence
Schmidt
Johnson County
US says war on terror expands as new threats emerge
The United States reports progress in deterring al Qaeda while new, loosely connected groups inspired by the network arise in several countries. Arrests occurred in the Philippines, Britain, Turkey, and France as authorities monitor threats in the United States and Spain amid ongoing debates over strategy and roots of terrorism.
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Washington
War On Terror
al-Qaida
Turkey
France
United States
Spain
Uzbekistan
Bush
Iraq
U.S
Afghanistan
Taliban
Bill Harvey
Sarah
al- Qaida
New York
World Trade Center
Bruce Hoffman
Rand Corporation
Blix says Iraq worse off after invasion than under Saddam
Hans Blix, former U N weapons inspector, told Jyllands-Posten that Iraq is worse off now than under Saddam Hussein. He cited high casualties and ongoing violence linked to the war while noting Saddam’s regime is gone. He criticized the U S and Britain for the invasion and heads a Stockholm based commission on weapons of mass destruction.
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U.N
Iraq
Copenhagen
Denmark
Saddam Hussein
Hans Blix
Saddam
Jyllands Posten
Blix
United States
Britain
Independent
Commission On Weapons of Mass
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European Commission
Romano Prodi
Jyllands Posten Daily
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