Bush education ads under fire over Williams contract
The Education Department faced scrutiny over a 1.3 million dollar deal with Armstrong Williams to promote No Child Left Behind. Critics call it propaganda, while officials say the arrangement was legal. Congress and the FCC review records and the agency plans an inspector general probe as Paige prepares to step down and Spellings is named successor.
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Armstrong Williams
Ile
Rod Paige
Williams
Paige
Federal Communications Commission
Ketchum
Bush
White House
Margaret Spellings
USA Today
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Harkin
Congress
FCC
Education Department
Kansas gay marriage ban gains momentum in Senate vote
The Kansas Senate rejected a plan to narrow the amendment that would ban same sex marriage, as supporters push to mirror other states. Critics call the measure a civil rights issue and warn it could block civil unions. Strong figures include Pat Bullock and Richard Donner.
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Kansas
Pat Bullock
The
Heart of Kansas Southern Baptist Association
Richard Donner
Kansas Unity and Pride Alliance
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Independence
Schmidt
Global Shift as New Powers Reshape World Order
A National Intelligence Council report warns of a bumpy global transition as China and India rise and globalization spreads. It foresees political and cultural shifts, rising terrorism with decentralized groups, and steadier US participation in a more competitive, eastwardly oriented world.
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India
United States
Council
David Gordon
Hollywood
Gordon
Trutchings
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Hutchings
CIA
Iraq
Afghanistan
National Intelligence Council
Porter Goss
World Economic Forum
Federal Reserve
Davos
Switzerland
Asia
America
Forum
U.N
U.S
Iraqi extremist claims kill of pro vote Shiite leader in Salman Pak
Ansar al Islam, a Sunni group, says it killed Sheik Mahmoud Finjan in Salman Pak as part of efforts to disrupt Iraq's elections. Finjan promoted turnout for Grand Ayatollah Sistani and backed voting in the national polls. Attackers also killed his son and four bodyguards amid widespread violence ahead of the vote.
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al- Qaida
Middle East
al-Qaida
Baghdad
Iraq
Ansar al-Islam
Sheik
Mahmoud Finjan
Ali al-Sistani
Finjan
U.S
Salman Pak
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Topeka
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John Nowak
Ottawa Herald
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S. Walnut
Ottawa
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Public Television
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