Firefighters killed as Washington wildfire explodes
In north central Washington a small five acre blaze near the Okanogan and Wenatchee forests grew into a deadly inferno. Twenty one firefighters faced extreme winds and heat as four were killed trying to evacuate and seek shelter. the fire expanded to 8,200 acres with crews rerouted to safety.
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Okanogan
Wenatchee National
Washington
Sonny J. O'Neal
Jason Emhoff
Chewuch
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Forest Service
Jim Archambeault
Archambeault
Rick Acosta
Bush proposes Medicare discount plan to expand coverage
President Bush outlined a stopgap prescription drug discount plan as a step toward a broader Medicare overhaul. The plan would endorse privately run discount cards costing up to 25 dollars, with estimates of 20 to 50 percent savings on medicines and a 35 million dollar education push for seniors.
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Democrats block Bush energy plan in Congress
In Washington, Democrats resist the Bush administration energy plan by blocking new drilling in federal monument areas and opposing offshore Gulf and Arctic refuge development. Senate votes restrict drilling on protected lands, while Interior trims Gulf leases and House debates Arctic National Wildlife Refuge access.
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Bush Administration
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Arctic Wildlife
Senate
Gulf
Florida
Alabama
Interior Department
Trent Lott
Bush
America
Richard Durbin
Ill
GOP
House
Mississippi
Lott
Bill Nelson
D-Fla
Eastern
Nelson
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska
House Resources Committee
Billy Tauzin
R-La
Pentagon plans April tests for missile defense in Alaska
The Pentagon seeks to begin construction next April for new tests of a missile defense system potentially violating the 1972 ABM treaty. Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz said Alaska sites may host test facilities and noted likely treaty clashes, with a new understanding with Russia hoped to moot questions. Ground clearing for an Alaska test site at Fort Greely could start in August, with five to ten silos planned for interceptors.
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Defense
Paul Wolfowitz
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wolfowitz
Alaska
Russia
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Moscow
Interfax
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Vladimir Putin
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Belarus
United States
Congress
Fort Greely
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Capitol Hill
U.S
Mbush
North Korea
Iraq
Shuttle blast off for space station
The Space shuttle Atlantis launched from Cape Canaveral at 5 04 a m carrying a 164 million payload to the international space station Alpha. The five crewed mission came a month late due to earlier problems on the station. Alpha and its three residents watched from above the Indian Ocean as Atlantis departed. They were told to expect the first visitors in more than two months on Friday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
International Space Station
Shuttle
Indian Ocean
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