Texas veto blocks mental retardation death row protections
Walter Rubel argues Governor Perry’s veto of a bill to shield mentally retarded killers from execution shows Texas’s cavalier approach to the death penalty. The piece cites six retarded defendants executed since 1982 and notes Supreme Court orders to review Penry cases and potential North Carolina rulings.
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Texas
Rick Perry
U.S. Supreme Court
Perry
Rodney Ellis
Death Penalty Information Center
Bush
John Penry
High Court
Penry
North Carolina
Pill on the floor sparks a grim farm struggle
Desperate couple scours a dark floorboard for a missing pill as costs mount. They debate glue for repairs, light sources, and matches while fearing rising prices and food scarcity, hoping fire insurance might cover losses.
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Mabel
Bill
Contact Details for Senators and Representatives in Topeka
A list of political contacts includes U S Senator Pat Roberts at 302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 and Senator Sam Brownback at 303 Hart Senate Office Building 20501 with phone lines. It also lists U S Representative Jim Ryan at 511 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515, Governor Bill Graves in Topeka KS 66612, and State Senator Robert Tyson at the State Capitol Topeka KS 66612 with phone numbers. Includes State Reps Ralph Tanner and Bill Feyerbom in Topeka KS 66612 and related office addresses.
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George Bush
White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Berts
Roberts
Senate
Sam Brownback
Sam
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Robert Tyson
Ralph Tanner
Baxter Springs Massacre explodes in Civil War lore
Former mayor editors note a Kansas 1863 massacre at Baxter Springs by Quantrill's bushwhackers. William Blunt and tough scout William Tough figure in the saga as Matthews and Lindberg plan a book expansion with support from Kansas and Wisconsin archives and a potential film interest.
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Matt Matthews
Ottawa
Kip Lindberg
Mine Creek State Battlefield
William Quantrill
Lawrence
Matthews
Baxter Springs
North & South
The
Civil War Society
Eeans
Fort Leavenworth
Otto
James Blunt
Quantrill
Lucasfilms
Lindberg
Kansas State Historical Society
Wisconsin History Society
Wisconsin
National Archives
Kansas
Greeley
Blunt
Mississippi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital For
William Tough
Tough
Pony Express
Gasties
Fort Scott
U.S. Marshal of
Earps
Wild Bill Hickock
University of Arkansas Press
Bush presses missile shield while Kyoto clash looms
AP reports President Bush advanced divergent arguments in Europe for deploying a missile defense system while opposing the Kyoto climate treaty. He argued climate rules lack science basis yet pressed ahead on defense, drawing mixed reaction from Chirac and analysts about his rhetoric and policy shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bush
Europe
Bruce Buchanan
University of Texas
Congress
California
Jacques Chirac
Mars
Philip Gordon
Brookings Institution
Clinton
Wayne Fields
Washington University
St. Louis
Fields
U.S
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Bgray
Kathy Miller
Otawaherald
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