Beyond summer camps, teens find high finance and far journeys
The article notes teens attend diverse programs from Wall Street 101 dorm camps in Boston to stock tracking at a Federal Reserve visit, internships at banks, and exotic trips for journalism, art, or farming. Parents plan with color charts, juggling options from Japan trips to Central America volunteering, amid aim to boost futures.
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Associated Press
Hawaii
Alaska
James Herbin
Waltham
Het Soliene
Wall Street 101
Herbin
Federal Reserve
Millersburg
Ohio
Camp Winna Rainbow
California
Mendocino County
Wavy Gravy
Chambersburg
Karen Hainer
Aléxah'd Vacy
Japan
West Virginia
Central America
Italy
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Parents kidnap school superintendent in Lucerne Valley
Carl Williams and wife Kathy Williams, both 45 and 48, seized Jim Wheeler, the Lucerne Valley district superintendent, handcuffed him, and drove away before deputies stopped their SUV ten miles away. They faced kidnapping, conspiracy, and false imprisonment charges. bail was set at 100,000 each. Wheeler, 61, sustained only a minor wrist rash.
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Kathy Williams
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Vara Accade
Jim Wheeler
Los Angeles
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Neiman
Wheeler
Carl Wi
Norm Neiman
Salt Lake City tries chocolate covered crickets at Cold Stone
In Salt Lake City Cold Stone Creamery promotes a cricket flavored ice cream as part of a Survivor themed campaign offering a free scoop and a raffle entry for a trip to Australia. Patrons sample crunchy chocolate coated crickets from Hotlix, with mixed reactions and no health complaints reported.
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Salt Lake City
Regan Meyer
National
Cold Stone Creamery
Brian Curin
Scottsdale
Gardiner's
Crickets
Hatlix
Hotlix
Larry Peterman
Utah Department of Health
Stephen McDonald
Health Department
Motor voter program glitches hit half the states survey
Washington AP reports that 23 of 44 states using the motor voter system faced serious problems last fall. DMV delays and form errors kept some voters off rolls on Election Day. The Pentagon found no major overseas ballot delays. Arizona reported poll workers turned away voters who believed they had registered.
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Washington
Federal Election Commission
Florida
al Gore
George W. Bush
FEC
Brian Hancock
Pentagon
Defense
William Cohen
Hancock
Arizona
Bush
Gore
WTO's interim ruling faults US export tax credits
The WTO finds that U S export tax credits still breach trade rules despite changes last year. U S officials acknowledge the finding and await August publication and possible appeal. EU sanctions could reach over four billion if upheld, with Congress and NAM noting the breach.
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Washington
World Trade Organization
United States
U.S
Kimberly Pinter
National Association of Manufacturers
WTO
European Union
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