New drug benefits draining Medicare outlook worsens finances
Medicare's outlook deteriorates due to the new prescription drug benefit and other changes, with costs rising by more than 500 billion dollars over ten years. Analysts say the trust funds will dwindle as baby boomers retire, potentially shifting insolvency dates earlier. The 2003 trustees report projects Medicare dipping into its trust fund by 2013, three years sooner than 2002 forecasts.
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Washington
Medicare
Robert Moffitt
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Bush
Israel vows to kill every Hamas leader
Jerusalem reports that Israel will target the entire Hamas leadership without awaiting another attack. Security chiefs, reacting to the assassination of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, authorized an intensified offensive. Gaza City saw mass funeral processions as Hamas warned of revenge and hinted U S involvement could be a target. Israel heightened security nationwide and abroad.
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Israel
Hamas
Jerusalem
Sheik Ahmed Yassin
Gaza City
Yassin
United States
Oklahoma artist carves courthouse stump statue of Washburn
Indla Oklahoma artist Clayton Coss begins transforming an 18 foot stump on the Franklin County Courthouse lawn into a 10 foot statue of Ottawa architect George P. Washburn. He places wedges and expects completion by Thursday. A second statue of Ottawa University founder Tony Jones will follow.
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Indla
Okla
Clayton Coss
Ottawa
George P. Washburn
Franklin County
Coss
Cass
Ottawa University
Tony Jones
Chainsaw artist starts work on architect
India Okla sculptor Clayton Cass begins a public art project in Ottawa Kansas by carving a six foot likeness of architect George P Washburn on the Franklin County Courthouse lawn. The project, sponsored by the Ottawa Main Street Association, aims to place a similar statue of Tony Jones later this summer on the courthouse lawn.
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George P. Washburn
Franklin County
India
Okla
Clayton Cass
Coss
Ottawa Main Street Association
Washburn
Franklin, Anderson
Douglas County
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Tony Jones
Cass
Tulsa
Kansas
Pratt
Franklin County Mental Health Eyes Tripling Facility Size
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic seeks about 700000 in two grants to expand its Eisenhower Road site and remodel the basement at 15th and Cedar. The project, funded by a 400000 community development grant and state tax credits, aims to add space without using county tax money.
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County Mental Health
Cleon Rickel
Eisenhower Road Clinic
15Th and
Cedar Streets
Kansas Department of Commerce
State Department of Commerce
Donna Crawford
Crawford
Franklin County Mental Health
Drake
Iraq
Eisenhower Road
Franklin County
Ebenhower Road
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