North Korea says it has solved plutonium weapon tech
KCNA reported North Korea completed reprocessing fuel rods and started using plutonium to make nuclear weapons as a deterrent against U S plans to invade. Experts say 8,000 rods could yield five to six bombs. U S intelligence suspects at least one or two bombs exist. Regional leaders urged deeskalation.
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Bush pitches six steps to spark job growth in Milwaukee
President Bush meets small business leaders in Milwaukee to press six measures he says will rebuild confidence and spur hiring. He urges permanent tax cuts, energy reform, streamlined regulations, health care changes, expanded trade and medical liability limits as manufacturing loses jobs for the 37th straight month while construction and services add workers.
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Iraq weapons hunt finds limited, covert programs cited
Kay's Iraq Survey Group reports limited evidence of active nuclear chemical programs and a covert network for quick surge in biological research. Some scientists note veiled bioweapons work, others suggest no weaponization. Trailers, labs, and destroyed documents raise questions about postwar findings and prewar claims.
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Local heroes honored as Ottawa salutes returning soldiers
The Ottawa Herald recounts how soldiers and families mark deployments to Iraq Afghanistan and Bosnia. Lance Cpl. Christopher Wasser returns on leave to an open house with 100 plus friends and relatives, while Sgt. Jonathan Haney notes care packages and possible redeployment. Haney recalls guarding Bagram and nightly rocket fire, yet treasures a village school project memory in Afghanistan.
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Weekend Weather Outlook From Saturday To Monday
Saturday mostly sunny with highs around 75. Sunday sunny with highs in the upper 70s. Monday partly cloudy with highs in the mid 70s. Weather page 12.
Beef prices surge on drought and mad cow scare
Driven by drought and Canada’s mad cow scare, beef market prices hit new highs as tight supplies meet renewed consumer demand. Cattle futures rally, retail meat up 11 percent to 3.73 per pound for choice meats in August, with analysts warning the spike may not last. Slaughter cattle prices reached 90 dollars per hundredweight in early October.
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Bratwurst Grill fundraiser fuels United Way drive
Franklin County United Way chairman Larry Felix oversees the Johnsonville Big Taste Grill in Country Mart parking lot serving $2 brats with chips and drink. Proceeds support United Way with Ottawa High School Marching Band and local emergency vehicles display. The giant grill, claimed to cook 25 000 brats per hour, travels to Kansas Speedway next.
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Kansas lawmakers, regulators weigh blackout response authority
About 50 legislators, regulators, and utility officials met in Topeka to discuss avoiding a repeat of the Aug. 14 Northeast blackout. They debated wind power use, regional transmission issues, and ensuring operators can “shed load” when lines threaten overload, with focus on empowering decision makers.
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