Niagara Falls survivor says he faced personal crisis
Kirk Jones 40 survived a Niagara Falls plunge and says a low mood drove the act. He credits the fall with renewing his will to live, while authorities treat the case as a psychiatric matter and review a friend’s videotape. He faces mischief and unlawfully performing a stunt charges.
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Bush defends Iraq war amid protests in Canberra
President Bush urged allies to stay the course in the broader war on terror as thousands protested outside Parliament. He told a divided Australian Parliament that the Iraq war was right and inevitable and that decisive days lie ahead for the alliance.
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U S planes not told of guerrillas in Colombia spray mission
U S officials failed to learn of intelligence showing guerrilla presence in the spraying area. Colombian troops trained under a 2.5 billion counternarcotics program could not clear guerrillas or respond to attacks that downed a spray plane on September 21, killing its pilot.
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Retired General Frames War on Terror as Historic Task
Retired Gen Tommy Franks, former head of U S Central Command, spoke at the Alfred E Smith Foundation Memorial dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, calling the war on terror crucial and stating two wars were won and two peaces must be won. He noted the Sept 11 attacks changed U S perspective and then quipped about Alfred E Smith IV seeking keynote speakers.
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Maine laptop program cuts impact on middle schools
In Boothbay Harbor Maine social studies teacher Eric Chamberlin uses classroom laptops to teach as part of a 37.2 million state program delivering laptops to 34 000 seventh and eighth graders and 3 000 teachers. Absenteeism falls and attention rises but states face tighter budgets endangering continuation after 2005 with only 5.7 million proposed for 2005.
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