United files to void union contracts in bankruptcy bid
United Airlines moved to dissolve labor contracts in bankruptcy court while offering cooperating unions a path to keep agreements through spring if they accept voluntary pay cuts. The filing warns that failing to cut costs could trigger the loss of $1.5 billion in interim financing and threaten the company's survival.
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Chicago
United Airlines
United
U.S
Glenn Tilton
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Air Transportation Stabilization Board
The
Air Line Pilots Association
Dave Kelly
Kelly
Association of Flight Attendants
UAL Corp
New York Stock Exchange
Cloning claim sparks debate at Hollywood press conference
Brigitte Boisselier of Clonaid announces a cloned human birth at a Holiday Inn in North Miami Beach. Experts question the claim, note lack of published results, and discuss the technical and legal challenges surrounding human cloning. President Bush calls for a ban on baby-making via cloning.
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South Florida
Brigitte Boisselier
Boisselier
Ronald M. Green
Dartmouth College
Massachusetts Biotech Company
Advanced Cell Technology
Michael Guillen
ABC
Good Morning America
Clonaid
CNN
Newsnight
Aaron Brown
Miami Beach
Fla
Earth
Rael
Claude Vorilhon
Holiday Inn
Hollywood
National Enquirer
Journal of Regenerative Medicine
Ian Wilmut
Roslin Institute
Scotland
Dolly the Sheep
Nature
United States
Mark Westhusin
Texas A&m University
Westhusin
Food and Drug Administration
Bush
University of Georgia
Steve Stice
Poultry disease triggers California quarantine and depopulation
State and federal officials quarantine Los Angeles County and parts of Riverside and San Bernardino after destroying more than 100000 chickens from Exotic Newcastle Disease. The outbreak, first seen in backyard flocks in October, led to a commercial farm finding and a nationwide emphasis on biosecurity measures.
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Los Angeles
Riverside
California
Larry Hawkins
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino
Hawkins
Ducer
Rico
Leticia Rico
Interior Dept to cut California water supply next year
The Interior Department will reduce California's Colorado River water share by 13 percent next year to force conservation. If no deal is reached by December 31, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Imperial Valley farmers face the largest cuts, while the Imperial Valley faces added limits on irrigation.
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San Diego
California
Interior Department
Interior
Gale Norton
Colorado
Imperial Valley
Bennett Raley
Bush Administration
Norton
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley Water Board
Los Angeles
Imperial County
Hoover Dam
Metropolitan Water District
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Roswell
Roswell D Record
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Interior Dept
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