Amtrak Eyes Cuts and Possible Shutdown of Long-Distance Trains
Amtrak threatens to end all long-distance service next October if Congress fails to provide 1.2 billion in the next budget year. The plan includes 4 percent staff reductions, layoffs of 700 union workers and 300 nonunion workers, and cost cuts in hiring training advertising and supplies.
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Amtrak
Congress
National Passenger Railroad
George Warrington
Warrington
New York
Penn Station
NRA Chief Warns of Id Cards and Airport Searches
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre told CPAC conservatives that airport body searches and national ID proposals threaten civil liberties. He urged stricter focus on illegal aliens and criticized plans to store personal data in licenses while condemning surrender of freedoms for perceived safety. He warned against broad government power and vowed to fight campaign finance reform to the Supreme Court. Florida official Katherine Harris defended election reforms amid Florida voting issues.
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National Rifle Association
Wayne LaPierre
U.S
Bush
LaPierre
Supreme Court
Florida
Katherine Harris
Bush taps Towey to lead faith based initiative
President Bush selects Jim Towey former director of Florida health and rehabilitation services and longtime associate of Mother Teresa to head the revamped federal faith based charities effort. Towey founded Aging With Dignity in 1996 and spoke of healing the nation's soul amid the transition from Dilulio to a volunteer focused program.
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Jim Towey
Roosevelt Room
White House
Mother Teresa
Washington
Florida
Lawton Chiles
Towey
John J. Dilulio Jr
Congress
John Bridgeland
U S forces likely harmed anti Taleban Afghans in raid
Afghan locals say some killed were loyal to Hamid Karzai and that police leaders were among those arrested after the January raid on two compounds. U S officials acknowledge a mix of Afghans, criminals and possible Taliban may have been involved while confirming verification remains incomplete.
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U.S
Afghanistan
Pentagon
U.S. Central Command
al-Qaida
Hamid Karzai
Karzai
Taliban
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Myers
Tommy Franks
EPA to dredge Hudson River PCBs finalizes plan
EPA administrator Christie Whitman signed an order to dredge 2.65 million cubic yards of PCB contaminated sediment from a 40 mile stretch above Albany New York. The plan, costing GE up to 500 million, moves to a three year design phase with open accountability standards and aims to remove about 150000 pounds of PCBs.
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Christie Whitman
Hudson River
Albany
N.Y
General Electric Co
Environmental Protection Agency
Mark Behan
Whitman
Clinton
Bush Administration
EPA
Hudson
Jeffrey Immelt
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