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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 2002
Page
1
State police said a school bus collided with a sport utility vehicle on U S 70 in San Patricio between Roswell and Ruidoso. Three people in the SUV were killed. The bus driver and one student survived. No cause was announced. U S 70 remained closed.
The FBI issued a high alert asking law enforcement and the public to watch for a Yemeni man Fawaz Yahya al Rabeei and about a dozen associates possibly plotting a U.S. attack around February 12 2002. The alert noted credibility but little target detail and urged police cooperation.
In a bid to resolve a budget impasse the New Mexico House GOPs unveil HB 468 to fully fund Medicaid at 365 million including matching funds. Rep Avon Wilson notes the bill avoids tobacco funds and reserves, while highlighting Medicaid growth from 166 million in 1995 to 322 million this year and an estimated 341 million next year.
The text notes the number of people added to rolls slowing due to the economy and a bill HB468 creating a bipartisan blue ribbon Medicaid commission to study cutting rolls without harming beneficiaries. It funds several state agencies but leaves higher education largely unfunded. Senate co sponsors include Tim Jennings and Stu See.
Opponents of a state Senate redistricting plan used a delay to push the bill toward Gov. Gary Johnson, who now has until March 6 to decide on signing. The measure, passed by the House after Senate passage, would redraw the 42 districts and is criticized as an incumbency protection plan.
Kabul observers and AP review place Afghanistan civilian deaths in the mid hundreds rather than thousands. Taliban reporting inflated figures, while hospital tallies and eyewitness accounts show 500 to 600 deaths statewide.
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