Saudi denial blocks US access to Khobar Towers suspects
Saudi interior minister Prince Nayef rejects any extradition of 13 Saudi men charged in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing. The US seeks a full international probe but faces a closed Saudi legal system with opaque trials. Potential US attendance at a Saudi trial could aid families of fallen Americans.
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Saudi Arabia
U.S
Khobar Towers
Nayef bin Abdel Aziz
United States
John Ashcroft
Ashcroft
FBI
Youth Challenge Academy praised by Roswell reader
Local letter to the editor lauds the Youth Challenge Academy started by the New Mexico Army National Guard. The writer hails the program as a strong community benefit with potential for youth development and Guard involvement beyond emergencies.
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Roswell Daily Record
Youth Challenge Academy
New Mexico Army National Guard
Guard
Red Barn Restaurant opens in Roswell with future motel plan
Roswell construction has begun on a three way restaurant project by one developer. Allen Garrett says Red Barn Restaurant at 1201 W Second will open in September with steak and fresh seafood. A Pizza Hut and Sonic Drive In will be added west of that site.
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Roswell
Albuquerque
Allen Garrett
Red Barn
Artesia
Fred Pomeroy
Roswell Independent School District
RISD
Toney Anaya
Charlie Wells
Chaves County
RSVP
Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce
Redistricting Sparks Tense Debate in New Mexico Hearings
Eastern and southeastern New Mexico fear losing a seat as growth lags while Albuquerque pieces redraws for city and state districts. Factions clash over reapportionment with veto checks from mayor and governor, as demographics drive political stakes.
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Albuquerque
Roswell
New Mexico
Angel Fire
mid-Northeast Heights
State Senate
Richard Romero
Romero
Tudor Place Washington one of nation’s time capsule homes
Tudor Place in Washington houses six generations of Washington family history and the largest collection of Washington possessions outside Mount Vernon. The private museum began under Armitage Peter III and features rooms documented from candlelight to electricity, with visitors guided through a basement archive and famed artifacts, including a Washington portrait.
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Washington
Tudor Place
George Washington
Martha Custis
Thomas Peter
Georgetown
Mount Vernon
This Place
Armitage Peter III
Lier
Robert E. Lee
Britannia Peter
William Thornton
U.S. Capitol
Thornton
Melinda Linderer
Martha Custis Peter
Anna Marie
Capitol
Potomac
Leslie Buhler
Thomas
Court nominees face ideology scrutiny in Senate review
The piece argues ideology will color Senate probing of Supreme Court nominees, noting past litmus-test clashes and the shift from moral to intellectual considerations. It cites Princeton scholars and Walter Berns on church state doctrine, plus Gelernter on VMI’s male-only history and shifts in judicial criticism.
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Supreme Court
Sen. Daschle
Senate
Princeton
Walter Berns
Berns
David Gelernter
Yale
Virginia Military Institute
Gelertner
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