Irradiation Urged to Halt Listeria Outbreak Toll
The CDC links the summer outbreak to Wampler Foods of Pilgrim's Pride with seven deaths and 40 or more illnesses. Recall totaled 27 million pounds of ready to eat poultry and meat as advocacy groups fault USDA for lacking testing rules. Experts push irradiation as near 100 percent effective against listeria and other pathogens to prevent contamination.
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Consumer Federation of America
Food Policy Institute
USDA
Steven Cohen
Food and Drug Administration
American Medical Association
World Health Organization
CDC
America
Letters to the Editor questions school prayer and secularism
A reader challenges Elke Mikaelian on the establishment clause and school prayer. The letter argues secularists are intolerant, cites Zorach v. Clausen 1952, and defends religious presence in public schooling while criticizing attempts to remove religion from education.
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Congress
Supreme Court
England
Mikaelian
Zorach
Clausen
Roswell Coyotes Narrowly Miss Upset Versus Cavemen
The Roswell Coyotes fell 22 to 21 to Carlsbad Cavemen in a tight football game. Luanita Liechtfield became president of Roswell High School Office Education Association. Goddard High held its chili supper and carnival annual event.
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Luanita Liechtfield
Roswell High School Office Education Association
Goddard High School
Ethics clash over mayor's expense fund in New Mexico
The Albuquerque mayor faced ethics probes over a political action committee used for personal job related expenses. Critics argue the PAC structure may bypass city ethics rules, while supporters cite transparency and similar practices in Santa Fe and other states.
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Albuquerque
Martin Chavez
Chavez
Patricia Madrid
City Board of Ethics
Common Cause New Mexico
Common Cause
Chaves
PAC
Hess Yntema
Secretary of State
Public Regulation Commission
New Mexico
Gary Johnson
Johnson
Bruce King
It's a Free Country reflects civil liberties post 9 11
The book edited by Danny Goldberg Victor Goldberg and Robert Greenwald collects essays by lawyers professors legislators and victims of post 9 11 policy. It argues that despite fears and secrecy America still values freedom and openness against government overreach. It highlights judge Nancy Edmunds ruling opening hearings and stresses the need for public scrutiny and diverse voices in defending civil liberties.
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America
Country
New York
Greenwald
Cornel West
Princeton
CIA’s top analyst keeps president informed
Jami Miscik, CIA deputy director for intelligence, leads analysts who distill world events into clear briefs for President Bush and his advisers. Her team, spanning engineers to linguists, pursues truth to power though certainty remains rare and surprises occur.
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Jami Miscik
CIA
Bush
Associated Press
Miscik
Directorate of Intelligence
Directorate of Operations
North Korea
George J. Tenet
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