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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2001
Page
4
About 100 students at a New Bedford high school were suspended for one day after walking out to protest a judge's ruling that allowed classmate Eric McKeehan to stay at home while awaiting trial for allegedly plotting a massacre. McKeehan, 17, wore an electronic bracelet after returning to his mother's apartment.
Robert Denham, a former MacDill Air Force Base airman, received a 12-year prison term in U.S. District Court after admitting to making and selling pipe bombs. In sentencing remarks he said he would keep quiet. A brush fire near Potrero, California, fueled by strong winds, prompted partial evacuations and endangered up to 300 homes while destroying several unoccupied structures.
The Senate defeated a bid to block a 4900 dollar annual pay hike, effective January, boosting salaries to 150000. Feingold argued timing amid recession. 14 of 30 senators up for reelection opposed the raise, while leaders did not block it. The House already passed related legislation, and President Bush signed the law.
President Bush says his domestic agenda is blocked in the closely divided Senate and urges quick passage of lagging bills. Democrats control the Senate by one vote, and Bush accuses the chamber of failing to act while the House advances energy, patients' rights, education, and religious charities funding. Maryland Governor Glendening counters that GOP plans harm states and ignore recession victims.
Several hundred supporters rallied in Philadelphia to urge the release of death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal on the 20th anniversary of the police shooting. A separate event planned for the following day honored Officer Daniel Faulkner with a plaque at the shooting site.
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