Plea pleas over tiger black market scheme in Cape Girardeau
Three people pleaded guilty in a tiger trafficking case. Freddy Wilmoth admitted transporting the animals to Cape Girardeau, Todd Lantz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell an endangered species, and Vicki Lantz admitted assisting in the sale. A cow escaped Cincinnati police and was recaptured after 10 days. President Bush invited Mel Gibson to view We Were Soldiers at the White House. Weather forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions with variable flurries.
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Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Condoleezza Rice
Murphysboro mom mourns loss of soldier Lt Tomeny dies in training accident
1st Lieutenant Tomeny, 32, of the Army Special Forces, was killed during a military exercise at Fort Bragg North Carolina. His mother Lu Cupp and stepfather Lee live in Murphysboro. He joined the service to make a difference and hoped a military career would be more rewarding than college. The incident involved him and Sgt Stephen Phelps while in civilian clothes during a role playing exercise when a deputy spotted them in a pickup truck.
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Sgt
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Sheriff's
Special Forces Change Training at Fort Bragg
Army officials say new Green Beret training procedures at Fort Bragg tighten safety after a fatal shooting when a deputy unaware of the drill stopped a civilian-clothed pickup. Col. Charles King notes no civilian clothes or civilian law enforcement contact during exercises will occur off base.
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Bush urges welfare recipients to marry and work more
President Bush unveiled a welfare reform plan requiring more recipients to work and encouraging marriage, proposing up to 300 million dollars to promote marriages while critics say it lacks child care funding. The plan aims for 70 percent of recipients in jobs within five years, up from the current 50 percent, amid ongoing debates over welfare law changes.
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Congress
West Frankfort and Carbondale schools face mixed Ryan plan
Gov. George Ryan's proposed budget threatens Carbondale School District 95 by cutting most grant funds, risking about $654,000 while boosting general state aid and per pupil spending. In contrast Anna School District 37 could gain from a higher foundation level, rising from 4560 to 5000 per student, aiding cash-poor districts amid fluctuating enrollments.
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Carbondale
George Ryan
Elizabeth Lewin
Ryan
Anna
Bob O’dell
Illinois
VeriChip implants: first ever skin embedded ID chip seeks approval
A Florida tech firm seeks government permission to market VeriChip, a rice grain sized implant for ID at high risk sites. Privacy groups warn of civil liberty encroachments and potential function creep as applications expand beyond initial security aims.
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