Briefly Milwaukee Citibank to pay 1.6 million in states telemarketing settlement
Citibank agrees to 1.6 million in a multistate settlement over telemarketing practices with complaints about firms hired by the bank. The deal resolves a two year probe led by California Illinois New York and Vermont. Citibank says no wrongdoing and will fund investigative costs and consumer education programs.
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Milwaukee
Citibank
California
Illinois
New York
Vermont
Jim Ryan
Illinois Senate committee pushes daily pledge for high schools
SPRINGFIELD AP The Executive Committee approved a bill requiring daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in high schools, aligning with elementary practice though courts allow opt outs. Sponsor James Pate Philip asserts it mirrors a prior bill that stalled in the House.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Senate
Dick Klemm
Crystal Lake
Senate
James “Pate” Philip
Wood Dale
House
LaHood withdraws bid for House majority whip post
Illinois congressman Ray LaHood quits the race to succeed Tom DeLay as House majority whip, leaving Roy Blunt unopposed. LaHood cites insufficient GOP backing and DeLay's support for Blunt, while Hastert stays out of the fight.
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Washington
Illinois
Ray LaHood
Congress
Texas
Tom DeLay
Missouri
Roy Blunt
LaHood
Peoria
DeLay
Blunt
Roy
Dennis Hastert
John Feehery
Hastert
Chicago
LaHood To Withdraw. ‘That Was Purely A Decision By Mr. LaHood
Lead exposure study flags high children risk near Doe Run smelter
AP reports in Herculaneum Missouri that over 28 percent of children under 7 near the Doe Run Co. lead smelter have elevated blood lead levels, far above the national 7.6 percent rate. State health officials call the site an urgent public health hazard. 935 residents contributed samples last fall. Doe Run company partly agrees with recommendations but disputes the numbers.
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ST. Louis
Jack Warden
Warden
Doe Run Co
Herculaneum
Mississippi River
Doe Run
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Scott Clardy
Health Department
Dee Run
Barb Shepard
House approves deregulation of broadband
Washington AP report on a House vote for deregulating broadband by four regional Bell companies led by SBC and Verizon. The plan would remove 1996 act open access rules, backing faster Internet nationwide, amid party and consumer opposition and uncertain Senate prospects.
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Washington
Bell
Verizon
Bush
SBC
Qwest
BellSouth
Billy Tauzin
R-La
John Dingell
D-Mich
House
Senate
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
John McCain
Arizona
Senate Commerce Committee
Hollings
Tauzin-Dingell
Edward Whitacre
At&t
Jim Cicconi
Congress
Louise Slaughter
D-N.y
Mark Cooper
Consumer Federation of America
Center For Responsible Politics
Bell Companies
Sprint
Worldcom
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Jean Horner
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