Relief and frustration as pilots avoid prison
SHERMAN AP relief mixed with frustration as two hometown pilots escape prison in a friendly fire bombing that killed four Canadians last year. Neighbors question nonjudicial punishment, arguing the incident stemmed from a communications breakdown and was an accident in war.
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McDonald's Sets Limits on Antibiotics in Meat
McDonald's Corp announces new policy restricting antibiotic use by meat suppliers after a year of consultations with environmental, science and consumer groups. The move aims to curb global antibiotic overuse by reducing drugs given to chickens, cows and pigs to speed growth.
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Felony charges dropped against two Air Force aviators
The two pilots Schmidt and Ambach faced murder and related charges after a bombing that killed Canadian soldiers. The investigation found the pilots reckless but not criminally culpable, while an Air Force judge later recommended internal discipline only. The decision drew reaction in Canada as the Bush administration faced calls to apologize.
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County clerks push tax for new voting machines funding
Illinois county clerks urged a new tax to fund federally mandated voting machine upgrades after the 2000 Florida debacle. The plan accompanies proposed election law changes to ban punch cards, start optical scanning by 2004, and require costly touch screen systems by 2006 with federal aid estimated at 110 to 150 million dollars.
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