TSA to Cut Up To 3000 Airport Screeners This Spring
Washington AP reports the Transportation Security Administration aims to reduce the screening staff from 54 000 to 51 000 this spring with notices likely April and total 48 000 by October 2004. Congress questions Loy’s focus and urges broader transport system security. Rep Harold Rogers criticizes aviation emphasis over highways and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Transportation Security Administration
James Loy
House Appropriations
Homeland Security Panel
Groton
New London
Connecticut
Harold Rogers
Congress
Rogers
Loy
Police arrest man accused of abducting two nuns in Georgia
Adrian Robinson, 25, is jailed in Virginia after authorities say he killed his father in Hamilton and abducted two nuns, mutilating Sister Philomena Fogarty. Fogarty’s body was found in Virginia Beach as a manhunt traced Robinson to a Norfolk Burger King where a worker alerted cops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Georgia
Adrian Robinson
Burger King
Norfolk
Philomena Fogarty
Ronnie Madden
Christ the King Catholic Church
Fogarty
Philomena
Madden
Robinson
Henry
Luci Kristofik
Virginia Beach
Sluggish economy eyed for possible new recession concerns
Washington analysts warn the weak pace since 2001 persists as war jitters and a sluggish labor market keep consumers and businesses cautious. Optimists see 1.5 to 2 percent quarterly growth, while skeptics fear sub 1 percent or contraction. unemployment claims edged lower but signal a sluggish job market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Perle resigns from key Rumsfeld advisory post
Richard Perle steps down as chairman of a policy advisers group to avoid a distraction over his Global Crossing deal. He will remain on the board, citing no wrongdoing, as the government weighs the merger by a joint venture of Asian firms with a $725,000 compensation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprint
Sprint Sasetion LP
Sprint Communications Company LP
Washington
Pentagon
Richard Perle
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Iraq
Perle
Global Crossing Ltd
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Bradley
Carbondale
E. Main St
Samsung
PCS
Sprintpcs.com
Sung Won Sohn
Wells Fargo
Commerce Department
United States
Sohn
Carl Tannenbaum
LaSalle Bank
Servici
NCU
Eeata
Children’s Furniture & Toys
Hutches
Curios
Mt. Vernon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!