Bridge terminology woes spark push to soften words
State highway officials and engineers say terms like structurally deficient and fracture critical alarm the public and misstate risk. After the I-35W collapse, which killed 13, officials favor clearer labels or a Health Index while Congress and the FHWA keep labeling rules.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Associated Press
America
Minneapolis
U.S
Montana
Loran Frazier
Congress
Federal Highway Administration
Transportation Department
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Milwaukee
Association
Kelley Rehm
Bridges
FHA
Rehm
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Minnesota
Frazier
Utah
Mississippi
Gregory Cohen
American Highway Users Alliance
Cohen
Poll shows gloom over environment despite call for bold action
A bipartisan poll finds widespread pessimism about leaders' environmental efforts. Only about one in five approve of Bush, Congress, and businesses handling the issue, while most want stronger action. Independents and Democrats trend critical. Republicans split.
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Washington
Bush
Congress
U.S
Associated Press
Stanford University
Woods Institute For the Environment
Jerry Menees
Potosi
Stanford
ABC News
Russell Marshall
Enid
Okla
Patriot Act provisions ruled unconstitutional in ruling
Portland federal judge Ann Aiken ruled two Patriot Act provisions violate the Fourth Amendment by allowing warrants without probable cause. The decision comes in the Mayfield case, where Brandon Mayfield was wrongly linked to Madrid bombings and later settled for 2 million. The judge criticized the government and warned against amending the Bill of Rights by executive overreach.
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Portland
Ore
Ann Aiken
Executive
Brandon Mayfield
FBI
Madrid
Mayfield
Aiken
U.S. Attorney General’s Office
Judge delays ruling on Craig plea withdrawal request
Minneapolis judge defers decision on Sen. Larry Craig plea withdrawal, with Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter stating a ruling likely next month. Craig remains in office for now after his June arrest in a Minneapolis airport restroom and August plea, while prosecutors call timing political.
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Craig
Minneapolis
Larry Craig
Idaho Republican
Hennepin County
Charles Porter
U.S. Senate
Idaho
Minnesota
Billy Martin
Martin
Christopher Renz
Potomac
Renz
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