Budget GOP plan targets Medicare and Medicaid cuts
Senate Republicans led by Judd Gregg unveil a deficit plan that tightens inflation adjustments and raises taxes to trim Medicare and Medicaid growth. The package would save about 475 to 495 billion over five years, with criticism from AARP about higher costs for seniors. House plans also seek deep welfare and food program cuts.
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Gregg
Martin Corry
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Bob Dole
House
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Kidnapping suspect caught in Knoxville arresting Newport case
Orin Eugene Ross, 38, of Newport, charged with kidnapping and larceny after a Knoxville officer stopped him driving Connie Melton's car. Melton, missing since Saturday, is believed dead by her mother, who says a witness saw them in a vehicle in Havelock and the man likely killed her.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Orin Eugene Ross
Eastern Correctional Center
Charles R. Tomlinson
Connie Melton
Lot 10
Doc
Melton
Ross
Dorothy Brown
The
Sun Journal
Brown
Havelock
Preservation fight grows for New Bern battlefield site
Civil War battlefield near New Bern east of US 70 seeks National Historic Site status to protect 17 of 24 acres from encroachment. Local dealer Will Gorges notes risks from development and logging, urging designation to shield earthworks and rifle pits.
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US 70
Will Gorges
Tryon Palace
Gorges and Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
The
New Bern Historical Society
Cemetery Hill
Gettysburg
Gorges
Marc Finlayson
N.C. Communications
Fisheries panel seeks way out of its own can of worms
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission meets in New Bern to resolve a grant program with 150000 in recommended funds tied to commission members. A conflict of interest concern led Jodie Gay and Melvin Shepard to recuse while the Attorney General’s opinion warns that grants to 41 organizations may violate state rules.
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New Bern
Commission
Beverly Perdue
Dcraven
Perdue
General Assembly
Gram
Morehead City
Division of Marine Fisheries
Nancy Fishing
Jodie Gay
Hampstead
Gay
Melvin Shepard
Snead’s Ferry
Pamlico High School Could Win Fisheries Grant
Pamlico County High School seeks a $56,500 two year grant to study how tailbag sizes affect bycatch and targeted harvest numbers. Marine occupation teacher Owen Lupton leads the project, pending final approval by the Marine Fisheries Commission amid scrutiny of other grants.
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Marine Fisheries Commission
Pamlico County
Owen Lupton
Lupton
Flood waters recede as California toll rises and cleanup begins
Flooding waters slowly retreat after heavy storms across Northern California. The Deluge kills 14, evaculates about 7,000, with 1,000 still homeless. Raw sewage fouled Monterey water, prompting disinfection advice from health officials. Salinas Valley and Salinas River floodwaters devastate crops worth hundreds of millions, while I-5 bridges collapse near Huron claim multiple bodies.
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Sonoma
Monterey Peninsula
San Francisco
William Wong
Maria Olvera
Salinas Valley
America
Salinas
Monterey County
Richard Nutter
Mike Antle
Tanimura & Antle
Huron
Pasajero
Martha Zavala
Zavala
Amelia Lara
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