National Unfunded Mandates Week sparks coast to coast protest
Federal mandates face scrutiny as cities coordinate five day push against unfunded programs. Officials argue billions in costs strain budgets while environmentalists warn the campaign aims to rewrite major acts like clean water and clean air. Critics joke about odd examples, like Indiana testing for a pesticide once used in Hawaii.
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National League of Cities
Randy Arndt
Kalamazoo, Mich
Washington, D.C
U.S. Transportation Departments
Brian Cudahy
Victor Ashe
Knoxville, Tenn
Bruce Hamilton
Hamilton
Indiana
Craven Regional Heart Center a Year Of Growth And Change
The Craven Regional Medical Center heart center marks its first anniversary with 117 surgeries and 153 cardiac catheterizations since opening. Dr. Mark Reames, retiring as director, praises results while noting higher mortality may come with tougher cases. Dr. George Alexander will lead the program as operations expand to angioplasty atherectomy and soon coronary stents.
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Craven Regional Medical Center
Mark Reames
Medical Center
Food and Drug Administration
Reames
George Alexander
Raleigh Cardiovascular and
Thoracic
Carolina Heart Institute
Charlotte
New Heart Center
Craven Regional
Havelock coach Gene Bell fights heart disease with surgery
Gene Bell, 65, of Havelock, delayed surgery after noticing slow onset chest burning and shortness of breath. Doctors at Craven Regional Medical Center found three artery blockages and recommended open heart surgery, which he underwent June 9 after family urging to treat the condition near home. He returned to coaching and recalls not recognizing how bad he felt before.
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Gene Bell
Havelock
Heart Center
Nor- Bell
Havelock High
Bell
Mary
John Williams
Mark Reames
Craven Regional Medical Center
Wake County Hospital
Pamlico deer hunter wounded in accident
Pamlico County wildlife officer says two hunters were involved when a semiautomatic weapon discharged pellets wounding Hardison with a superficial wound to the right lower side. No witnesses. They wore blaze orange hats and had completed hunter safety courses. Meador noted three accidental shootings in Pamlico over three years.
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Meador
Pamlico County
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Hardison
Peace and peril swirl after Israeli bombing tests Rabin plan
World in Israel faces hope and fear as a Tel Aviv bombing after a Jordan peace move unsettles the process. Rabin and Arafat, each fragilely backed by allies, must weather political risks while divisions widen. Rabin seals off Palestinian areas, causing hardship and fueling anger that could drive more extremists and bloodshed.
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Israel
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Yasser Arafat
Rabin
Arafat
Feud Between Arafat Jordan King Sparks Tension
Arafat and the king of Jordan clash over regional tensions as a Tel Aviv woman lights a candle Friday at the site of a bus bombing that killed 21 Israelis, highlighting ongoing conflict and grief.
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Tel Aviv
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