Florida Texas move to ease crop losses from January freeze
Florida Governor declares state disaster area and seeks federal aid as citrus and winter crops suffer. Texas opens four relief centers for farm workers after the worst freeze in six years hits Rio Grande Valley, with extensive crop losses and job displacements.
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Top court rejects suit to remove Pittsburgh menorah
The Supreme Court rejected Pittsburgh's emergency bid to bar a 40 foot menorah on the City-County Building steps. Justices split 6 to 3 with Rehnquist, Stevens and Scalia in the minority. The display, with a “Salute to Liberty” sign, was erected by Chabad amid ongoing dispute over public display on government property.
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Four mothers become foster moms in Michigan LIFE program
In Royal Oak and Warren, four welfare mothers now earn about 21,000 yearly as licensed foster mothers for disabled children under the LIFE program. The Judson Center trains and places them with children aged roughly 15 to 16, aiming to replace welfare with caregiving roles and reduce institutional costs.
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Warren
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Castro plotted 1983 Miami attack plan per Cuban defector
Cuban defector Gen Rafael del Pino says Fidel Castro, amid Caribbean tensions and the Grenada invasion, ordered a contingency to program MiG-23 fighters to fly to a south Florida nuclear plant. No comment was available from the Cuban mission in Washington.
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Frank-Gobie Penthouse interview sparks ethics probe
Rep Frank reacts to Penthouse plan to publish an intimate Gobie interview as the magazine targets the first week of February. Gobie reportedly earned fifty thousand dollars for telling his story while social security officials push broader SSI eligibility outreach to reach fragile poor elderly disabled residents.
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State Likely to Lose 3 Seats in Congress
Census Bureau figures released today suggest severe states may gain seats in the U.S. House while up to a dozen states could lose at least one seat in the next reapportionment based on the 1990 census. California may gain seven seats, Texas and Florida three each, Virginia North Carolina Georgia and Arizona one each. New York could lose three seats and several others one or two seats.
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