Bush budget faces broad partisan and political fire
President Bush’s $24 trillion election year budget draws fire from Republicans for spending too much and Democrats for misaligned priorities as lawmakers prepare to begin hearings. The plan, trimmed to 0.5 percent growth after 12 programs targeted for extinction, allocates more to defense and domestic security while proposing cuts across seven cabinet agencies and many education programs.
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Blond Bandit given four year prison term after ground zero trauma
Pamela Kaichen a 44 year old from Katonah New York robbed six banks across New York and Connecticut last May stealing more than 42000 claiming funds were for September 11 victims. Judge Ellen Bree Burns cited mental disabilities triggered by volunteering at Ground Zero.
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Feds roll out 9.5M Medicare ad to defend law
The Bush administration launched a 9.5 million television campaign to counter criticism of the new Medicare law. Through March the ads emphasize preserving existing Medicare while promising more benefits and outline savings from drug cards and drug coverage starting in 2006.
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Slain priest Geoghan blamed on guards overreports
A state investigation found prison guards harassed priest John Geoghan and filed unwarranted disciplinary reports that misclassified him as dangerous, leading to his transfer to a high security unit where he was killed. The probe found abuses at MCI Concord and Souza Baranowski, with no evidence of a prison-wide plot.
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