House committee urges appeal of Pledge ruling in schools
The House Judiciary Committee voted 22 to 20 to urge the Bush administration to appeal the 9th Circuit decision that the Pledge of Allegiance with under God violates the Constitution. Two Democrats opposed. eight Democrats abstained.
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House Judiciary Committee
Jerrold Nadler
New York
Bobby Scott
Virginia
Reseo
Steve Chabot
Ohio
9Th US. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
White House
Supreme Court
9Th Circuit Court
Britain lays out Iraq disarmament terms in UN bid
Britain proposes detailed conditions for Iraq disarmament to UN Security Council as it pursues a new draft resolution. The plan includes a televised Saddam Hussein denial of weapons of mass destruction and extends the deadline beyond March 17.
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Oklahoma City Federal Building
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Britain
Iraq
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Donald H. Rumsfeld
London
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Saddam Hussein
Associated Press
Kofi Annan
Jeremy Greenstock
Hans Blix
Adolfo Zinser
Ari Fleischer
Fleischer
Bush
Spain
France
Atta Palacio
Saddam
Americans honor fathers by retracing Vietnam crash site journey
Mickey Olmstead and sister Dixie lead about 60 Americans on a two week trip to Vietnam to locate the crash site and recall their father Navy Cmdr. Stanley Olmstead who died when his I 4 fighter crashed on October 17 1965. The group visits Mekong Delta Khe Sanh and Danang seeking closure with remains unconfirmed.
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Vietnam
Mickey Olmstead
Dixie
Texas
Arlington
Mekong Delta
Khe Sanh
Danang
Demilitarized Zone
Dixie Olmstead George
Irving
George
Dixie Olmstead
Navy
Cmdr
Stanley Olmstead
Hanoi
Bodies found in Brownsville apartment leave questions
Police discovered a decapitated 1-year-old and two other children in a one-bedroom Brownsville unit. Parents in custody face questions as investigators awaited a search warrant. Neighbors described horrific conditions and prior reports of abuse or fighting in the building. Brownsville lies near the Mexican border about 240 miles south of San Antonio.
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Brownsville, Texas
Carlos Garcia
Garcia
United States
Nancy Garcia
Juan Hernandes
Brownsville
San Antonio
States cut costs one cent at a time across agencies
State governments implement penny pinching across offices from unscrewed light bulbs to plain stationery to save hundreds of millions amid a deep budget shortfall. Governors Mandate reduced color printing travel and equipment bans while Missouri uses eye catching posters to promote energy cuts and energy saving.
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David Adkins
Kansas
Kathleen Sebefins
Oregon
Ted Kulongeski
Idaho
Eastern Idaho Technical College
College of Eastern Idaho
Missouri
Senate
Michael Keathley
South Carolina
Mark Sanford
Congress
Sanford
Will
Schiickte
Keon Chi
Georgetown College
Kentucky
Council of State Governments
Chi
Ken Winn
Winn
Van with beer cans hides bodies of man and mother in Denton
In Denton Texas a man James Mack 48 is found dead in a van parked in his yard with his 87 year old mother Margie Stuckey Mack in the passenger seat under a pile of empty beer cans. Neighbors say the man lived in the van to stay warm after a gas shutoff. Police see no obvious foul play. Two emaciated dogs were in the van.
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James Mack
Lenn Carter
Mack
Margie Stuckey Mack
Animal Control
Carter
Kyla Welch
Record Chronicle
Serrate Ey
Welch
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