Schwarzenegger Unveils Deep Welfare Budget Cuts
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for eliminating CalWORKS and other welfare to work programs to close a 19 billion dollar budget deficit. The plan would cut health and welfare services, affecting about 1.4 million people including many children, with general fund spending set at 83.4 billion for the next year.
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Sacramento
Calif
Arnold Schwarzenegger
California
Schwarzenegger
Calworks
Crash shadows Polish elections after deadly plane crash
Warsaw witnesses a political mood shift as the April 10 crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 96 others shapes the June 20 presidential vote. Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Bronislaw Komorowski vie for front running status while Grzegorz Napieralski trails, and candidates avoid harsh attacks while seeking sympathy and continuity.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lech Kaczynski
Kaczynski
Jaroslaw
Law and Justice Party
Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Bronislaw Komorowski
Civic Platform
Grzegorz Napier
Thai troops fire on red shirt protesters in Bangkok siege
Thai troops opened fire to clear anti government demonstrators in Bangkok as a two month siege ended with at least eight dead and 45 wounded in a 24 hour period. The violence hit business districts with journalists injured and a Canadian reporter hospitalized in serious condition.
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Bangkok
Red Shirt
Judge nominee shows Asian progress in law
The nomination of Goodwin Liu to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals highlights Asian American advancement in the judiciary. Liu, 39, Berkeley law associate dean and professor, would join Denny Chin and Harold Koh as early Asian figures on the path to the Supreme Court, with observers noting the sparse representation and the importance of visible role models.
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Wendy Chang
Chang
America
Taiwan
Los Angeles
Goodwin Liu
Liu
United States
Georgia
University of California At Berkeley Law School
Barack Obama
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
U.S
National
Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Appeals Court
Denny Chin
Chin
Harold Koh
Yale Law School
State Department
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Chicago
Houston
Toddler Survives Car Crash Flung Over 18 Foot Wall
In Pompano Beach Florida a crash sent a 14 year old boy flying over an 18 foot soundwall landing in a yard. He was uninjured aside from being stunned and remained in stable condition. His mother and 3 year old sister were treated at a hospital with no life threatening injuries.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Bob Blount
Blount
Janice
Sheriff’s Office
Mike Jackls
Parking attendants to help spot terrorist activity nationwide
Las Vegas training session unveils a TSA FEMA program to teach parking workers to report suspicious activity such as abandoned cars, odd surveillance, or strange questions. Officials compare the effort to prior attacks and stress the goal is vigilant everyday citizens, not covert agents, in a broad anti-terrorism push.
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Las Vegas
Times Square
Bill Arrington
Transportation Security Administration
Jeff Beatty
FBI
CIA
Beatty
Jack Bauer
James Bond
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Fremont
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Abhisit
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The
Associated Press
Great Clips
Oberlin, OH
Oberlin
North America
Oberlin Salon
Oberlin Plaza
US Rt
Walmart
Jeff Lehman
220 Group, Ltd
Great Clips, Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
Canada
Greatclips.com
Federal Emergency Management Agency
TSA
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
New York
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