Agencies send workers home after anthrax scares
More than a thousand World Bank employees worked from home after an anthrax scare on Tuesday. A sister agency found spare mail in its mail room. The FBI prepared to test lie detectors for current and former workers at Army medical labs. Fort Detrick officials reviewed a Defense Department proposal to tighten security for anthrax stores.
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Easley budget plans cut local reimbursements to fund state programs
Easley defended a conservative $14.3 billion budget aiming no revenue growth and no state employee salary increases. He proposed taking $40 million from tobacco settlement trust funds and delaying middle class tax breaks. The plan shifts funds to class size reductions and More at Four preschool initiatives, with teacher step increases and performance bonuses. Local tax options and revenue shifts remain under consideration.
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Powell Labels Seven Nations Terrorist States In Annual Report
Secretary Powell branded Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, Libya and Sudan as terrorist states while warning of further mass destruction threats. He cited increased terrorist chatter and the August disclosure that Osama bin Laden sought to hijack U.S. airplanes, as the White House resisted calls for an independent commission.
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King Day debate stirs Gaston County leaders and NAN aims for Sharpton visit
Local and county figures including Gaston County Commissioner Tom Keigher and Gaston County Human Relations Director Hugh Grant join National Action Network organizers in Gastonia to push for a official Martin Luther King Jr. Day. NAN representative John Barnett predicts nationwide attention as organizers seek a July or 2003 decision while noting Al Sharpton’s schedule may delay his appearance.
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Veterans aid group founder visits Gaston County church
Chuck Dean of Point Man International Ministries will speak to area veterans at Catawba Heights Baptist Church about coping with post traumatic stress disorder and healing from war related trauma. Dean’s visit includes a pastors’ conference to discuss PTSD effects beyond combat.
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