Bush signs anti-terror bill expands police powers
President Bush endorsed a new anti-terrorism law granting police broad search seizure detention and eavesdropping powers to pursue suspected terrorists. Attorney General Ashcroft ordered rapid deployment across 94 U.S. attorney offices and 56 FBI field offices. Civil libertarians warn freedoms risk erosion while ACLU vows scrutiny. Bush says the measure protects constitutional rights while updating old surveillance rules.
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Washington
Bush
John Ashcroft
American Civil Liberties Union
Sched
FBI
Robert Mueller
Laura Murphy
ACLU
Ashcroft
U.S
Anthrax Tests Hit Federal Court Building In DC
About 400 workers at the federal courthouse near the Monica Lewinsky grand jury site were tested Friday for anthrax exposure and given antibiotics. Nine Supreme Court justices were among the first tested. results expected in days. An air filter sample from the mail center tested positive Monday. Inspectors later found no anthrax in the main court building.
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Federal
Monica Lewinsky
Arberg
Senate
Eisold
Tom Daschle
S.D
Centers For Disease Control
Pamela Talkin
One Person Suspected in All Anthrax Letters
Officials say handwriting analysis and profiling point to a single author for the three anthrax letters but no firm conclusions exist. Investigators weigh theories including a lone U.S. resident with biochemical background, a terrorist group, or a foreign nation.
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Washington
U.S
Health Board fires director and seeks interim chief
The Health Board voted 9 1 to dismiss Bruce Parsons as Health Director. Interim manager Crouch will supervise while Gaston County recruits a permanent director. Four top admins will handle most duties as job notices draw resumes and negotiations on pay and severance proceed.
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Freedom Communications
Gazette
Health Board
Bruce Parsons
Parsons
Crouch
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Mand
Bessemer City
Health Department
Hudson Boulevard
Boyce Hunt
Betty Worthy
Bill Gross
Marie McFarland
Gaston County
Gaston County Human Resources
Charles Vinson
Vinson
Laura Fiorilli
Hydrilla and Grass Carp Spark debate at Lake Norman
Lake Norman residents split over hydrilla and newly stocked grass carp. Chairwoman Alice Battle urges spotting and removing hydrilla while noting carp aim to curb growth, but critics fear overstocking could barren the lake floor. Experts say Mountain Island Lake water supply and recreation could be affected, with hydrilla both sheltering fish and hindering boating and fishing.
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Alice Battle
Battle
Lake Norman
Mountain Island Lake
Donald Dunn
N.C. State University
Stratford Kay
Kay
Duke
Laura Fiorilli
Textile layoffs drive Gaston County job losses rising
Gaston County ED C reports 2 277 manufacturing jobs shed this year, 1 020 in textiles, with public layoffs disclosed and others possibly hidden. September unemployment at 6.9 percent, down from August, while Lincoln and Cleveland counties show 7.1 and 11.7 percent respectively. Cleveland leads in rate for the second month.
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Gaston County Economic Development Commission
EDC
Donny Hicks
Employment Security Commission
North Carolina
Lincoln County
Cleveland County
Cleveland
Bob Burns
Commission
Charlotte
Gaston County
Gaston
Burns
Jason Koshinskie
Hydrilla eating carp released to Mountain Island Lake
Sterile grass carp were stocked to combat hydrilla at Mountain Island Lake. 8,000 fish were stocked last year. 4,000 more, costing 13,960, were added after a 400 mile overnight truck delivery from Georgia. Each 6 to 12 inch fish costs 3.70 and are bred sterile to prevent breeding. Local observers note hydrilla’s spread and the carp’s slow start feeding.
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Gastonia
Charlotte
Neck Road
South Georgia
Ken Manuel
Duke Power
Manuel
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