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$540M in new projects in salmon deal
Apr 9 2008 8:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A plan that commits $900 million in federal money to help endangered Northwest salmon includes just $540 million for new projects, officials said Wednesday.
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ACLU petitions panel in CIA case
Apr 9 2008 6:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A German citizen thwarted in the U.S. courts is taking his allegations of abduction and torture at the hands of the CIA to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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Cell phone alerts coming soon
Apr 9 2008 5:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
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Tech problems blamed on Census Bureau
Apr 9 2008 5:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The company hired to help modernize the 2010 census blamed government officials Wednesday for technology problems that will force census-takers to continue using paper and pencil.
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Ship pilot in SF oil spill had DUI
Apr 9 2008 4:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pilot who steered a freighter into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last fall, causing a huge oil spill, had a drunken driving conviction and a history of alcohol abuse and took numerous prescription drugs that could have impaired his judgment, federal investigators said Wednesday.
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Ship pilot in SF oil spill had DUI
Apr 9 2008 4:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pilot who steered a freighter into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last fall, causing a huge oil spill, had a drunken driving conviction and a history of alcohol abuse and took numerous prescription drugs that could have impaired his judgment, federal investigators said Wednesday.
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Ship pilot in SF oil spill had DUI
Apr 9 2008 4:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pilot who steered a freighter into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last fall, causing a huge oil spill, had a drunken driving conviction and a history of alcohol abuse and took numerous prescription drugs that could have impaired his judgment, federal investigators said Wednesday.
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US Official: Al-Qaida terrorist dead
Apr 9 2008 2:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Egyptian al-Qaida boss believed to be the planner behind the foiled 2006 terrorist plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic is dead of natural causes, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday.
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IRS not doing enough on ID theft
Apr 9 2008 1:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fraudulent tax returns filed as a result of identity theft jumped more than sixfold over the past five years, but the Internal Revenue Service rarely pursues or prosecutes such cases, a Treasury Department watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.
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Fed to auction more Treasury securities
Apr 9 2008 12:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will auction an additional $50 billion in super-safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an effort to ease problems in credit markets.
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Iraq envoy cites need for security force
Apr 9 2008 2:05AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Iraqi ambassador to Washington is commanding only a fraction of the turnout accorded the senior U.S. commander in Iraq, who in Capitol Hill appearances is seeking to discourage growing sentiment for prompt withdrawal of most U.S. troops from the war.
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GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
Apr 9 2008 1:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.
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GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
Apr 9 2008 1:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.
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GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
Apr 9 2008 1:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.
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GAO: Millions wasted on gov't cards
Apr 9 2008 1:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say.
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