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Port workers to undergo background checks
Apr 25 2006 10:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seaport workers will undergo background checks for links to terrorism and to ensure they are legal U.S. residents, the Bush administration said Tuesday.
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Forest Service public comment rules nixed
Apr 25 2006 7:02PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge struck down regulations that limited the public's ability to challenge U.S. Forest Service decisions on timber sales and other projects.
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Hector Barreto resigns as SBA chief
Apr 25 2006 6:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Small Business Administration chief Hector Barreto resigned Tuesday after a tenure marked by criticism of the agency's response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
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Treasury auditors: Taxpayers may owe more
Apr 25 2006 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An IRS calculation that taxpayers shortchanged the government by $345 billion in 2001 may understate the problem, Treasury Department inspectors said Tuesday.
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Many seniors unaware of Medicare deadline
Apr 25 2006 4:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About four in 10 elderly Americans still don't know the enrollment deadline for the new Medicare drug benefit is May 15, and nearly half are unaware that they face a financial penalty if they delay, according to a new poll.
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Judge to probe if NSA spied on scholar
Apr 25 2006 4:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Tuesday returned the criminal case against an Islamic scholar to a trial judge to determine whether the Bush administration's domestic spying program was used to gather evidence against him.
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No criminal charges in Yucca e-mail fight
Apr 25 2006 4:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. attorney's office will not pursue criminal charges over allegations of paperwork fraud by government scientists on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, the Energy Department's inspector general announced.
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