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FEMA closes office in New Orleans
May 2 2006 8:37PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is closing its long-term recovery office in New Orleans, claiming local officials failed to meet their planning obligations after Hurricane Katrina.
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AP: Secrecy fight delays detainee rules
May 2 2006 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A debate over whether to keep certain interrogation techniques secret is holding up the release of a long-awaited military manual on the treatment of detainees.
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Mueller tightens FBI rules on informants
May 2 2006 5:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said Tuesday the bureau has tightened its rules for dealing with confidential informants after recent scandals on both coasts, including a retired agent's indictment on murder charges.
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Feds release terrorist travel ban strategy
May 2 2006 4:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has drawn up its first strategy aimed at limiting terrorists' ability to travel, though acknowledging the U.S. could be years away from successfully clamping down on the threat.
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College aid qualifications to get stiffer
May 2 2006 3:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a rare venture into curriculum, the Bush administration on Tuesday declared which high school programs are "rigorous" enough to qualify students for college aid.
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10 states sue over fuel economy rules
May 2 2006 1:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten states, led by California, sued the federal government Tuesday to try to force the Bush administration to strengthen gas mileage requirements for sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
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Qatar announces Katrina relief grants
May 2 2006 1:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation Qatar has decided on the distribution of about $60 million of a $100 million gift announced last September for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
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Social Security financial health declining
May 2 2006 11:33AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security and Medicare trustees say the financial condition of the government's two biggest benefit programs deteriorated slightly over the past year.
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Govt doctors get whistleblower protection
May 2 2006 2:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of federal doctors and medical researchers who receive higher-than-normal salaries are finally getting the same protection to blow the whistle on wrongdoing as other civil servants.
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