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Johanns: U.S. farm subsidies need overhaul
Oct 6 2005 7:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States must overhaul farm subsidy payments or risk losing global agriculture sales, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Thursday.
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Energy Dept. chief slams Yucca spending
Oct 6 2005 7:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department paid incentive money to its managing contractor on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, Bechtel SAIC, even though Bechtel turned in late and low-quality work, an Energy Department inspector general report said Thursday.
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NTSB: Boat not tested after modification
Oct 6 2005 7:33PM (CT)
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) - A tour boat that capsized, killing 20 elderly tourists, was never subjected to stability tests after modifications that increased its weight because state boating regulations don't require them, a federal official said Thursday.
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ATV injuries, estimated deaths on rise
Oct 6 2005 7:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An estimated 740 people, a record, died in all-terrain vehicle accidents last year, the government said Thursday as it took a step toward oversight of the vehicles.
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Senators point to New Orleans health risks
Oct 6 2005 6:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration was accused Thursday by senators in both parties of minimizing health hazards from the toxic soup left by Hurricane Katrina, just as they said it did with air pollution in New York from the Sept. 11 attacks.
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`Victims of Communism Memorial' planned
Oct 6 2005 5:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials gave initial approval Thursday to a memorial for victims of communist regimes that would be located within sight of one of the icons of democracy _ the Capitol.
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Agency to restore flood protection in La.
Oct 6 2005 3:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that the flood defenses for New Orleans should be restored by June to the level where they were when Hurricane Katrina struck and overpowered them.
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Business groups want to limit Patriot Act
Oct 6 2005 4:04AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the nation's most powerful business groups are splitting with the Bush administration over whether to restrict the anti-terror USA Patriot Act.
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