Bush proposes forest-thinning rules
Logging on federal forest land and projects aimed at reducing forest fires will face less environmental review and public scrutiny under a Bush White House plan.
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JOHN HEILPRIN,
Associated Press,
12/12/2002 05:21 AM PST)
Sen. Lott Defended School's Race Policy
While a young GOP congressional leader two decades ago, Trent Lott declared that "racial discrimination does not always violate public policy" as he tried to save the tax exemption of a Christian university that banned interracial dating.
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JOHN SOLOMON,
Associated Press,
12/12/2002 04:30 AM PST)
Bush to offer Americans smallpox vaccine
After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans, beginning with the military and health workers who would be front-line defenders against a bioterror attack.
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LAURA MECKLER,
Associated Press,
12/12/2002 04:28 AM PST)
Democratic chair: GOP swerves to right
Democratic national chairman Terry McAuliffe says his party's victories in statewide elections in a number of states that were strongholds for President Bush give him hope that Democrats can compete for the presidency in 2004.
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By WILL LESTER,
Associated Press,
12/11/2002 10:41 AM PST)
Bush Backs Voluntary Smallpox Shots in U.S.
President Bush said on Wednesday he had decided to make smallpox vaccine available to Americans on a voluntary basis to guard against a possible biological warfare attack.
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BY RANDALL MIKKELSEN,
Reuters,
12/11/2002 04:48 PM PST)
Supreme Court justice slams cross burning
The Supreme Court's only black justice condemned cross burning for its terrifying link to "100 years of lynchings in the South" as the high court considered whether the practice is a form of free speech protected by the Constitution.
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By SHANNON MCCAFFREY,
Knight Ridder Newspapers,
12/11/2002 04:29 PM PST)
Lawmakers urge reform in intelligence agencies
With stark warnings about terrorist assaults to come, lawmakers on Wednesday pressed the White House and Congress to reform the nation's intelligence agencies and improve preparation or risk a repeat of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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By FRANK DAVIES,
Miami Herald,
12/11/2002 04:26 PM PST)
Committees' key recommendations
The House and Senate Intelligence committees recommended 19 reforms or changes designed to improve the nation's protection against terrorist threats. A few key recommendations:
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Miami Herald,
12/11/2002 04:22 PM PST)
Bush trips to Pennsylvania could be map of future
President Bush, charting a political roadmap for 2004, is visiting Pennsylvania on Thursday for the 17th time - the most trips to any state since he took office two years ago.
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By LARA JAKES JORDAN,
Associated Press,
12/11/2002 03:04 PM PST)
Weapons trade open to all who can pay
No one's an outcast at the global weapons bazaar. Countries with little in common, or even on opposing sides of alliances, come together in the arms trade, whether they do so openly, under the table or - as in the case of an intercepted missile shipment from North Korea to Yemen - hidden amid a cargo of cement.
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By CALVIN WOODWARD,
Associated Press,
12/11/2002 02:58 PM PST)
Jury to investigate Arkansas voting problems
A judge will empanel a special grand jury next month to investigate widespread voting problems in Pulaski County during the last general election.
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Associated Press,
12/11/2002 02:54 PM PST)
Mitchell Declines 9/11 Post, Hamilton Steps In
Citing time pressures, former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said Wednesday he would not serve on an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, and former House Foreign Affairs chairman Lee Hamilton was named to take his place.
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BY JOANNE KENEN,
Reuters,
12/11/2002 02:45 PM PST)
Most of Post-Sept. 11 Detainees Deported
The vast majority of the more than 900 people the federal government acknowledges detaining after the Sept. 11 attacks have been deported, released or convicted of relatively minor crimes not directly related to terrorism, government documents show.
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CURT ANDERSON,
Associated Press,
12/11/2002 02:32 PM PST)
Lott Apologizes on Talk Show, Seeks Forgiveness
Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi went on a nationally broadcast talk show Wednesday to apologize again for a remark that triggered a racially charged furor and prompted calls for him to step aside as Senate Republican leader.
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BY THOMAS FERRARO,
Reuters,
12/11/2002 12:36 PM PST)
Bush Pushes Ahead with Plan to Name Economic Aide
The White House is pressing forward with plans to tap Stephen Friedman to coordinate economic policy after reassuring conservative Republicans that the former chairman of Goldman, Sachs will champion a new round of tax cuts, Republican sources said on Wednesday.
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BY ADAM ENTOUS AND CAREN BOHAN,
Reuters,
12/11/2002 12:33 PM PST)
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