Battle for high court begins

From the article: " Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's decision to retire unleashed a bipartisan wave of praise Friday on Capitol Hill that quickly gave way to jostling over her potential successor and the future of...

N.H. Mom Sets Out to Find Murdered Kids

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Terri Knight has never actually been to the Midwest, but she has spent hours crisscrossing hundreds of miles of Interstate 80 on the Internet, guided by satellite images, strangers' vacation accounts and a nightmarish description of where her...

The School Lunch Lobby by RON HASKINS - Education Next - Summer 2005

Kids may not like the peas and carrots served up by the nation’s school lunch program, but many of the country’s leading food companies enjoy the billions of dollars in sales that bring those vegetables to their plates. Behind the overcooked vegetables and steam-table...

Antibiotics Used by the Ton in Animal Feed Every Year

According to a report released yesterday, 25.6 million pounds of antibiotics are mixed with farm animals’ food every year -- almost all of it concentrated in just 23 states, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics used in the US...

The deserters: Awol crisis hits the US forces

JE McNeil, who heads the Centre for Conscience and War in Washington DC, a Christian group whose members also staff the GI Rights Hotline, said many troops she spoke with had been lied to by recruiters. "I had an 18-year-old who was told he did not have to serve in...

Crash slows I-65 traffic in Boone Co. (The Indianapolis Star)

Final clean-up of an accident on Interstate 65 in Boone County means likely traffic backups after rush-hour this morning, officials warn.

Hundreds gather in South Bend

Hundreds gather in South Bend to protest the Count, the president and their plan to phase-out Social Security ... Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Joyce Center, starting as early at 10 AM Friday morning, to protest the president's Social...

ANDERSON, Ind. Recycling Plant Fire Spews Toxic Fumes

A magnesium fire at a recycling plant that forced thousands to evacuate their homes may take days to burn itself out since firefighters have given up trying to extinguish the blaze themselves

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