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Allies praise Bush's freedom call (U.S., 17 articles)
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In his 16-minute inaugural address, US President George W Bush mentioned the word "freedom" 27 times and claimed that "the best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world". Staunch U.S. ally Japan expressed high hopes for Bush's next four years in office, saying the experience gained in his first term would contribute to Bush's leadership of the world's most powerful nation. The US Democrats vowed to fight "extreme" Republican policies as Bush saw in his second term as president with a lavish inauguration. Four days of celebrations surrounding Bush's inauguration culminated with a National Prayer Service on Friday, following a tradition set by the nation's first chief executive , George Washington. Australia and Japan, two countries that have backed Bush's military intervention in Iraq with their own forces, praised Bush's role on the world stage and his call for freedom to combat tyranny. WASHINGTON - Bush set forth on an ambitious second-term agenda of reshaping Social Security and sparking democracy in the Middle East after wrapping up his inauguration Friday with moments of prayer and reflection.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Howard Stern responded to FCC Chairman Michael Powell's resignation by calling it a "great day." (U.S., 5 articles)
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His term was due to run till 2007 but in a surprise move he now expects to step down in March. Powell led the Republican dominated Fcc in easing decades old rules governing ownership of newspapers and television and radio stations. Powell who maintained a light regulatory hand as nation 's chief media watchdog but collected some of the largest indecency fines against U.s. broadcasters plans to issue a statement but weren't expected to hold a formal news conference official said speaking on condition of anonymity.
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Blizzard pounds East Coast with driving snow, wind (U.S., 12 articles)
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A howling blizzard slammed the Northeast on Sunday with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-strength wind gusts, halting air travel for thousands of people, keeping others off slippery highways and burying parked cars under deep drifts. A blizzard dumping some two feet of snow enveloped Rhode Island on Sunday, bringing high winds that officials said hampered efforts to keep up with the storm. Gov. Jodi Rell urged Connecticut residents to stay home Sunday to give nearly 900 work crews a chance to clear roadways after a mammoth blizzard covered the state with 8 to 20 inches of snow.
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L.A. opposes 'improper' Angels name change (U.S., 5 articles)
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The city of Los Angeles filed a brief Wednesday supporting Anaheim's lawsuit that claims the name Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim violates the team's stadium lease. In my formative years, I went to Giant games and saw fans set fire to Dodger pennants. If the Angels are going to antagonize the heart of their fan base and fight City Hall while attempting a hostile takeover of Los Angeles, there's only one way to make it all work: win.
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MNOPSPTEICHE? RELAX FOR A SPELL (U.S., 5 articles)
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English is not static but there's plenty of static over style, which sways as unstoppably as an old TV antenna in the wind. The figure is now estimated at more than 1,000 a month, with plenty of input from computer jargon and other technical terms. The writer's remains were taken from a small graveyard in his home town of Villers-Cotterets to France's tomb of honour at the grand Pantheon in Paris.
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Sen. Snowe questions Bush Social Security tactics (U.S., 4 articles)
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President Bush said Saturday that Social Security "is on the road to bankruptcy" and will be unable to pay promised benefits to future generations, raising the stakes in a major political battle with Democrats. Bush used his weekly radio address to try to build support for his plan to allow workers to divert part of their Social Security payroll taxes into private investment accounts. A key Senate Republican Sunday questioned both the president's proposal and strategy to reform Social Security, amounting to perhaps the most public GOP skepticism to date of the White House effort.
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Rural housing proposals: Your views (U.S., 4 articles)
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First time buyers struggling to afford a home will be offered new help under plans being unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on Monday. Prescott is expected to allow social housing tenants to buy a stake in their homes at a discount so they can cash in on rising house prices. First-time buyers are unable to afford homes in most of the UK's towns according to a report by the Halifax bank.
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Rosemary Woods, Nixon secretary who erased crucial tape, dies (U.S., 4 articles)
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She was working on a June 20, 1972, tape of a conversation between President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff, Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, that might have shed light on whether Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in three days earlier. A photograph taken of Woods re-creating the event, nearly sprawling to do both simultaneously, made her gesture look like a gymnastic feat. Woods died Saturday night at a nursing home in Alliance, Roger Ruzek said Sunday.
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Teenager guilty of Jodi's murder (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Scottish Sunday Express says new evidence connecting two other people to the murder of schoolgirl Jodi Jones is to be shown to police. The Sunday Mail reports that the mother of Jones has visited her grave for the first time since the teenager's boyfriend Luke Mitchell was convicted of her murder. The Scottish News of the World reveals what it says are more sinister secrets about Mitchell's morbid fascination with murder and torture.
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Lawmakers prep for Beacon Hill battle over stem cell research (U.S., 7 articles)
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Researchers have suspected that might exposing have contaminated them with viruses proteins or other molecules that might be dangerous to people the stem cells to animal products. People always have been concerned about the possibility that something deleterious might be transferred from feeder cells to stem cells. Mister Bush signed an executive order in 2001 limiting federal research money to embryonic cell lines then in existence to ensure the government doesn't does support future production of embryos for the state to fund embryonic stem cell research.
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Toronto firm's mystery "process" may revolutionize flu vaccine production (U.S., 6 articles)
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A Canadian biotech company could be about to spark what the head of the WHO's influenza program says may be a mini-revolution in the manufacture of flu vaccine. States have begun dropping restrictions on flu shots now that falling demand has led to surpluses, and some health officials want the federal government to take similar action. The federal government last month eased its restrictions, imposed when production problems in October cut the flu vaccine supply in half, and allowed shots for adults age 50 and older.
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As execution looms, eastern Connecticut remembers years of terror (U.S., 6 articles)
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Despite such notoriety, there has been little to no legislative debate on the subject at the state Capitol, where lawmakers could vote to change the state's capital punishment law and possibly save serial killer Michael Ross' life in the process. In fact, weeks before the execution, many of the death penalty opponents within the Democratic-controlled legislature had given up on the idea of passing a bill before Ross' execution . For two years, as young women disappeared then turned up dead, Ross terrorized the small rural towns of eastern Connecticut.
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Taser to increase stun gun's power (U.S., 5 articles)
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A Scottsdale-based investment research firm that investigated Taser International Inc. after the stun-gun maker reported a large end-of-year sale is raising concerns about the objectivity of the company's medical director. Robert Stratbucker , who helped lay the foundation for Taser's claims of safety, has written several medical articles on the stun gun and has conducted studies used to promote the weapon to police departments nationwide. " In the case of Stratbucker the evidence of bias is extremely compelling according to the Gradient Analytics report obtained by The Arizona Republic.
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Strong mayor battle is joined (U.S., 4 articles)
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Dallas Mayor Laura Miller said the effort would be unrelated to that of Beth Ann Blackwood, whose proposal to strengthen mayoral power by eliminating the city manager is on the May 7 ballot. The mayor's move sets up a head-to-head battle with a well-organized opposition, made up of longtime political rivals from the city's 14 council districts. Calling God the " true power broker Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Houston's Windsor Village United Methodist Church offered the benediction at President Bush's inaugural .
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Pentagon runs clandestine intelligence-gathering infrastructure (U.S., 4 articles)
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The official said the role of the Strategic Support Branch described first in Sunday's Washington Post "is to provide an intelligence capability for field operation units" including the U.S. military's secretive special forces unit. The Strategic Support Branch (SSB) got its name in 2004 after operating under a different, undisclosed name before then, said the official, who confirmed the unit's existence and mission to CNN. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) said the Senate Armed Services Committee will hold hearings on a Washington Post report that the Defense Department is reinterpreting U.S. law to give the secretary broad authority over clandestine operations abroad.
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Harvard Seeking Women (U.S., 4 articles)
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Last week, Harvard President Lawrence Summers received some vehement criticism over remarks he made that there may be innate differences between men and women's abilities in math and science. Summers also had strong defenders, those who felt that "provoking" scholars and encouraging debate is exactly what more university leaders should be doing. In fact, Freeman was blunt on this point, comparing Summers directly to his predecessor in the president's office , Neil Rudenstine, a man known for cautious consensus-building.
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Sex offender arrested in kidnapping (U.S., 4 articles)
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Police in northern Georgia chased down and arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday who was wanted in the abduction of his roommate's 11-year-old son, authorities said. Frederick Fretz was arrested by police in Cartersville, Georgia, shortly after 2 p.m., said Edwina Wood Cartersville police were called Sunday to a shopping center near the intersection of the town's main street and Interstate 75 to investigate a report of a man acting suspiciously, Wood said.
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Rehashing election hurts Democrats (U.S., 4 articles)
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The former Massachusetts lieutenant-governor and three-term senator is seen as a Washington insider although his days as a leader of the movement opposed to the Vietnam War resonate with the party's activist wing. Wall Street in recent weeks has become much less confident about George Bush's reelection chances , as many polls have indicated an ever-tighter race with Sen. John Kerry. The Dow Jones industrial average had mostly been trending along with the conventional wisdom that Bush is the choice of big investors: As his chances appeared to be dimming, the Dow fell to an 11-month low by Monday.
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Proposed Wal-Mart store in north Edmonton creates sparks in community (U.S., 4 articles)
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About 200 homeowners who filled a school gymnasium in north Edmonton this week listened politely as consultant Jim Brown stood before a big overhead screen and outlined plans for a proposed neighbourhood Wal-Mart. TYLER, Texas - Shoppers on Saturday placed flower bouquets and teddy bears on a table inside a Wal-Mart store where a 19-year-old employee was abducted earlier this week and later found dead. Police, meanwhile, tried to piece together what happened between the time a surveillance camera captured Megan Leann Holden's abduction late Wednesday and the discovery of her body Friday in a ditch about 380 miles away.
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The Seattle Times: Nation & World: American visitors continue to vanish in Mexican town (U.S., 4 articles)
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Brenda Cisneros kissed her father goodbye after dinner in Laredo, Texas, just after 11 p.m. on Sept. 17. Jerry Contreras left San Antonio one day last May and drove across the border into Piedras Negras to attend a baby shower. Cisneros, Martinez and Contreras are now listed among the dramatically increased number of U.S. citizens who have recently been reported missing or kidnapped along the border, especially around Nuevo Laredo.
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