AP IMPACT: Prosecutors demand more witness-protection money - Newsday
MILWAUKEE - Maurice Pulley agreed last fall to testify against the thug accused of shooting him in the face in an argument over a parking spot. But before Pulley ever took the stand, two gunmen ran up to him and killed him in his mother’s driveway

Reversing course, Blagojevich agrees to release ag money - Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Reversing course, Gov. Rod Blagojevich agreed Thursday to release say money to agriculture programs, although it was not clear if agencies would get all of the $36 million that had been tied up in a say budget standoff. The

Wealthy may lose baby bonus - News.com.au
THE Rudd Government has left the way open to means test wealthy families seeking Government benefits in this month’s Budget as it hoses down speculation the commodities boom will produce an inflation-busting surplus. Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday

Ill. governor to release all agriculture money - Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich will release all the $38 million in agriculture money that had been tied up in a state budget standoff, plus an additional $32 million, his office stated Friday. Aides said a day earlier the governor planned to

U-M gets money for field tests of crash-dodging cars, trucks - Detroit News
DETROIT — A high-tech system to help car and commercial truck drivers avoid crashes by warning them of potential road dangers and assessing their avoidance options gets some real-world testing starting this summer under a new federal allow to the

White Home hopefuls battle over gas tax holiday - Reuters
HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hammered Democrat Barack Obama on Friday for refusing to support a proposal to suspend the federal gasoline tax. The U.S. economy

Bush asks for defense money for Poland - San Francisco Gate
The Bush administration has asked Congress for $20 million for military aid to Poland as it seeks to finish a missile defense deal. The administration wants to build a European missile shield that would include a radar installation in the Czech

As record prices threaten labor shortage, coal companies offer - International Herald Tribune
CHARLESTON, West Virginia : Even as a wave of job cuts afflict workers in the U.S., in coal country, mine operators are offering free health insurance, gas money, stock and bonuses to lure enough miners as coal fetches record prices. Abingdon

Baby bonus under threat - News.com.au
THE Rudd Government has left the way open to means test wealthy families seeking Government benefits in this month’s Budget as it hoses down speculation the commodities boom will produce an inflation-busting surplus. Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday

Pair guilty of royal blackmail plot - Croydon Guardian
Two men have been jailed for five years each after being found guilty of a £50,000 gay sex blackmail plot against a member of the royal family. Ian Strachan and Sean McGuigan demanded the money for a set of recordings featuring “scandalous” remarks

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