FirstEnergy to pay $28 million fine
Saturday, January 21, 2006 John Funk and Mike Tobin - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| FirstEnergy Corp. dodged federal prosecution Friday by paying a record $28 million fine, agreeing that its employees lied about the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant four years ago and committing to full cooperation with ongoing investigations.
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Bush pushes immigration plan
Sunday, December 4, 2005
AP's DEB RIECHMANN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to embrace his plan for a guest worker plan for foreigners while talking tough about illegal immigration and a need for secure U.S. borders.
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GOP pushing for spending and tax cuts
Monday, December 5, 2005
AP's ANDREW TAYLOR - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Republican leaders in Congress are hoping to complete a bill to curb the growth of student loans, Medicaid and other benefit programs before Christmas, though they may delay extending tax cuts until next year.
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Ohio graduate schools losing foreign students
Sunday, November 20, 2005 Jennifer Gonzalez - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The Institute of International Education released a report last week that found that the number of international students enrolling at U.S. colleges continues to decline, though at a slower rate than previous years. During the last academic year, about 565,000 international students were enrolled at U.S. colleges, a decline of 1 percent from the previous year.
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Rumsfeld won't set timetable for Iraq exit
Monday, November 21, 2005
AP's DOUGLASS K. DANIEL - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Sunday made no promises for a significant withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq next year, sticking to the Pentagon's long-held assertion that field commanders will determine when to begin a military drawdown.
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Seniors create Net, phone jam trying to get Medicare plan info
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Susan Jaffe - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Thousands of seniors were ready Tuesday for Medicare prescription drug coverage, but technology was less so.
On the first day of enrollment, Medicare's much-touted drug plan finder on the Internet was overwhelmed by demand and collapsed some time in the morning.
And constant telephone calls clogged information hot lines.
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Bush can come back, but it may be tough
Sunday, November 13, 2005
AP's TOM RAUM - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Other presidents have recovered from ratings slumps like the one George W. Bush is in right now: Dwight Eisenhower came back after the Sherman Adams scandal; Ronald Reagan rebounded after Iran-Contra; Bill Clinton triumphed after Monica Lewinsky.
Republican strategists say Bush, too, has time to snap out of a three-month run of bad luck and setbacks, including GOP losses Tuesday in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.
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Presidential aide praises Miers in address
Friday, November 11, 2005
AP's PETE YOST - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| At a time when he is under criminal investigation in the CIA leak case, Karl Rove stepped into the limelight Thursday night, praising failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to an influential group of conservative lawyers.
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Nominee 'hardworking, polite'
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
AP's Maryclaire Dale - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. doesn't spend all his time with his nose in a law book.
He's said to be a gourmet cook, interested in tennis and music, an ardent fan of baseball's Philadelphia Phillies.
He was born on April Fool's Day to a mother who was candid enough to tell the world he was upset that he didn't get the Supreme Court nomination a month ago.
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Democrats, others criticize wildfire cuts
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
AP's ERICA WERNER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Trying to make up for the cost of Hurricane Katrina, the White House has proposed eliminating a $500 million reserve fund to fight fires in heavy wildfire years. Environmentalists and Western Democrats criticized the plan Tuesday as shortsighted and risky.
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Miers to be questioned on Gitmo policy
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
AP's DAVID ESPO - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee served notice Wednesday he intends to question Harriet Miers about the Bush administration's policy of detaining terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, injecting new uncertainty into a Supreme Court nomination already in doubt.
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Bush avoids fuss on Bernanke
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
AP's TOM RAUM - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| With his early selection of a new Fed chief, President Bush may have steered clear of the one thing he could least afford in these tense times for his presidency: another confirmation battle with the Senate.
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Negotiators on torture ban feeling heat
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
AP's LIZ SIDOTI - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Congressional negotiators are feeling heat from the White House and constituents as they consider whether to back a Senate-approved ban on torturing detainees in U.S. custody or weaken it as the White House prefers.
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Newsview: Bush follows easier path for Fed
Monday, October 24, 2005
AP's TOM RAUM - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| With his early selection of a new Fed chief, President Bush may have steered clear of the one thing he could least afford in these tense times for his presidency: another confirmation battle with the Senate.
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After vacation, judge faces media frenzy of DeLay trial
Sunday, October 23, 2005
AP's APRIL CASTRO - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| State District Judge Bob Perkins took a long vacation before settling in to oversee criminal proceedings that could bring down one of the Republican Party's biggest players - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay.
When he returned to a media frenzy, he joked that he should have stayed in Italy.
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Newsview: GOP battles litany of troubles
Monday, October 10, 2005
AP's DAVID ESPO - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| It's hard to tell which is more irritating for conservatives less than a year after they savored Republican election triumphs of 2004: President Bush's latest pick for the Supreme Court or his high-dollar pledge for recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Federal prosecutions up nearly a third
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
AP's MARK SHERMAN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Federal prosecutions have increased by nearly one-third since President Bush took office, fueled mainly by minor immigration cases along the Mexican border. Drug and white-collar crime prosecutions showed a small drop.
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Bush gets close-up look at Rita's damage
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
AP's NEDRA PICKLER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush flew over the largely obliterated Louisiana town of Cameron and circled an offshore oil rig Tuesday in his first up-close look at the devastation that Hurricane Rita brought to the Gulf Coast's oil producing and refining communities.
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New FDA chief wants to transform treatment
Sunday, September 25, 2005
AP's JOHN J. LUMPKIN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The new acting chief of the Food and Drug Administration says he will be presiding over a transformation in medicine as scientists come to understand diseases in a more detailed way that could improve doctors' ability to treat patients.
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U.S. to wait and see on N. Korea nuke deal
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
AP's ANNE GEARAN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The Bush administration hailed North Korea's agreement to shut down its nuclear weapons program Monday but warned that the pledge must be followed by action. "Now we've got to verify whether that happens," President Bush said.
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Panel suggests ways to improve elections
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
AP's Will Lester - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| A private commission trying to restore public confidence in national elections recommended on Monday requiring a free photo ID for voters, drawing opposition from Democrats and some voting rights activists.
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Congressional order to map plan to evacuate New Orleans ignored
Monday, September 19, 2005
AP's Rita Beamish - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| As far back as eight years ago, Congress ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a plan for evacuating New Orleans during a massive hurricane, but the money instead went to studying the causeway bridge that spans the city's Lake Pontchartrain, officials say.
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Spellings says 372,000 students displaced
Monday, September 12, 2005
AP's BEN FELLER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Hurricane Katrina has booted at least 372,000 students from classrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Monday there are no clear answers about who will pay to educate them.
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Bush choice on nominee 2 not expected soon
Thursday, September 8, 2005
AP's DEB RIECHMANN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Maybe President Bush was just joking around to fuel speculation, but conservatives aren't laughing about the president's playful glance at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales when he described the list of possible nominees for the second Supreme Court vacancy as wide open.
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Bush: List for second vacancy 'wide open'
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
AP's JESSE J. HOLLAND - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush said the list of possibilities for his second Supreme Court nomination was "wide open" Tuesday as Senate Republicans urged him to consider a woman and Democrats pressed him to consult with them before making his next pick.
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FEMA chief waited until after storm hit
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
AP's TED BRIDIS - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The government's disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security employees to the region — and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents.
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Bush, Blanco reveal strained relationship
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
AP's JENNIFER LOVEN - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Like estranged in-laws at a holiday gathering, President Bush and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco kept their distance as both toured a relief center for storm victims Monday. At their next stop, the Republican president kissed the Democratic governor on the cheek, but it wasn't clear whether they had made up.
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Poll examines Supreme Court priorities
Thursday, August 4, 2005
AP's Will Lester - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Americans consider Supreme Court decisions about the rights of detained terrorists as important as its rulings on abortion, a poll found, even though abortion has been the most publicized issue in early debate about an opening on the Supreme Court.
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Newsview: U.S. aims to redefine its 'war'
Sunday, July 31, 2005
AP's TOM RAUM - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush and White House officials still use the phrase "war on terrorism" to describe the global fight against al-Qaida and other militant extremists. But with the failure to capture Osama bin Laden and a recent surge in terrorist bombings, there is growing sentiment at the Pentagon and elsewhere in the administration to retire "war" and use broader terms.
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Roberts' decisions tend to favor police and president
Saturday, July 23, 2005
AP's Gina Holland - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| In decisions about traffic stops, wartime prosecutions and even toads, John Roberts the appeals court judge has given a glimpse into how John Roberts the Supreme Court justice might act: deferential to police and the president, wary about government overreaching.
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Report: 3,400 air violations since 9/11
Thursday, July 21, 2005
AP's LESLIE MILLER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Pilots flew into restricted airspace 3,400 times across the country in the three years following the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a congressional report that says the government needs to better coordinate its response to such violations.
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Specter says he'd like swing-voter justice
Sunday, July 17, 2005
AP's NEDRA PICKLER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The chairman of the Senate committee that will oversee hearings on President Bush's Supreme Court nominee said Sunday that he would like to see a moderate in the tradition of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and perhaps someone with experience in politics.
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GOP leaders to weigh China trade bill
Thursday, July 14, 2005
AP's JIM ABRAMS - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| House Republicans picked up at least one vote Thursday in their struggle to win approval of the Central America Free Trade Agreement with a promise to take up separate legislation homing in on trade abuses in China.
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Army enlistments down, re-upping on track
Monday, July 4, 2005
AP's ESTES THOMPSON - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Sgt. Jonathan Jacobs joined the Army to get away from his part-time jobs as a telemarketer and a cargo handler. He ended up in Iraq, but that didn't stop the 24-year-old 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper from signing up in March for another hitch, even though that could mean another tour in the Middle East.
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Dems say Rove should apologize or resign
Thursday, June 23, 2005
AP's JIM ABRAMS - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Democrats said Thursday that White House adviser Karl Rove should either apologize or resign for accusing liberals of wanting "therapy and understanding" for the Sept. 11 attackers, escalating partisan rancor that threatens to consume Washington.
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U.S. to provide food to North Korea
Thursday, June 23, 2005
AP's BARRY SCHWEID - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| The United States will donate more than 50,000 tons of food to North Korea in what the Bush administration says is a humanitarian decision unrelated to efforts to get Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons program.
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Senate proposes broader energy tax package
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
AP's H. JOSEF HEBERT - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Senate tax writers proposed $16 billion in energy tax breaks Tuesday as the Senate began debate on a massive bill that some Democratic lawmakers argued would do too little to wean the country off its heavy reliance on foreign oil.
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Berea grandmother's imported prescription seized
Monday, June 6, 2005 Susan Jaffe - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Adele Howard bought prescription drugs from a Canadian pharmacy for three years without a single glitch until her medicine didn't show up three weeks ago.
Instead, the 78-year-old Berea grandmother got a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, whose inspectors had seized the package at a Chicago mail facility.
And they gave her 20 days to explain why the government should not send it back.
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Laura Bush speaks up, shakes off 'shy' image
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
AP's NEDRA PICKLER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| She's not the shy librarian that some might think she is. Normally reserved Laura Bush showed an outspoken side on her trip to the Middle East.
In five days, she took a stand on another nation's election dispute, walked into the heart of one of the world's most heated conflicts and contradicted the White House.
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Young slowly entering Social Security fray
Sunday, May 22, 2005
AP's Glen Johnson - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Despite their sizable stake in the outcome, America's young people largely have been absent from the debate about the future of Social Security. That is beginning to change as Congress gets more involved in legislation to overhaul the federal retirement program.
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Analysis: CIA unit has Negroponte's ear
Sunday, May 22, 2005
AP's KATHERINE SHRADER - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| John Negroponte's early moves since taking over as the nation's intelligence director last month indicate he is focusing on one particular element of America's spy apparatus: the CIA's highly secretive clandestine service.
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U.S. Rep. Strickland plans to run for governor after all
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Mark Naymik - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland says he weighed recent conversations with Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and former President Bill Clinton when reconsidering his decision to run for Ohio governor.
"That's been a part of the process over the last few weeks," Strickland, of Lucasville, said Monday in announcing his candidacy for governor.
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Faults found in online reporter's stories
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
AP's TED BRIDIS - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of roughly 160 news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of more than 40 people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed.
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Sen. Jeffords won't seek re-election
Thursday, April 21, 2005
AP's CHRISTOPHER GRAFF - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Sen. Jim Jeffords, who single-handedly upset the balance of power on Capitol Hill four years ago when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent, announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of his term next year, citing his own health problems and those of his wife.
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Some black leaders fear Bush plan for safety net
Monday, April 18, 2005 Elizabeth Auster - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| At 23, Kenya Jackson doesn't pretend to fully understand all the arguments she hears about the future of Social Security.
She has no trouble grasping two points, though -- the value of Social Security to children whose parents die early, and the fact that death often strikes earlier in black families than white families.
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Bush budget request suggests a growing focus on diplomacy
Sunday, April 17, 2005
AP's LIZ SIDOTI - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush has made spreading democracy and halting terrorism in other countries a priority, and at first glance his budgets have leaned more on defense than diplomacy to achieve that objective.
But a close look at spending trends since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, shows a growing reliance by the Bush administration and Congress on more than military might to accomplish that. Critics question whether the diplomatic spending is sufficient.
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Ohio a model for reform, Bush says
Saturday, April 16, 2005 Mark Naymik and Susan Jaffe - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| President Bush returned Friday in full campaign mode to the battleground state that won him the election and waged his latest fight: an overhaul of Social Security.
Just as he did during campaign visits to Ohio last fall, Bush spoke at a roundtable-style meeting in front of an invitation-only audience that allowed him to appear relaxed. The event also was tightly scripted.
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Clinton decries anti-Hillary fundraiser
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
AP's KAREN MATTHEWS - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Former President Clinton says it's "sad" that a Republican political consultant who married his male partner is raising funds to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. But an associate says there's nothing wrong with being gay and Republican.
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Most Dean activists don't back Kerry, Gore
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
AP's Will Lester - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Two-thirds of Howard Dean's online activists from his 2004 presidential campaign say they don't want Al Gore or John Kerry, the Democratic Party's nominees from 2000 and 2004, to run for president in 2008, a survey found.
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Child suicides spike in '04, cause alarm in Cuyahoga
Sunday, April 3, 2005 Damian Guevara - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Debbie Pfleger detected a change in the girl's behavior months before the 14-year-old shot herself to death in August.
The girl, the daughter of a close friend, increasingly fretted over her looks, stopped participating in activities and became withdrawn.
Cuyahoga County mental health officials view adolescent depression and suicide as an urgent concern, in part because Pfleger's young friend was one of 10 children who committed suicide in the county last year.
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Presidential hopefuls keep ambitions quiet
Saturday, April 2, 2005
AP's Will Lester - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Politicians invariably answer the question about presidential ambitions by saying it's too early. Or they're too busy to be thinking about running. Or they're too focused on being re-elected senator or House member or governor. Don't believe them.
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IPTV: Redefining what a television station is
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Chris Seper - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| A pornographer wants to be the next Time-Warner, and the Internet is ready to oblige.
Thousands of subscribers have started tuning in to XTV, a fledgling all-porn television network delivered via the Internet. The company, which today offers 50 channels with names like "amateur" and "hairy," also has plans for mainstream programming, like cooking channels or music.
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Catching a new flight to economic viability
Monday, March 28, 2005 James Ewinger - - Cleveland Plain Dealer
| Pittsburgh's dazzling air terminal houses an impressive array of shops, and the skeletal remains of a dinosaur, on loan from a museum.
The terminal - actually two of them connected by subway - was built mainly to serve USAirways, which once provided 90 percent of Pittsburgh International's 600 daily flights.
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