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Today's lead stories:
9/11 Commission Final Report Released
EPA Tardy on Particulate Policy
Defense Dept. Short on Funds for War – Halliburton Gouges
Pentagon
FCC – Public Hearings on Localism
Indian Town to Drown Under Dam
FSRN Headlines
National Low Income and Homeles Voter Registration Day
Around the nation, the National Low Income Housing Coalition
organized rallies and marches to insure low income and homeless
voters count. More than four-dozen non-partisan events from
New Hampshire to Washington State have been planned along
with the Voter Registration, Education, and Mobilization Project.
Organizers say the voting records of people who earn lower
income vary dramatically from those who are better off financially.
According to their figures, only 59-percent of people earning
between 10 and 15 thousand dollars a year are registered to
vote. By contrast, 82-percent of people earning more than
75-thousand dollars a year are registered. The group hopes
to register thousands of low income and homeless people who
will then be able to impact policies that affect them.
NYS Passes Strict Anti-terrorism Legislation
Civil rights advocates are criticizing new legislation passed
by the New York State legislature that they charge includes
many of the most objectionable parts of the so-called U.S.A.
Patriot Act. Catherine Komp reports.
Bolivia and Argentina Make an Energy Deal
The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are meeting today
to discuss a bi-national energy policy. From La Paz, Shannon
Young reports.
U.S. House on Gay Marriage
The U.S. House of Representatives is voting on stripping federal
judges of their role in determining the legality of same gendered
marriage. Ambar Espinoza from the Capitol reports.
Billions Approved for Bioterrorism
Project Bioshield was signed into law yesterday. Proponents
call the 5 point 8 billion dollar proposal one step to prepare
the U.S. from bioterrorism. Critics call it another win for
pharmaceutical companies. Amrutha Nanjappa from D.C. has the
story.
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9/11 Commission Final Report Released
Today the 9/11 Commission released its final report on the
September 11th terrorist attacks. While the report says several
government departments failed to stop the attacks, it does
not put the blame on any one agency, person or administration.
The report recommends a tightening of homeland security and
border control as well as remaining on the offensive where
so-called terrorist may reside abroad. Critics of the report
say that not only do important questions remain unanswered,
but that they were never even asked. Mitch Jeserich reports
from Washington DC.
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EPA Tardy on Particulate Policy
This week the Environmental Protection Agency held hearings
to review new standards for particulate matter. Particulates
are a major pollutant that the EPA is required to regulate
under the Federal Clean Air Act. With the agency two years
behind schedule, health professionals say the policy is stalling
in the face of intense industry lobbying. From KPFT in Houston,
Erika McDonald has this exclusive report.
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Defense Dept. Short on Funds for War – Halliburton
Gouges Pentagon
A study released yesterday by the Government Accountability
Office, the independent investigative arm of Congress, says
that the Defense Department lacks funds to finish financing
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of the fiscal
year. The report even details the problems that the Pentagon
has in paying millions of dollars to contractors like Halliburton.
On Capitol Hill today, Congress heard more on the controversy
surrounding some of those contracts. Selina Musuta reports
from WPFW in Washington, D.C.
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FCC – Public Hearings on Localism
Last night in Monterey, California the Federal Communications
Commission held the fourth of six public hearings on local
broadcast media. Citing a scheduling conflict, FCC Chairman
Michael Powell missed the proceeding. It's the second consecutive
localism hearing he didn't attend. Powell created the task
force on localism last year to quell public outrage over a
partisan plan to relax media ownership rules and allow one
company to own newspapers, TV, and radio stations in the same
market. Vinny Lombardo reports.
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Indian Town to Drown Under Dam
A 700-year-old town in Central India, Harsud, will disappear
soon – just after an impending monsoon. Along with it,
the people of the town will disperse. The tragedy of displacement
in the name of development continues in India. Worse, in neighboring
Gujarat some of the displaced are again asked to leave their
homes. Our Correspondent, Binu Alex traveled to those areas
in western India to learn to the how displaced indigenous
people have again been asked to make way for development.
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