| Bush: 'Give it a chance to work'
WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed Tuesday to a skeptical Congress to give his new Iraq plan "a chance to work," and called on lawmakers to help expand health insurance coverage and reduce gasoline use by 20 percent over the next decade.
In his first State of the Union address before a Congress controlled by Democrats, Bush said failing in Iraq would create "a nightmare scenario" and urged support for his plan to boost U.S. troop levels by 21,500. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins debate today on a resolution opposing the Bush proposal.
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Return and investment
It was Thursday night, the hour of painting the town red was upon us. Nic and I were buzzing with the thought of an evening on the lash, as we stepped out the front door and waited for our taxi to arrive. My week's work had earned me the princely sum of a hundred quid, whilst Nic had just signed a new contract which would pay him around six hundred pounds a month. And, before you pull out your chequebook and make a donation, we're not doing badly by Israeli standards. In fact, compared with the bulk of the country, we're positively raking it in. But, for a couple of Northwest London Jewish Princes, we've both been done like the proverbial kipper. A hundred pounds in a week? I used to not get out of bed for less than a grand - City broker at eighteen, it was all looking peachy for five or six years.
Mother of 4-year-old shooting victim speaks out
“I'm very angry that just because of some ignorant people, my son got shot and could've died," said Jessica Rodriguez, his mother. “I told him they're bad people, ignorant people who don't think before they react." Marcus was at his babysitter's house when he was shot. “It doesn't make sense to me, how in Topeka there's so many shootings and innocent people are getting hurt," said Rodriguez. “It amazes me. It amazes me how somebody could not care about innocent little kids." She said Marcus is scared and will hardly leave her side. She plans to enroll him in counseling. “People who did this, they're going to pay for what they did, but he's still going to remember it. You know, he never had to think about this before," said Rodriguez.
Tina Egnoski shares her life with words
Tina Egnoski, 45, has been writing since she penned her first "really bad love poems" as a young teenager. She said at first she thought writing was only something a person did on the side, but in the last two decades she has taken her work more seriously. Ms. Egnoski writes both poetry and prose, and was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts for poetry. Several years ago she won a similar award from the Colorado State Council of the Arts when she was living in that state. She has lived in Barrington for over four years with her husband, Dan O'Mahony, and their son, Patrick, 6. Poetry award: "It's an individual artist grant, money so you have time to write." Award reaction: "It's always reaffirming to be chosen when you apply for that kind of thing.
Board denies South Bend police officer’s request for baby leave
SOUTH BEND - The Board of Public Safety on Thursday denied an officers request to reinstate three personal days that he was not allowed to take off for the birth of his child.
Cpl. Anthony Ross had filed a grievance with the police department because he felt a regulation specifying only married fathers could have the days off was discriminatory.
The officer had to use vacation days to be with his fiancee for the birth of his baby girl.
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