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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 7, 2001 NATION/WORLD Worker opens fire in Ind. actory GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A man returned to the factory where he worked after a dispute and opened fire yesterday, killing a co-worker and wounding six others, authorities said. A SWAT team later found the gunman dead inside the simulated-wood factory with an appar- ently self-inflicted gunshot wound. A shotgun was under his body. "All I'm aware of is ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 10, 2001 NATION WORLD 4 Bombings put pressure on Arafat JFERUSALEM (AP) -A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a busy intersection in northern Israel yes- terday, failing to kill anyone other than himself but intensifying already heavy American and Israeli pres- sure on Yasser Arafat. Secretary of State Colin Powell said a string of recent bombings are "destroying his (Arafat's) authori- ty an...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 11, 2001 NATION/WORLD A Bush may release bin Video showing al-Qaida leader celebrating success of attacks could be made public within days WASHINGTON (AP) - Osama bin Laden claims he calculated in advance how many casualties "the enemy" would suffer on Sept. 11 and was delighted to see his estimate surpassed, according to a videotape President Bush wants the world to see. The president said the t...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 12, 2001 NATION/WORLD 4 U.S. to pull out of missile treaty WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, eager to deploy a missile shield long sought by Republicans, soon will give Russia notice that the United States is withdrawing from a landmark 1972 arms-control treaty, U.S. government officials said yesterday. The pact bans missile defense systems. Bush will invoke a clause in the Anti-Ballistic Missi...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 1, 2004 NATION/WORLD Election compromise bid ails NEWS IN BRIEF Ukrainian lawmakers canrl 191 decision to overturn results of controversial elec KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev's frigid central square yesterday, reject- ing an offer of the prime minister's job tion from the declared presidential elec- drawing from talks a...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 1, 2004 NATION/WORLD Sweeping U.N. reforms proposed NEWS IN BRIEF HEALNS UNITED NATIONS (AP) -A high- L C 1 -'01 * - -a / ' " I'lI V/-b !Ys l1 " 71 vh rs 1 7 s /-j !l ' i-l t1 y . Vv -t #-n r1 5 ' /l -r . .n --b y 1 ri nn -i-% i'v ,rte " - ., y/t level panel called for sweeping reform of the United Nations in the wake of bitter divisions over the U.S.-led war in Iraq, with proposals to expand ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 3, 2004 NATION/WORLD Bush picks homeland securit head NEWS IN BRIEF __ __ _ _HEADL__NES O ROUND THE WORLD Alew, [7VUrNmbassador resrrs . presiden n.ame agrICtu r president names agriculture chief WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has chosen former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped direct the emergency response to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes against the Twin Towers, to lead th...…

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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 7, 2DD4 NATION/WORLD Separatists bomb 7 Spanish cities NEWS IN BRIEF , 4 :. , . .. Iasque rebels renew violence on anniversary of Spain's constitution MADRID, Spain (AP) - Explo- sions rattled seven Spanish cities Mon- day following telephone warnings from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, in a resurgence of violence after months of keeping a low profile since the deadly Madrid train bombin...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 8, 2004 NATION/WORLD *1 House passes intel overhaul bill NEWS IN BRIEF >$ \x' WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted yesterday to overhaul a national intelligence network that failed to prevent the Sept. i1 attacks, combining under one official control fo 15 spy agencies, intensifying aviation and border security and allowing more wiretaps of suspected terrorists. "We have come a long way toward ta...…

…NATION/WORLD Congress NEWS IN BRIEF HA, S. " MiikI S' anorove s .._ . -~1. j.-- intel CtC T Ul tin o Vc ISo i4 o: r W p fO i n S a C e t th t H - Pr a~ti 8 b .... , 'y4 ti y i & p - - II c a se - a g d th a S J ' t fo s a At Lehman Brothers, our g reatest investment is in our human capital. e We hsire smarter - a nd have earned a reputation for targeting 1h hig h-potential mene and women. P And we train smarter, too- off er ing one of the mn...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 10, 2004 NATION/WORLD 0 Canada legalizes gay marriage NEWS IN BRIEF 9HEADLINES F1 AROUND THE WORLD gays and lesbians should be allowed who are wrestling with this uestion. of ,G rj 1..... ... .f. ..-.4-. .... fir... .. « ..- . ,.. « __,.. _, ..... aa .. _. _... ., ..., ....,... .. . .... ...... ....,, ....., . ., .. .,.,...b ,..,,....,., . ...,.,.. ., ., 1 ills is a vicory Ior canacan values." - ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 13, 2004 NATION/WORLD More soft money used in election NEWS INBRIEF WASHINGTON (AP) - Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Demo- crats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one. Tax-exempt pro-Democratic groups raising big checks for this year's elec- tion collected almost twice as much money as their Republican rivals in the presidential race, a study shows. The financial adv...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 NATION/WORLD "This is a coup for Oracle" - Jim Shepherd, AMR Research analyst N Oracle seals PeonleSoft buvout HEAD NR. .. 1_ _ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Ending 18 months of bad blood, Oracle Corp. raised its takeover bid for bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 percent to seal a $10.3 billion deal that will create the world's second largest maker of business applications software. PeopleSoft a...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 2, 2002 NATION/WORLD Palestinians escape Israeli missile NEWS IN BRIEF HEADL11 INEFRMA UN THWRD '., . i ', , ' ,_ , f . ... JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians in a car near Gaza City yesterday nar- rowly escaped an Israeli helicopter mis- sile attack on their vehicle, blasted into a heap of smoldering metal seconds after they jumped out, witnesses said. The attack was an apparent attempt to kill Pale...…

…I *1 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 3, 2002 DECISION TIME ISTORYa MAKING Separate is not equal: May 17, 1954 In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules 'separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,' forcing schools to desegregate. The case was filed by the :.: . National Association for athe Advancement of Colored People after t Oliver Brown attempted to enroll his daughter, Linda, into an all-white ele...…

… 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 4, 2002 NATION/WORLD Terror probe extends to A ca NEWS Ii BRIEF HEADLINES FO AROUND THE WORLD JERUSALEM (AP) - U.S. authorities and Israel's attack that narrowly missed an Israeli charter plane al-Qaida is attempting to draw Israel directly into the BAGH DAD, Iraq Mossad spy agency are both investigating last week's taking off a few miles away in Mombasa. U.S. war against the group, analysts sai...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 5, 2002 Hear what the holidays ;x:r, NATION/WORLD Top Israeli1 NEWS RIN BRIEF . T I S' offiia inWSHGTN l' jtl:: lt k are bringing U! FEATURES (all with no additional software) 10 hours continuous play superfast auto-sync organized contacts easy browsing 9;y 1,000 songs file storage *Pod available for Mac & Windows Student U-M Holiday Pricing special U-price what U-save 5GB . . .........…

… 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 6, 2002 NATION/WORLD Storm leaves millions without power NEWS IN BRIEF HADLNE FR ARUDTH OL The Associated Press Millions of people shivered with- out electricity yesterday in the Car- olinas as one of the worst ice- and snowstorms in years snapped tree limbs, snarled air travel around the country and kept children home from school in a large part of the East. At least 20 deaths had been blamed on ...…

… 4 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 9, 2002 NATION WORLD Bangladesh cinema blasts kill 18 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh authorities questioned movie theater employees yesterday after a string of deadly bomb explo- sions at four crowded cinemas, and the government ruled out al-Qaida involvement in the attacks. The blasts Saturday night tore through movie houses during a 30- minute period, killing 18 people and injuring more...…

…d 0 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 NATION/WORLD United Airlines files for bankruptcy CHICAGO (AP) -^United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history yesterday, vowing to keep its jets flying while it tries to straight- en out a business that is hemorrhaging as much as $22 million a day. The world's No. 2 airline is certain to cut employee wages, reduce flights and eliminate unprofitable routes durin...…

… 0 NATION/W MASCOT Continued from Page 1 TORLD I __ . ._ the Indian Princesses and Boy Scouts of America. Bellecourt said many people go to colleges, like Florida State University, University ofIllinois, University of North Dakota and University of Utah with mascots, like the Fighting Sioux and the Seminoles, which are culturally and spiritually offensive. The fans wear war paint, which is not true Native American paint. These are also ins...…

…2 - Friday, December 1, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Explained Before Birth of the Black Action Movement Group went on strike to increase diversity at the 'U' The University still struggles with maintaining diversity, but not the way it did 35 years ago. In 1970, students and faculty were willing to go on strike until the University administration addressed the lack of divers...…

…2A - Monday, December 4, 2006 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes' WEDNESDAY: University Jobs THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here TOP TEN CANNABIS COLLEGES 1. University of Colorado Boulder, Colo. 2. University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisc. 3. University of Florida Gainesville, Fla. 4. University of Oregon Eugene, Ore. 5. Hampshire College South Amherst, Mass. 6. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mic...…

…2 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006 SCOPE IT OUT Premature climax Ann Arbor seemed to have a col- lective orgasm after UCLA upset To gai USC on Saturday, elevating the submity hopes of fans that Michigan could dotes. E make it into the national champion- news@m ship game. As soon as John David Booty's desperation Hail Mary pass at Itsn the end of the fourth quarter was 1 knocked down, my East University know Avenue neighborhood erupted. I heard s...…

…2A - Wednesday, December 6, 2006 NEWS The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes N vEs bxTHURSDAY: " ".3Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here One powerful job Behind the scenes at the University's power plant Walking past Palmer Field, you may have noticed two large smoke- stacks near an industrial-looking building. They're part of a power plant that provides 75 percent of the University's electri...…

…2A - Thursday, December 7, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Why doesn't the University have snow days? Hint: It's not because of a lawsuit The chances that your exam will be post- poned due to a blizzard are slim. The Univer- sity has not canceled classes for inclement weather in 28 years. But contrary to campus legend, there is no policy forbidding the University from...…

…2 - Friday, December 8, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs TI C1a Long lines, Think finding classes for next semester is tough now? Imagine what it would be like without the Internet. Students now have the luxury of being able to register for class- es at almost all hours of the day or night, from the convenience of their own rooms, sometimes even in their underwear. But in the days before Wolverine Ac...…

…2A - Monday, December 11, 2006 BORDERS NONFICTION BESTSELLERS " "You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management' Oz Mehmet " "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," Barack Obama * "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town," John Grisham " "Culture Warrior," Bill O'Reilly " "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," Jimmy Carter " "Marley & Me," John Grogan " "Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition," I...…

…2 - Tuesday, December 12, 2006 MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: Ten Spot Arbor Anecdotes University Jobs The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here NICE SHOT Trapped alone in her cell 413 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.corn DONN M.FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-esse fresard@ntichigandaily.com floyd@michigandaily.comi CONTACT INF...…

…2 - Wednesday, December 13, 2006 THURSDAY: Explained FRIDAY: Before You Were Here A bus with a view Bus driver sees campus from the road Barbara Brown always liked buses. When she was 6 years old, she took a trip with her father in a private jet to see Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The jet landed, and she and her father boarded a small bus that took them to the caves, known for their deep crevasses and towering sta- lagmites. Whe...…

…I 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 1, 2003 NATION/WORLD 4 Syria sends bombing suspects to Turkey NEWS IN BRIEF 22 named in last trying to overthrow Turkey's "constitu- t month's Istanbul suicide bombings ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Syria handed over 22 suspects to Turkey yes- terday in connection with four deadly suicide bombings in Istanbul, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported. The suspects, all Turks, reportedly fled t...…

… C 2 - The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, December 2, 2003 NATION WORLD Iraqis step up coordination, attacks NEWS IN BRIEF 1 ... j .,.., .... SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) - One of the bloodiest engagements since the fall of Saddam Hussein showed a new, deadlier side of the Iraqi insurgency: stepped-up, coordinated assaults by groups of guerrillas bent on battle rather than a hit-and-run attack, the U.S. military said yesterday. "Here it seems they had t...…

…2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 3, 2003 NATION WORLD HIGH COURT WEIGHS IN NEWS IN BRIEF1 HEDI S. I A U < Si0, . .,.. -..i _ _i... --ot AP PHOTO Joshua Davey stands outside the U. S. Supreme Court in Washington yesterday after oral arguments in Davey's suit to overturn Washington state's ban on using public money for religious purposes. Court: Police oy have to wait 20 seconds to enter drug suspects' homes e , ustices split ...…

…I 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 4, 2003 NATION/WORLD Iraqi political forces may form militia NEWS us BRIEFa+ BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -Iraqi political parties members of these other (militia) forces," Undersecre- y , and coalition authorities are discussing the creation tary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith said in ., ;,:_ of a 1,000-member militia to bolster the U.S. mili- tary's fight against a guerrilla insurgency, U.S. an...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 5, 2003 NATION/WORLD Egypt pushes for resolution in Israel NEWS IN BRIEF;f HEADLINES FROM-AROUND THE WORLD CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Palestin- ian factions opened talks yesterday aimed at producing a cease-fire, and Israel hinted it could reduce military activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip if a truce were declared. Egypt is mediating the talks, and Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman ...…

…4 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 8, 2003 NATION/WORLD Afghans angered by bombing mistake Nine Afghan children killed in U.S.-led attack aimed at terror suspect HUTALA, Afghanistan (AP) - Hats and shoes littered a blood-stained field in this desolate Afghan village yester- day, a day after U.S. warplanes - tar- geting a terror suspect - mistakenly killed nine children. American officials offered their regrets yesterday and said...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 9, 2003 NATION/WORLD Seniors face new Medicare choices Nearly $400 billion will be spent in next 10 years to subsidize drug benefits WASHINGTON (AP) - The new prescription drug benefit signed into law yesterday by President Bush as part of major Medicare changes will confront seniors with numerous and sometimes-difficult choices on their health care coverage. Bush said the new drug insurance "will ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 2003 NATION/WORLD Twin bombings hit Iraq, council approves tribunal AP PHOTO Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, right, speaks during a rally after former Vice President Al Gore, left, endorsed him yesterday. Gore's endorsement d raws ire of ems DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Eight Democratic presidential contenders yesterday strongly disputed that Howard Dean was the party's best chance for b...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 1, 2005 NATION/WORLD Bush refuses to set exit schedule ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Presi- dent Bush gave an unflinching defense of his war strategy yesterday, refusing to set a timetable for U.S. troop with- drawals and asserting that once-shaky Iraqi troops are proving increasingly capable. Democrats dismissed his words as a stay-the-course speech with no real strategy for success. Bush recalled that...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 2, 2005 NATION/WORLD Gen faults military for confusion NEWS IN BRIEF HADLNE FRO ARUN TH W' WASHINGTON (AP) - If the American public has a distorted pic- ture of the combat readiness of Iraqi troops, the U.S. military is largely to blame for it, the most senior Ameri- can military officer said yesterday. "We have done ourselves a disser- vice in the way that we have defined how we are tracking the p...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 5, 2005 NATION/WORLD 9/11 Commission: U.S. at risk NEWS IN BRIEF Members say Bush and Congress have failed to enact strong security measures in response to Sept. 11 WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is, at great risk for more terrorist attacks because Congress and the White House have failed to enact several strong secu- rity measures, members of the former Sept. 11 com- mission said yesterday. "It's no...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 6, 2005 NATION/WORLD Kenyans evacuate a building in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday after an earthquake hit the area. A powerful earthquake hit the Lake Tanganyika area of cen- tral Africa and was felt as far away as the Kenyan coast. Quake ro( KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A powerful earth- quake yesterday toppled dozens of homes and buried children in rubble in eastern Congo, kill- ing at least two people in ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iran plane crash kills over 100 All 84 passengers and 10 crew members, as well as 21 people in apartment building, die in crash TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A military plane loaded with Iranian journalists crashed into a 10-story apart- ment building yesterday as the pilot attempted an emergency landing after developing engine trouble. At least 115 people died, the Tehran police ch...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 2005 NATION WORLD r- Bush defends m Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) - Defending his war policy, President Bush said yes- terday that Iraq is making quiet, steady progress in repairing its shattered econo- my though reconstruction "has not always gone as well as we had hoped" because of unrelenting violence. "Rebuilding a nation devastated by a dictator is a large undertaking," the presi- dent said. "It's...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 9, 2005 NATION/WORLD House Republicans win war on taxes, plan to cut billions Bill to maintain tax cuts passes in House despite outcry from Democrats WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted yes- terday to make sure investors hang onto lowered tax rates for capital gains and dividends for an extra two years. Voting mostly along party lines, the House nar- rowly passed a $56-billion, five-year package of t...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 12, 2005 NATION/WORLD Iraqis begin voting in hospits, military camps and prisons Iraqi government annouces it will close borders and extend the nightime curfew BAGHDAD (AP) - Voting begins today in hos- pitals, military camps and even prisons across Iraq, launching the process to choose a new parliament that the United States hopes can help quell the insurgency so U.S. forces can begin heading hom...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 13, 2005 NATION/WORLD Gang leader denied clemency NEwsINBRE Former Crips gang member to be executed despite supporters' claims that he had a change of heart while on death row SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwar- zenegger refused to block the execution early today of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found r...…

…2A - Monday, December 1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.cam aI 2A - Monday, December 1, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom I v FRIDAY: Explained Safe sex for squirrels WAY PAST HIS BEDTIME Researchers at the University of California at Davis are feed- ing birth control to squirrels, The Associated Press reported. The scientists plan to inject the squirrels with the hormone in an effort to reduce the non-native fox squir...…

…2 - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 2 - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 ONDAY: WEDNESDAY: Ivory Towers ArbrAnecote Before You Were Here TIs the season for tumbles THURSDAY: Campus Characters FRIDAY: Explained I's net a generic fall-in-che- snow story, I swear. It wasn'c even me chat tripped. Iwas walking en East Univer- sity Ave. and semeene else tripped behind me, pitched ferward and in her panic latched ente t...…