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Bush fire strategy: Speed up thinning of federal forests
Saying the fastest way to reduce catastrophic fires in the nation's forests is to make them easier to log, the Bush administration unveiled a far-reaching series of new rules Wednesday that would waive environmental studies on millions of acres of public lands.
By Paul Rogers / Mercury News
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Sen. Lott reiterates apology for remark
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By James Kuhnhenn,
Mercury News Washington Bureau,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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Sept. 11 panel pushes for reform of spy agencies, Cabinet post
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By Frank Davies,
Mercury News Washington Bureau,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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N.Y. COUNCIL AGREES TO SNUFF OUT SMOKING
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By Maureen Fan,
Mercury News New York Bureau,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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Bush to make smallpox vaccine available to military, health workers, then public
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By Vicki Kemper,
Los Angeles Times,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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Thomas speaks out as justices hear cross-burning case
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By Shannon McCaffrey,
Mercury News Washington Bureau,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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Estrogens now come with cancer warning
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Washington Post,
12/12/2002 03:01 AM PST)
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Teens: Anti-gay bias rampant
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By Katherine Corcoran,
Mercury News,
12/12/2002 10:00 PM PST)
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Chances of safe harbor vary widely
There were good reasons to think U.S. immigration officials would rule that 18-year-old Rugie Jallow should be given asylum when she arrived here in 1995 from her native Gambia.
By FREDRIC N. TULSKY / Mercury News
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The Giveaway of the West
By many measures, the American West at the end of the 20th century is more environmentally healthy than a generation ago. But on millions of acres of public land, one practice still perpetuates environmental damage that began in the Wild West 150 years ago -- cattle grazing.
By Paul Rogers / Mercury News
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Three Strikes law appears to have met goal
It hasn't overwhelmed California's prisons with vast numbers of petty criminals doing life sentences, as critics predicted. Instead, California's 7-year-old three strikes, you're out'' law appears to have accomplished the goal its supporters touted: It has targeted the state's worst repeat offenders and taken them off the streets.
By CONNIE SKIPITARES / Mercury News
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