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NEWS ARCHIVES: JUNE 16, 2008
Below is a list of stories for Monday, June 16, 2008.
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Summer Safety for Children
38 days ago
In the last two months the Dell Children's Medical Center has reported two drowning deaths, with another 11 near-drownings at the hospital. This has Department of Family and Protective Services officials promoting pool safety for children during this summer's heat wave.
For more information visit the See and Save website.
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Medicare Cuts Threaten Texas Seniors
38 days ago
The funding formula has many worrying that Medicare patients could be left out in the cold.
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APD Gets Federal Money To Fight Crime
38 days ago
Data shows Texas cities are seeing an increase in crime and Austin is one of them.
See data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Unified Crime Preliminary 2007 Report
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Civil Forfeiture And What It Means
38 days ago
But how that money is taken and what happens to it are sometimes anything but official. NPR Austin-based reporter John Burnett embarked on a news series called Dirty Money. He spoke with KUT's Jennifer Stayton about what he found when he followed the money.
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Doggett Proposes Global Warming Legislation
38 days ago
The ‘Climate Matters Act' would establish a market driven cap and trade program. Doggett says the government would focus on big polluters like utilities and big manufacturers.
"They will be involved in this carbon market, buying right to pollute and each year the requirements will get a little more stringent so they're encouraged to move to non-polluting sources of energy," said Doggett.
He said money generated from the so- called carbon market would be used as incentives for developing cleaner technologies.
"[to] Develop new green industries and help some of our poorer neighbors transition into this carbon economy with weatherization, low income heating assistance and the like," he said. Some have criticized cap and trade programs as an inefficient way to lower pollution. The bill would also require countries such as China and India to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions or face U.S. trade sanctions. A similar energy bill recently hit obstacles in the Senate. Doggett said a key committee will hold a hearing on the bill within a month.
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Reward Offered in Governor's Mansion Fire
38 days ago
Just over a week after the devastating fire at the Governor's Mansion, the State Fire Marshal's office announced a $50,000 Texas Crimestoppers reward June 16. Investigators want more information that leads them to whoever set the Mansion on fire in the early morning hours of June 8.
Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado said it appeared the person who started the blaze apparently had experience with "Molotov Cocktails." That's the type of gasoline bomb investigators think was used to start the June 8th fire. Maldonado speculated that the fire could have been politically motivated, but that seemed to be one of several possible motives.
No security video of the moments leading up to the fire is being released by authorities to this point. Maldonado released a vague description of a potential suspect, but he said the video is still being enhanced in the search for more clues.
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The United States, Israel, and Iran
38 days ago
But the end of that incident certainly did not mean the end of conflict, or possible conflict, in the region. During his June, 2008 European trip, President George W. Bush reiterated concerns over Iran's enrichment of uranium. He said "all options" are on the table for trying to persuade Iran to stop that program. Israeli journalist and author Avi Issacharoff was in Austin in June, 2008. His new book 34 Days chronicles the events before, during, and after that 2006 border conflict. He says he does not think the U-S will invade Iran, but believes there could still be a conflict over Iran's nuclear program. Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel are the co-authors of 34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon.
