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US and British special forces hunting Osama bin Laden have narrowed down the location of his hiding place along the Afghan-Pakistan border by identifying unique vegetation seen in his last propaganda video, according to intelligence sources. The mountain shrubs in the background of the tape grow only along a swathe of high-altitude territory stretching from Khost in eastern Afghanistan southwards to Angoorada in Waziristan. It would be the first time the world's most wanted man has been careless enough to offer his pursuers a clue to his whereabouts since he slipped away from encircling forces after a three-day battle at...

Today, President Bush attended a fund-raising luncheon at a hotel in Chicago, a meeting with business leaders at the University of Chicago School of Business, and then an evening fund-raiser in Cincinnati. There are a lot of pictures today, so enjoy your Daily Dose of Dubya!

Author of Sask. 'President Shrub' memo resigns Canadian Press REGINA — An internal government memo referring to U.S. President George W. Bush as "President Shrub" has cost a 24-year veteran of Saskatchewan politics his job. Ted Bowen, an NDP researcher who wrote the communique and accidentally faxed it to the media last week, has resigned his position with the party, officials in the caucus office confirmed Tuesday. There were no details released at Bowen's request, the party said. He declined to comment on the memo. Bowen, 60, is originally from Texas and pointed to his roots as an explanation for...

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As an American citizen and a liberal Democrat I feel as though I have been kicked in my political gut and left breathless as a result of Tuesday's election. How President Bush could possibly campaign on making the tax cuts permanent and repealing the so called "death" tax to the detriment of the Social Security (which he promised not to touch) and Medicare trust funds and to the benefit to tax payers earning over $350,000 (the "truly" rich and greedy) while the deficits will stretch from here to the moon and beyond and will add billions and billions of dollars...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Maytag Corp. will close its refrigerator production plant in Galesburg by late 2004, affecting 1,600 workers, the company announced Friday. The plant is no longer ``competitively viable'' in a refrigeration market that has seen competitors move production to Mexico over the last few years, Jim Little, Maytag's vice president of operations, wrote in a letter to employees. The closing will be phased in, and initial production cuts are expected to begin in the second half of 2003, Little said in the letter. Bill Beer, president of Maytag...

The Bush administration is poised to complete the biggest increase in government spending since the 1960s' "Great Society," the result of conducting the war on terrorism while substantially boosting the education and transportation budgets, according to a detailed analysis of government spending patterns. Follow this Url for rest of article. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48583-2002Apr14.html