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By JOHN McELHENNY Associated Press Writer March 7, 2002, 6:24 PM EST BOSTON -- It's not exactly Al Gore claiming to invent the Internet, but gubernatorial candidate Robert Reich's claim he coined the phrase "corporate welfare" is raising some eyebrows. Reich, secretary of labor under President Clinton, made the claim most recently at a candidates' forum Saturday, but it's not the first time. In a 1998 article in The American Prospect, which Reich founded, Reich's co-author Frank Laird, a University of Denver professor, wrote: "Since Robert Reich coined the phrase several years ago, 'corporate welfare' has become a rhetorical target ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities detained a passenger aboard a United Airlines jetliner Thursday after he tried to enter the cockpit during a flight from Miami, officials and the airline said. The unidentified passenger was restrained by the plane's crew and later arrested by police after the flight landed as scheduled in Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital, said Jorge Reta, an Air Force spokesman. Authorities did not identify the passenger, but local reports said the man was reportedly a Uruguayan citizen. United Airlines said it had notified local authorities and the FBI about the incident. In a statement, ...

CBS) CBS National Security Correspondent David Martin has learned that an unmanned drone operated by the CIA fired a missile at what was believed to be a group of senior al Qaeda leaders meeting in the mountains of southeastern Afghanistan. The strike occurred Monday night near the cave complex known as Zawar Khili and so far intelligence officials have not been able to confirm the identities of any of the al Qaeda leaders. Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants are believed to have been hiding at Zawar Khili since escaping the bombing of Tora Bora two months ago. In ...

Breaking on CNN charged with fraud,trying to obtain a controled substance....nothing follows..........

By Associated Press November 20, 2001, 9:42 AM EST DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- A man dashing across a lake on a customized personal watercraft at about 55 mph was killed in an apparent collision with a flying duck. Leon Resnick, an employee of Riva Yamaha, was testing the water jet-propelled craft Thursday on a lake about 20 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, investigators said Monday. A co-worker who was watching turned to pick up a radar gun to check Resnick's speed, and when he turned back Resnick was no longer aboard the craft. Resnick, 31, of Hollywood, died of a ...