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On the southwestern-most tip of the country, just across the border
from Tijuana, rugged canyons drop down to a rich Pacific estuary,
where millions have been spent restoring fresh and saltwater marshes
that sustain the California brown pelican and other rare birds and plants.
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As President Bush was taking the oath of office at noon Thursday, Amy
Caudill, 24, marched down 16th Street toward the White House,
carrying the front of a mock coffin draped with an American flag.
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The
FBI is seeking four Chinese nationals in connection with an
unspecified threat on the city of Boston, the agency and the
U.S.
attorney’s office in Massachusetts said Wednesday.
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Spurred to action by the devastating southern Asian tsunami, top Bush
administration science officials Friday pledged to double the
country’s investment in a warning system by greatly expanding
detection technology in the Pacific Ocean and extending it into the Atlantic.
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In a defeat for the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday that the government may not indefinitely imprison
immigrants who cannot be deported, even if they are in the country illegally.
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President Bush on Tuesday selected Michael Chertoff, who helped
formulate the administration’s controversial legal strategy after Sept.
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President Bush announced a tenfold increase Friday in
U.S. aid to
victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, pledging $350 million to address
an “epic disaster” that he said could require still greater sums.
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The
FBI is investigating seven incidents of lasers apparently being
directed at planes that were preparing to land at airports around the
country over the last six days, a federal official said Thursday.
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United Nations officials and leaders of some Asian nations Tuesday
called for the creation of a tsunami warning system in the Indian
Ocean like the one that exists in the Pacific.
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With three-quarters of the nation’s air traffic controllers expected
to retire over the next decade, the Federal Aviation Administration
on Tuesday announced plans to hire 12,500 replacements to become the
next generation of workers charged with safeguarding the skies.
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