News for January 23, 2002
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Kmart seeks bankruptcy protection
DETROIT (AP)
No indications yet on future of Big Kmart store in Temple
United Way surpasses 2001 goal
Rumsfeld: Prisoners treated
AT&T decides to bail out of 900 business
Panel to be formed to study Gulf War illness
Kmart seeks bankruptcy protection
No indications yet on future of Big Kmart store in Temple
United Way surpasses 2001 goal
Rumsfeld: Prisoners treated
AT&T decides to bail out of 900 business
Panel to be formed to study Gulf War illness
No information is available on the status of the local Kmart store after the nationally known retail discounter filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to seek shelter from creditors under Chapter 11.Jim Hardwick, general manager of Big Kmart in Temple, was on vacation this week and not available for comment.His assistant manager, Verna Thompson, said that employees at the local level are not authorized to comment on anything.A call to the media relations department for Kmart Stores located in Pontiac, Mich., got a recorded message that said the company does not have any information pertaining to local markets, individual stores or information on closings of stores in any communities.
BELTON
WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, under fire from human rights groups, said Tuesday the United States is treating foreign prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
NEW YORK (AP) AT&T is bailing out of a major part of the pay-for-service telephone business, dealing a serious blow to psychics, sex lines and other companies that use 900 numbers.
WASHINGTON (AP) Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi is turning to some of the harshest critics of government research into Gulf War illness to advise the agency on future studies. Principi is forming a panel to help direct research into illnesses experienced by American soldiers who served in the 1990-91 war with Iraq, the VA said Tuesday. Principi was to announce the panel and its appointed members at a news conference Wednesday. The move is another nod by the Bush administration to Gulf War veterans, many of whom accuse the government of dragging its feet in finding a cause and treatment for their mysterious illnesses. The VA withheld comment pending Principi
DETROIT (AP)
No information is available on the status of the local Kmart store after the nationally known retail discounter filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to seek shelter from creditors under Chapter 11.Jim Hardwick, general manager of Big Kmart in Temple, was on vacation this week and not available for comment.His assistant manager, Verna Thompson, said that employees at the local level are not authorized to comment on anything.A call to the media relations department for Kmart Stores located in Pontiac, Mich., got a recorded message that said the company does not have any information pertaining to local markets, individual stores or information on closings of stores in any communities.
BELTON
WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, under fire from human rights groups, said Tuesday the United States is treating foreign prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
NEW YORK (AP) AT&T is bailing out of a major part of the pay-for-service telephone business, dealing a serious blow to psychics, sex lines and other companies that use 900 numbers.
WASHINGTON (AP) Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi is turning to some of the harshest critics of government research into Gulf War illness to advise the agency on future studies. Principi is forming a panel to help direct research into illnesses experienced by American soldiers who served in the 1990-91 war with Iraq, the VA said Tuesday. Principi was to announce the panel and its appointed members at a news conference Wednesday. The move is another nod by the Bush administration to Gulf War veterans, many of whom accuse the government of dragging its feet in finding a cause and treatment for their mysterious illnesses. The VA withheld comment pending Principi