Russell Schneider deflected any recognition he received from being named 2003 Small Business Person of the Year Thursday night. Instead he said the recognition should go to the people who work for him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress snuffed out Democratic opposition Thursday and approved a belated $373 billion bill financing most federal agencies and endorsing President Bush’s policies on overtime pay, food labeling, media ownership and guns. Over protests by labor, farm groups and conservatives angered by the measure’s mountain of pork-barrel projects, the Senate approved the 1,182-page bill by a bipartisan 65-28 vote. The House passed it in December.

Kevin Carlos Lewis, 28, of Copperas Cove, accused of assaulting and threatening his wife, was arrested Thursday morning after a 1

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