WASHINGTON — The government cleared the nation’s sole maker of the anthrax vaccine to begin shipping the shots Thursday after four years of factory violations that have stalled efforts to protect the military from the bioterrorism bacteria.
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WASHINGTON — Parts of the nation have tight blood supplies because most of the half-million people who donated after the Sept. 11 attacks have not returned, transfusion specialists said Thursday.
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AUSTIN — University of Texas President Larry Faulkner will present a new fee proposal in a public forum Thursday, following weeks of mixed reaction over his original plan.
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Debate about curriculum continues
Faculty Senate agrees to review plan until March
By Jaime Walker
Senior Reporter

Vigorous faculty debate about the contents and direction of the Common Undergraduate Experience — the university’s proposed revision of the core curriculum — will continue until at least March 21, Faculty Senators agreed Thursday.
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Greek leaders hope to raise more money for Rise
Scholarship to be endowed with $25,000
By David Dunai
Staff Reporter

Members of the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils are already discussing the possibility of another joint fundraiser for TCU’s Rise School, based on the overwhelming success of last semester’s efforts, which raised $25,000 in 45 days, said Brian Perkins, director of IFC.
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Bin Laden tape aired
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden, in a previously unbroadcast interview done in late October, said the United States war on terrorism was leading the American people “into an unbearable hell and a choking life.”
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Texas attorney general fundraising for Senate race

Enron relief funds gain significant numbers

UT forum to present new fee proposal for students

Missing A&M sophomore found unharmed

Security breaches found at NYU residence hall

Nuclear labs under fire for security against terrorists

Federal funds to aid health systems
By Connie Cass
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The government began handing out more than $1 billion to states and cities Thursday to help prepare doctors, hospitals and health officials for a bioterrorist attack or other medical disaster.
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Rumsfeld says U.S. vulnerable to attacks
By Robert Burns
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday the United States must prepare now for potential surprise attacks “vastly more deadly” than the Sept. 11 terrorist hijackings.
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Health care may soon cover fetuses
By Laura Meckler
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — States may classify a developing fetus as an “unborn child” eligible for government health care, the Bush administration said Thursday, giving low-income women access to prenatal care and bolstering the arguments of abortion opponents.
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Deadline extended for fate of kidnapped reporter
By Zahid Hussain
Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — An e-mail sent Thursday purportedly by the kidnappers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl extended the deadline for killing him by one day.
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32nd World Economic Forum opens
By Alan Clendenning
Associated Press

NEW YORK — World business and political leaders convened in a Manhattan hotel to discuss the planet’s biggest problems Thursday, while hundreds of police officers braced for street protests.
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Maker of anthrax vaccine cleared to ship the drug

Reno leaves hospital after fainting during speech

Washington Monument set to reopen after makeover

Blood supplies low in some areas, donors not returning

Bush and Putin set to talk in May in Moscow

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