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...hundred and forty miles away, a 42-year-old mother of four has found an ingenious way of making sure her kids get exposed to her religious beliefs. Rulinda Eakin of Wichita Falls, Texas, has the home radio attached to the light switch in her bathroom. "When we flip the switch up, KTEO comes right on," she says. KTEO is one of 27 stations across the country that carry HIS KIDS RADIO, a Christian radio network for children ages 3 to 12 that plays biblically based music and stories. Station director Dodd Morris says his kids is a "place parents...
That fact is not lost on the public, particularly people whose relatives have died in everyday tragedies. At the Wichita Eagle in Kansas, editorial-page director Phil Brownlee has received calls and letters from locals disgusted by the families' complaints, and he agrees. "It's just frustrating that the goodwill demonstrated by the government seems to be deteriorating," he says. "Now you've got families who are upset with what most Americans deem to be generous contributions. It's the loss of the spirit of Sept. 11, the souring of that sense of solidarity...
...That fact is not lost on the public, particularly people whose relatives have died in everyday tragedies. At the Wichita Eagle in Kansas, editorial-page director Phil Brownlee has received calls and letters from locals disgusted by the families' complaints, and he agrees. "It's just frustrating that the goodwill demonstrated by the government seems to be deteriorating," he says. "Now you've got families who are upset with what most Americans deem to be generous contributions. It's the loss of the spirit of Sept. 11, the souring of that sense of solidarity...
...Still, its estimated hard core of 400 fighters is heavily armed, and dangerous. And besides their historic links with al Qaeda, they continue to pose a terrorist threat to U.S. citizens - the organization currently holds hostage the Wichita, Kansas couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and last year kidnapped and beheaded Californian Guillermo Sobero. Sending U.S. troops to help wipe out Abu Sayyaf may be part of a strategy to eliminate havens of lawlessness in which al Qaeda may attempt to regroup. It's a project enthusiastically supported by the Philippine government, which has made heavy weather of its own efforts...
Boeing hopes to continue that trend by instituting a new assembly line for its single-aisle jets. At night at the Renton plant near Seattle, a 737 fuselage arrives by train from Wichita, Kans., and cruises into the fabrication hangar on a huge yellow flatbed nicknamed "the Queen Mary." Almost every day, a completed 737 rolls out the exit. Mechanics are divided into teams such as the Bulldogs and the Jets. "We want to treat mechanics like surgeons in an operating room," says Sandy Angers, a factory spokeswoman. She switches on a mechanical game that gives workers about five minutes...