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Filibuster Fray Lifts Profile of Minister
In his home town of Pearland, Tex., Baptist minister Rick Scarborough was tireless in promoting his conservative Christian way of thinking.

Factory Orders Up in March
U.S. factory orders rose 0.1 percent in March, to $378.2 billion, the Commerce Department said. Orders fell 0.5 percent in February, the department said. It previously reported an increase in February. Orders for capital goods excluding aircraft fell 4 percent in March after falling 2.1 percent in February. Those bookings so far this year are still 10.4 percent higher than they were in January to March 2004.

Hoyer Reviewing His Travel Records
House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is reviewing privately financed trips he made after Republicans suggested that he might have violated House rules by not reporting the travel within 30 days.

US Airways Cuts May Have Cleared Way For a Merger
America West Holdings Corp. began its talks with US Airways Group Inc. about a possible merger more than a year ago but was reluctant to move forward aggressively until US Airways reduced its labor costs significantly, a former US Airways executive said yesterday.

Music Producers to Honor Rosa Parks
Attorneys for civil rights icon and a group of music producers settled a dispute over the use of her name by the hip-hop group OutKast.

Olympic Park Bomber Pleads Guilty
ATLANTA, April 13 -- Serial bomber Eric Rudolph on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the 1996 Olympic Park bombing and two other Atlanta explosions after confessing earlier in the day to bombing an Alabama abortion clinic.

Hope for Asbestos Bill Blossoms, Then Withers
As the legislative day dawned on Capitol Hill yesterday, an unexpected ray of hope arrived with it: A bill to resolve the asbestos crisis, pronounced dead a month ago, appeared to be alive once more.

For the Expert Witness, a Few Tough Questions
ANNISTON, Ala. -- When he arrived here three years ago, Robert David Madrid brought with him an easy charm and a voluminous risumi. It boasted an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, a master's degree from Georgetown University, a medical degree from Harvard and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The icing was his membership in the high-IQ society, Mensa.

For a Young U.S. Seminarian, the Reading of His Life
It would be an exaggeration to say that John G. McDonald is a nobody in the Roman Catholic Church.

Rudolph To Plead Guilty To Bombings
Man who eluded federal capture for more than five years in the North Carolina woods has agreed to plead guilty to four attacks, including the deadly explosion at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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