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Va. governor promises probe of shooting
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An independent panel will conduct "a very thorough after-action review"
of the
events surrounding Monday's mass shooting at Virginia Tech, Virginia
Gov. Tim
Kaine said Tuesday as investigators probed further into the background
student
believed responsible for more than 30 deaths.

Bombs kill 33 in Baghdad; nitric acid cache found
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Three separate explosions rocked Baghdad on Wednesday including a
suicide
attack in the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City killing at least
33
people as violence climbed toward levels seen before a U.S.-led surge
to
pacify the capital. U.S. forces seized 3,000 gallons of nitric acid in
a
weapons cache hidden in a warehouse in eastern Baghdad, the military
said
Wednesday.

Taxpayers elect not to pay for campaigns
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As candidates say no to public money for presidential campaigns, so do
American taxpayers. Only 7.3% of 2006 tax returns filed from Jan. 1 to
April
14 designated a $3 contribution to the public campaign-financing
system,
according to data the Internal Revenue Service prepared for USA TODAY.

# posted by John @ 4/18/2007 09:17:00 AM