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President George W. Bush proposed a $2.77 trillion budget for 2007 that cuts domestic programs from Medicare to community policing while bolstering security spending, even as he seeks to tame a soaring deficit. The budget reduced funding for the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, created by Pres. Clinton in 1993
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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended the Bush administration's eavesdropping program before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui disrupted the opening of his sentencing trial in Alexandria, Va., and was tossed out of court.
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Prosper.com, an Internet company to link borrowers and lenders, went live with its website. Chris Larsen, co-founder of Pleasanton’s E-Loan, co-founded Prosper backed by $20 million in venture capital. Puerto Rican bank Popular Inc. purchase E-loan for $300 million in 2005.
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Royal Caribbean Intl. announced that it has ordered the world’s largest and most expense cruise ship. The $1.24 billion ship, capable of holding 6,400 passengers, will be built by Norway’s Aker Yards.
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Afghan security forces opened fire on demonstrators, leaving at least four dead, as increasingly violent protests erupted around the world over published caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. European and Muslim politicians pleaded for calm.
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Police investigating the deaths of 13 hospital patients in eastern Australia on Monday recommended charging Dr. Jayant Patel, an Indian-born American surgeon, with four counts of manslaughter and six counts of grievous bodily harm.
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Analysts and companies said the boycott of Danish goods called by Islamic countries to protest the publication of Prophet Muhammad caricatures was costing Danish businesses more than $1 million a day.
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FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
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2004 –
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Belgium
1989 –
Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
1988 –
Allison Holker, American dancer
1988 –
Bailey Hanks, American actress
1986 –
Alice Greczyn, American actress
1986 –
Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 –
U-Know, leader of Korean group TVXQ
1985 –
Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
1985 –
Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1985 –
Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
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February, 6
- Births
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2008,
John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
2008,
Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
2007,
Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007,
Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
2007,
Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
2007,
Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
2007,
Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
2005,
Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
2005,
Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
2002,
Max Perutz, Austrian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1914)
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February, 6
- Deaths
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