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1. -01-14-05 Senators Investigate Use of Education Funds (MSNBC News)
   "The [Education] department, through a contract with the public relations firm Ketchum, hired [commentator Armstrong] Williams to produce ads, featuring [Education Secretary] Paige, that promoted Bush’s No Child Left Behind law. The contract also called for Williams to provide media access for Paige and to persuade other black journalists to talk about the law."
   
   "Federal law bans the use of public money on propaganda."
   
   "As part of a contract worth more than $1 million with Ketchum, the Education Department paid for a video that appeared as a news story without making it clear the reporter was hired to promote No Child Left Behind. The agency also paid for ratings of news reporters, with points for stories that make the law, the Bush administration and the Republican Party look good." 1-05

2. -03-16-05 Inquiry: Poor Administration Judgement (ABC News)
   "Senior Bush administration officials showed poor judgment and wasted money in hiring conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to promote the president’s agenda even though they violated no laws or ethics rules, an internal inquiry has concluded." 4-05

3. International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees (IBHOF.com)
   Members of the IBHOF Hall of Fame include Muhammad Ali, Sammy Angott, Fred Apostoli, Alexis Arguello, Henry Armstrong, Carmen Basilio, Wilfred Benitez, Nino Benvenuti, Jackie "Kid" Berg, Jimmy Bivins, Joe Brown, Ken Buchanan, Charley Burley, Miguel Canto, Jimmy Carter, Marcel Cerdan, Antonio Cervantes, Bobby Chacon, Jeff Chandler, Ezzard Charles, Curtis Cokes, Billy Conn, Pipino Cuevas, Flash Elorde, Jeff Fenech, George Foreman, Bob Foster, Joe Frazier, Gene Fullmer, Khaosai Galaxy, Victor Galindez, Kid Gavilan, Joey Giardello, Wilfredo Gomez, Billy Graham, Rocky Graziano, Emile Griffith, Marvin Hagler, "Fighting" Harada, Beau Jack, Lew Jenkins, Eder Jofre, Ingemar Johansson, Harold Johnson, Ismael Laguna, Jake LaMotta, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sonny Liston, Nicolino Locche, Duilio Loi, Joe Louis, Barry McGuigan, Mike McCallum, Rocky Marciano, Joey Maxim, Bob Montgomery, Carlos Monzon, Archie Moore, Jose Napoles, Ken Norton, Terry Norris, Azumah Nelson, Ruben Olivares, Bobo Olson, Carlos Ortiz, Manuel Ortiz, Carlos Palomino, Laszlo Papp, Willie Pastrano, Floyd Patterson, Eusebio Pedroza, Willie Pep, Pascual Perez, Aaron Pryor, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Sugar Ramos, Luis Rodriguez, Sugar Ray Robinson, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Sandy Saddler, Vicente Saldivar, Salvador Sanchez, Max Schmeling, Michael Spinks, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, Randy Turpin, Jersey Joe Walcott, Ike Williams, Chalky Wright, Tony Zale, Daniel Zaragoza, Carlos Zarate, and Fritzie Zivic. 6-05