Current Attorney General Steve Carter pledged to rectify the situation. Apr. 7 - The Indiana Firebirds, of the Arena Football League, made their debut at Conseco Fieldhouse. Crew members, from a U.S. spy plane, who had been held in China are greeted upon landing in Hawaii. Apr. 9 - President Bush sent Congress his proposed budget, which called for cuts in agriculture, transportation and environment programs. Apr. 12 - President Bush announced that he had nominated Dan Coats to be ambassador to Germany.
Republicans opposde the suggestion.
A Yellow Labrador Retreiver waits at the city animal shelter to be adopted. Apr. 17 - The executive director of Farm Aid announced the 14th edition of the concert, founded to benefit independent farmers, would be held at Verizon Wireless Music Center near Noblesville, Ind., on Sept. 29. Apr. 17 - A report from the National Center for Health Statistics found a surprising decline in multiple births of three or more, and a drop in the teen birth rate to a record low. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the fourth time this year in a move geared toward heading off a recession. U.S. District Judge John D. Tinder rejected a request from Entertainment Network Inc., to broadcast Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's execution live on the Internet.