Bush budget plans face deficit path amid space program boosts
The budget plan, completed before the space shuttle Columbia disaster, projects deficits of 304 billion this year and 307 billion in 2004 with gains from a 3 percent NASA increase to 155 billion. It trims some water projects and school drug programs while pushing 1.3 trillion in tax cuts, focusing on growth to balance deficits.
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Bush calls for $1.3 trillion in new tax relief
President Bush proposed $1.3 trillion in new tax reductions over the next decade in a budget to Congress. The plan seeks to accelerate and permanentize past cuts, cut corporate dividends taxes, and add incentives for energy, trade deals with Chile and Singapore, and telecommuting. It also extends ethanol incentives through 2007 and expands exemptions for those caring for relatives with long term needs.
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Glass and simulant work accelerate Savannah River cleanup efforts
Researchers at SRS and Hanford analyze waste to create non radioactive simulants that mimic DWPF pours. Since 1994 DWPF testing began, refines mixing waste with frit, and has produced 1,337 canisters from March 1996 through now. Melter replacement paused operations. expected restart in April.
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Funding boosts MOX plant and cleanup plan
The funding package allocates increased dollars across site programs, with the MOX fuel plant line item doubling from 300 million in 2008 to 600 million in 2004 as part of a broader nonproliferation effort with Russia. Officials say the budget supports acceleration of cleanup, risk reduction, and performance management while imposing tougher oversight on Westinghouse and other contractors at DOE facilities.
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Suspects Sought After Crime Near Convenience Store
A sheriff's deputy stopped a car near a convenience store and detained the driver. A second suspect fled on foot near the store description says a Black male in his 20s, medium height around 150 pounds, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt blue sweatpants and a stocking cap. Call Aiken County Sheriff's Office at 800 922 7109 or Crime Stoppers at 866 88 CRIME with anonymity and up to a $1,000 reward.
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