Wisconsin Eyes Tobacco Fund To Cover One Time Deficit
Wisconsin lawmakers consider using the entire share of the 1998 tobacco settlement to plug a 1.1 billion deficit. The state previously sold part of the $5.9 billion future payments, raising about 1.3 billion via bonds. The plan would tap the remaining 825 million to balance the budget.
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Wisconsin
National Conference of State Legislatures
Maureen Busalacchi
Smoke Free
State Senate
Jackson accuses record firms of racist artist exploitation
Michael Jackson leveled charges that the recording industry profits by exploiting minority performers. He spoke at Rev. Al Sharpton's group in Harlem, naming Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola as racist and harmful to black artists. Sony called the remarks ludicrous and hurtful.
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Michael Jackson
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al Sharpton
National Action Network
Harlem
Sharpton
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Sony Music
Tommy Mottola
Mottola
Sony
Hawaii Annexation Marked U S Expansion in 1898
In 1898 the United States annexed Hawaii, expanding territorial reach and altering Pacific politics. The move followed a period of strategic interest and political maneuvering by U S authorities and local actors.
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Cities Make Downwind Rainfall Worse, NASA Finds
NASA researchers led by J Marshall Shepherd at Goddard Space Flight Center tracked rainfall around Atlanta Dallas San Antonio and Nashville confirming that areas downwind of large cities receive more rain. The study shows up to 51 percent higher rainfall downwind due to urban heat and rough surfaces causing air convergence and cloud formation.
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NASA
J. Marshall Shepherd
Space Agency
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
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Dallas
San Antonio
Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis
Chicago
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