Space station gains 14-ton girder in shuttle Atlantis mission
Two astronauts used an immense crane to attach a 14-ton girder to the international space station, while a second pair did a spacewalk to wire it up. Peggy Whitson and Sandra Magnus guided the work from the station, with Atlantis crew delivering the piece and providing supplies.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
David Wolf
Piers Sellers
Sellers
Peggy Whitson
Shuttle
Sandra Magnus
Atlantis
Space Station
Mission Control
Whitson
Jeffrey Ashby
Central Asia
Ashby
Magnus
Plant Board backs denial of water rights for coal plant expansion
The Plant Board recommended denying water from four wells to power a second coal unit at the Holcomb property. The $900 million project, to be owned by investors with Sunflower operating, could start in 2007 and would add 600 megawatts alongside the existing 360 megawatts. Some members warned the extra water would hurt irrigators, while Sunflower argued the impact would be minimal and investors would not risk the project without adequate water.
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Holcomb
Sunflower
Clay Scott
GMC No. 3
Hank Hansen
Mark Calcara
Steve Stone
Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District Board
Stone
Calcara
Kansas natural resources tour showcases dairy water reuse
A two day Kansas government group tour examined resource issues across the state visiting a 6000 head open lot dairy and Royal Farms Dairy water reuse practices. Officials and residents discussed open lot versus free stall dairy systems and wind farm perspectives as the alliance plans public comment and aims to focus on two to three major emerging resource topics.
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Kansas
Royal Farms
Steve Irsik
The
Alliance
Irsik
Montezuma
Gray County
Theresa Hodges
Kansas Department of Health
Hodges
Mary Fund
Goff
Fund
Kansas Rural Center
House
Jim Garner
Sheila Frahm
Colby
Bill Graves
Garrtson Farms
Frahm
Bulgarian student to plead to reduced airport charge in Atlantic City
Nikolay V. Dzhonev a 21 year old Bulgarian law student agreed to plead guilty to knowingly and willfully violating airport rules after being stopped at Atlantic City with two boxcutters and scissors authorities said. He faces probation and voluntary departure from the United States under a plea. The government said no terrorist intent is believed.
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Camden
N.J
Atlantic City
U.S
Stephen Stigall
Nikolay V. Dzhonev
Dzhonev
Stigall
Washington, D.C
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Landowners oppose Sunflower water rights on plant plan
Landowners on the Water Preservation Committee criticized Sunflower's request for 5200 acre feet to run a Holcomb unit. Board voted 8 5 to urge the state deny the water applications, arguing they’ll limit authorized pumping. Sunflower’s $900 million project faces a $7 million water rights cost plus pipelines and wells.
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Drussel
Water Preservation Committee
Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3
Sunflower
Holcomb
Gas rate plans to differ for Aquila and Kansas Gas Service
Aquila expects higher winter bills under a different rate plan than regular residential customers. Officials cite how each utility hedges gas, with Kansas Gas Service locking in prices via fixed-price swaps and Aquila using calls options to cap costs. A cold snap could push KGS bills up if its fixed supply depletes, while Aquila buys a mix on the open market.
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Conrad Koehler
David Springe
Citizens Utility Ratepayer Board
Kansas Gas Service
Springe
Aquila
Minter
Open Mar
Johnson
Rosemary Foreman
Kansas Corporation Commission
Brownback calls for Iraq liberation and removal of Saddam
Senator Brownback describes Saddam Hussein as a cancer that worsens with time. He argues the Iraq war should be a liberation, comparing it to World War II liberating Nazi camps. He notes horrific stories from Iraq and asserts Iraq can rebuild democracy once given the chance.
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Brownback
Iraq
Germany
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Wharton
Calara
Diane Lewis
Saddam
Hollywood
Garden City
N. Main
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