Ig Nobel prizes honor quirky scientific feats in 2001
Boston AP reports Buckheimer from Pueblo Colorado created Under-Ease underwear with a flatuence filter earning a 2001 Ig Nobel. Weimer and a team including Schmidt win for odd findings like shower curtains billowing inward. Organizers say the prizes celebrate the muddle in the middle of science and humor.
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Annals of Improbable Research
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University of Massachusetts
Lawmaker eyes taxes gambling to fund education shortfall
Kansas lawmaker Glasscock pushes taxes and expanded gambling to fill a $1.1 billion education funding gap amid rising health costs for state employees and proposed $1.1 billion three year plan. He warns the fiscal 2003 budget may fall short and notes casino gaming as a potential revenue source.
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Oz project ends as commission rejects plan for Wyandotte site
Wyandotte County commissioners vote against Oz theme park after opposition from Surbaugh and Wood. Absent Gary Anderson abstained on related votes. Attorneys general opinion supports repayment of 400000, with 150000 already repaid. State officials urged site turnover to county or state. local residents largely oppose. staff writer Dave Ranney reports.
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Bullet Pierces Trans Alaska Pipeline Shuts Iup Operations
A bullet punctured the Trans Alaska pipeline causing oil to spew and operations to halt near Fairbanks. Police pursued a suspect, Daniel Carson Lewis, 37, and charged him with criminal mischief in the first degree. The incident, the first pierce of the 48 inch line, occurred 75 miles north of Fairbanks after a surveillance helicopter detected the spill and prompted increased security along the 800 mile route carrying about 1 million barrels daily.
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