Kansas consumes most tobacco settlement for child programs
Kansas lawmakers redirected nearly 81 million of the states 1.77 billion tobacco settlement to balance the budget and fund a new 15 member Children’s Cabinet. The move drew fire from anti tobacco activists who say funds should support anti smoking efforts and health care for smoking related illnesses.
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American Cancer Society
Kansas
Los Angeles
Richard Riordan
Children’s Trust Fund
National Conference of State Legislatures
Bill Graves
Hanover joins Vagina Monologues cast in New York
Donna Hanover wife of New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani will assume a lead role in Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues from May 30. The casting was confirmed by Hanover’s spokeswoman Joannie Danielides. The play, based on interviews with women about sex and menstruation topics, has tied to political allies of Hillary Clinton and sparked comment about Giuliani’s marriage.
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New York
Donna Hanover
Rudolph Giuliani
Hanover
Eve Ensler
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Giuliani
U.S
Ensler
Joannie Danielides
People
Larry Flynt
How Health Rules Become Stones in Time
Health researchers urge caution as they note that well meaning but weak data often underpins broad guidance. They warn that media simplification turns nuanced findings into black and white verdicts, while strong claims persist despite lingering uncertainty.
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Walter Willett
Harvard School of Public Health
Willett
Lynn L. Moore
Origins and Craft of Cascarones Across Texas and Mexico
Historians trace cascarones to Renaissance Italy with later spread to Spain and Mexico under Maximilian and Carlotta. Dallas area families like Avalos and Canales Bowers keep the Easter tradition alive, making hundreds of confetti filled eggs for local festivals and family celebrations. The De La Fuentes family expanded production from thousands to over 30 thousand eggs, painting and assembling shells in a backyard workshop for Easter and Cinco de Mayo festivities.
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Italy
Fiesta San Antonio Commission Inc
Fiesta San Antonio
Spain
Maximilian
Mexico
France
Carlotta
Maria Avalos
Cascarones
Rio Grande
Roma
Texas
Bachman Lake
Avalos
Tipico’s
Dallas
Shirley Canales Bowers
Bowers
Cumberland Hill Elementary School Alumni Association
Cinco de Mayo
Fort Worth
Fiesta
Deanna Cotter
de la Fuentes
de la Fuente
de la Puente
Alexis
Brianna
Carlos Jr
Federal officials weigh timing of Elian removal amid Easter tensions
Federal agents assess crowd patterns outside Lazaro's Miami home as Attorney General Reno weighs how and when to remove Elian Gonzalez. White House and Florida officials urge prompt, orderly action while mediation talks continue. exiles pray and protest outside the house amid calls for nonviolent resolution.
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Elian
Lazaro
Miami
Carole Florman
Jesus
Reno
Juan Miguel
Cuba
Gonzalez
White House
Joe Lockhart
Clinton
Lockhart
Florida
Jeb Bush
Kendall Coffey
11Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Elian Gonzalez
Justice Department
Florman
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Cele
Garden habitat gains National Wildlife Federation honor
West Texas Permian biology teachers describe the outdoor Botanical Garden as an evolving, drought adapted learning center with five regional ecological areas. Students study native plants, soil, water quality, and evolution through hands on projects while monarchs, pollinators, and wildlife thrive in riparian zones and ponds. Donations fund expansion and maintenance, but no funds accompany the award.
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West Texas
Chihuahuan Desert
Big Bend
Grasslands
Presidio
Fort Davis
Odessa
Chisos
Davis
Guadalupe Mountains
Edwards Plateau
Rolling Plains
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
McDowell
Barbara Starnes
Janet Chou
Starnes
Afton
Sai
Pine Forest
National Wildlife Federation
Readers' Guide Switchboard and contact details
Readers' Guide provides a common switchboard number 337 6262 for local inquiries and an out of town line 800 375 4661. An email address and a website are listed for further contact at WWW oa0oa dot com, offering readers access to resources and assistance.
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Senate
Ana
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers and Results“
Texas Million drawing Friday April 21 shows numbers 31 50 77 93. Cash 1 17 25 29 36 and Pick 3 details appear for the Texas Lottery draw.
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Texas
Mixed trivia and historical notes surface from various topics
A collage of facts spans geology at White Island, lovers and lights, historic leaders playing harmonica, left-handed birth patterns, the Eiffel Tower versus the Great Pyramid, Apicius as cookbook author, a jibe about ancient gluttony, the origin of the curveball in 1867, and contact details for L M Boyd.
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