Spirit rover rolls onto Mars in first lander exit
NASA officials and JPL cheered as the Spirit rover moved off its lander onto Martian soil for the first time. Spirit's wheel deployment marked a milestone in the Mars mission with images, celebratory champagne, and plans to deploy its robotic arm and begin soil analysis within days. Also noted were NASA and political figures highlighting renewed space exploration goals and timelines.
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Pasadena
Calif
Spirit Rover
Mars
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Charles Blachi
Spirit
Rob Manning
Jennifer Trosper
Elachi
Buck
Om Weaneeday
Steven Squyres
Cornell University
Gusev Crater
Opportunity
Sojourner
Dick Cheney
Mars Mission Control Center
America
Steve Squyres
Mars Exploration Rover
Mark Boyles
Martian
Red Planet
Pension program deeper in the red
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp faces a record 2003 deficit of 11.2 billion, with outgoing director Steven Kandarian warning taxpayers may fund future payments. Underfunding totals exceed 350 billion across all pension plans, while multiemployer programs show a 261 million deficit. Lawmakers, including Rep. Boehner, urge reform to stabilize benefits and protect workers.
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Washington
Steven Kandarian
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
Congress
PBGC
Kandarian
Labor
John Boehner
House Education and Workforce Committee
Government deficit near 129 billion for early 2004
The Treasury reports a $128.7 billion deficit for the first quarter of the 2004 budget year, up about 19 percent from 2003. Spending totals reached $569.4 billion while revenues were $440.8 billion. big outlays included Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, interest on the debt, and military. December alone showed a $16.2 billion deficit on revenues of $186.7 billion and spending of $202.9 billion.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Lawyers appeal Pollard life sentence in spy case
Lawyers for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard seek a review of his 1987 life sentence in the DC Circuit. They argue Judge Hogan failed to address key claims that prosecutors reneged on a promise to seek a lighter sentence in exchange for Pollard’s cooperation and contend past representation was inadequate.
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Washington
Jonathan Pollard
Israel
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia Circuit
Pollard
U.S
Thomas Hogan
Hogan
Navy
Reagan
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