Housing slowdown may tilt balance for buyers in 2006
Analysts say a softer housing market and improving job market signal a soft landing for housing and a steadier labor market. Existing home sales slipped 1.7 percent in November to 6.97 million annualized, while unemployment claims held at 322,000 and payrolls rose, boosting hopes for continued growth into 2006. The Fed has raised rates to curb inflation with another increase expected Jan. 31.
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Washington
National Association of Realtors
Association
Thomas Stevens
Labor Department
Gulf Coast
Rich Yamarone
Argus Research
Federal Reserve
Dow Jones
Joel Naroff
Naroff Economic Advisors
Fed
Rules for space travel near liftoff raise safety rules
Washington AP The government gears up for commercial spaceflight with 120 plus pages of proposed rules covering medical standards passenger training and informed consent for space flight participants The FAA would regulate crew qualifications training and passenger risk disclosure while vehicle design rules await further incidents and eight year limits apply to some safety rules Celebrities spaceflight milestones are noted including SpaceShipOne and early space tourists
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Washington
Bush
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Congress
California
D Tito
International Space Station
Mark Shuttleworth
Burt Rutan
SpaceShipOne
Space
Rutan
Mike Melvill
Relief drives rally area to aid Gulf victims and families
Donations from Ottawa and Wellsville areas flood Gulf Coast relief efforts. Students at Ottawa University and Neosho County Community College joined drives, raising thousands for the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Local banks and chambers organized large shipments, including chainsaws, generators, and water pumps, with volunteers traveling to assist evacuees in Texas and Louisiana.
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Methodist World
Gulf Coast
Ottawa
Future Visions
Ottawa University
Neosho County Community College
Lincoln
Garfield
Houston
Texas
Cindy Norton
State Department of Rehabilitation Services
Alan Radcliffe
Franklin County
Peoples Bank
American Red Cross
Ottawa Herald
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Wellsville
Newton Trucking
Fort Scott
Berry Plastics
Lawrence
Baldwin
Jeanine Berrier
Miami County
Weigand
Rural Kansas aims to remove barriers to growth
State leaders argue more funding could boost rural economy and services. Governor's rural life task force explores options while stressing preserving schools and hospitals. Sebelius notes access to physicians and a good school are essential to community survival and warns against closing attendance centers as consolidation is largely an urban issue.
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Virginia Beamer
Oakley
Sebelius
Marci Penner
Kansas
Topeka mayor seeks to overturn snowball law
Topeka mayor Bill Bunten tells an Illinois high school senior he is chagrined to learn he violated the city snowball ban when he threw a ball at a tree. He plans to ask Braxton Copley to draft an ordinance removing the snowball prohibition while noting his past lighthearted acts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Illinois
Bill Bunten
Kristen Aberle
Bunten
Aberle
Thawville
Ill
Braxton Copley
Braxton
Topeka Capital-Journal
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Paty
Elizabeth Coblentz
Midwest
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