Mir ends 15 year space saga with fiery Pacific reentry
Mir, once the pride of Soviet and Russian space programs, ended Friday in a mostly uneventful plunge into the Pacific Ocean. Most of its 138 ton craft burned up on re-entry, with survivors praising its legacy of international cooperation in space and the move to fund the International Space Station.
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Graves Education Plan Faces Late Session Hurdles
Gov Bill Graves travels to promote a reform plan aimed at rewarding high quality teaching and standards driven schools while funding extended programs. It would rely on a smaller sales tax increase and a two cent gas tax increase, but funding sources and timing may doom passage this year.
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USD 290 Drops Good Friday Holiday After Snow Days
The district removes Good Friday as a scheduled holiday citing required annual in session days. The StormTracker notes the day was a vacation with makeup potential for weather. Critics question why Presidents Day or March breaks aren’t used for makeup and reference Easter's Sunday observance.
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Environmental laws should consider price
In a Pacific Legal Foundation piece Harold Johnson argues environmental rules raise costs, threaten jobs, and burden households. Citing California's refinery closures and power shortages, the author notes a 3 per gallon gasoline scenario could occur, urging Congress to require cost considerations in EPA rulemaking and warning about economic and health tradeoffs.
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U.S. politics and religion clash over governance limits
The author argues politics offers only Band Aids to human flaws and that true solutions require religion and philosophy, not government. Citing presidents and programs from FDR to George W. Bush, they warn utopian schemes fail, education cannot buy happiness, and newspapers overemphasize government news.
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