Pope presses Bush to reject embryonic stem cell research
Pope John Paul II urged President Bush to reject federal funding for research using human embryos during their Castel Gandolfo meeting. Bush said he would consider the pope's view as he weighs policy, noting potential medical advances but moral concerns. The discussion spots debate over funding and Catholic voters.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
John Paul II
Bush
Rome
Feder
America
John Paul
National Institutes of Health
White House
Apostolic Palace
Laura Bush
Barbara
Emily Brannan
Groups urge rejection of WIPP permit extension
Two environmental groups in Albuquerque urge the New Mexico Environment Department to reject the DOE request to keep 140 Idaho National Laboratory radioactive waste drums above ground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. They argue the permit prohibits extensions and cite potential permit violations and lack of alternatives.
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Albuquerque
State Environment Department
Idaho
New Mexico
Southwest Research and Information Center and
Nuclear Watch of
U.S. Department of Energy
Carlsbad
Department
Peter Maggiore
DOE
Don Hancock
Southwest Research and Environment Center
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
WIPP
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Kehrman
Bright lights spark frenzy across the Northeast
Emergency centers across Virginia to New York received calls about bright lights in the sky and loud noises on Monday. Authorities attributed the reports to a meteor shower with multiple meteors. A Schuylkill County supervisor noted initial reports of a plane crash and meteor activity.
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Virginia
New York
Tara Dolzani
Schuylkill
Dave
Ranchers and environmentalists bridge grazing divide in New Mexico
In Quemado New Mexico ranchers and environmentalists push for sustainable grazing through Quivira Coalition led by Jim Williams and Jim Winder. They promote rotation grazing and ecologically sound ranching to survive low beef prices and grazing restrictions. Williams adopted a 275 head herd under a 25 area rotation moving cattle every two weeks to a month restoring land.
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Quemado
New Mexico
Jim Williams
Williams
West
Santa Fe
Quivira
Forest Ser
Quivira Coalition
Williams’ Ranch
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Stanislaw Osiwisz
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Roswell Baily
Roswell-Record.com
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