One Earth view prompts spaceflight unity message
From Space Center Houston to the Atlantis Mir station the crew discuss a world without borders as they resupply and reflect on meaning. Charles Precourt says Earth looks unified from space while alarms punctuate a tense stay aboard the joined vessels. Kansas City roller coaster tragedy raises safety questions after a 14 year old falls. A Virginia river flood claims a 3 year old girl and a 64 year old woman as searchers recover both and tally eight deaths from a week of storms.
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States set new laws on crime welfare start of fiscal year
Laws in more than a dozen states take effect with new fiscal year. Indiana updates crime rules while South Dakota expands homicide penalties involving fetuses and expands juvenile punishment. Georgia proclaims itself poultry capital and enacts victims rights. Welfare reforms roll out in Nebraska and waivers sought in Massachusetts Virginia and Maryland.
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Budget balance plans face uncertain futures across parties
Washington input from ap experts questions the reliability of seven year GOP and ten year Clinton deficit plans. Analysts say economy unpredictability and past tracking cast doubt on achieving full deficit elimination. Republicans aim for 2002 while Clinton targets 2005 with expected cuts in Medicare Medicaid and other programs.
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Supreme Court Moves Aggressively to Right in 1994 95 Term
The Supreme Court moved to the political right in the 1994 95 term, shaping five member majorities on key cases touching affirmative action voting rights school desegregation religion and privacy. A conservative bloc backed by Chief Justice Rehnquist tightened limits on federal and state power and influenced federal court supervision of desegregation while narrowing affirmative action scrutiny. The decision on Georgia redistricting and limits on judges extending desegregation oversight highlighted the court s evolving ideological fault line and its leverage over American life.
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