Cooling system delay threatens Columbia shuttle launch
NASA officials warned a malfunction in the shuttle's cooling valve could delay the Columbia mission by days or weeks. W Lenoir said they would test and decide within a day or two while aiming for a May 1 or May 17 launch window. In Michigan, a separate fire swept across the Lower Peninsula, destroying about 50 homes and forcing 300 residents to flee as 150 firefighters battled the blaze. One firefighter was hospitalized for smoke inhalation as officials noted a severe early fire season.
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Reporter Accused Of Staging Dog Fight In Denver News
Emmy winner Wendy Bergen and KCNC TV crews face possible felony charges after a supposedly staged pit bull fight aired last week. An animal-rights group calls for a station boycott while KCNC denies paying for or staging the incident.
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Voters oust tainted congressman in primary rout
Ohio congressman Donald Lukens loses his seat after a sex offense conviction as voters back black Democrat challenger in the Helms race. Boehner tops lukens rivals in Western Ohio district after Lukens finishes third. Other results include Celebrezze winning Dem gubernatorial nomination and Usry advancing to a June runoff.
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Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Atlantic City
James Usry
Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr
George Voinovich
Taxing Ideas Shape Federal Revenue Debate
Washington debate centers on closing the 33 percent high end bubble by taxing higher income, raising the gas tax from 15 to 24 cents per gallon, and taxing more Social Security benefits. Proposals detail $4.2 billion first year and $44.3 billion over five years from bubble elimination, with gas tax increments yielding billions annually.
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Dan Rostenkowski
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Ways and Means Committee
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Congressional Budget Office
Bush budget standoff and deficit worries loom
The piece outlines calls to tax Social Security more and negotiate a deficit-reduction plan with no preconditions. It notes Bush faces a slowing economy, rising prices, and higher interest rates, with predictions of a larger deficit and possible across-the-board cuts if targets aren’t met.
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Washington
Bush tax debate widens to possible levies and revenue options
National sales tax drinks, booze and cigarette levies, a 1 cent tax, a value added tax, and even income tax changes are discussed as potential revenue sources. Simpson says no firm stance on tax increases yet, while Fitzwater resists preconditions and Democrats seek clarity on Bush's tax pledge amid budget talks.
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Capitol Hill
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House
Thomas S. Foley
Bottle tax proposed for New York crosses various sales levies
The plan, backed by Republicans and Democrats, outlines a bottle tax to fund the next two years of the budget gap and later debt service on a 1.97 billion environmental bond. It targets nonrefillable bottles, with import points taxed for in state bottling and distributors taxed for out of state bottles.
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New York
Cuomo Says Bush Must Raise Taxes Finally Acknowledges
New York Governor Mario Cuomo says President Bush's tax pledge cannot hold and that Bush will have to raise taxes. Cuomo, speaking on a weekly radio program, argues that the phrase read my lips is fantasy and untenable.
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