Infrared Space Telescope to probe hidden universe
Pasadena NASA announces the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, the last of the Great Observatories, will launch April 18 to detect infrared radiation from distant stars and galaxies, potentially rewriting astronomy textbooks.
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NASA
Space Infrared Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Lia la Piana
Senate halves Bush tax plan amid war funding clash
The Senate voted 51 48 to cut Bush's proposed tax cut to 350 billion through 2013. Democrats and moderates argue deficits and war costs justify shrinking the plan and redirecting funds to Social Security overhaul, while White House warns of growth risk.
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Senate
Bush
U.S
Iraq
Congress
John Breaux
D-La
White House
Ari Fleischer
Fleischer
Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
Olympia Snowe
Maine
George Voinovich
Ohio
Snowe
Voinovich
Breaux
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Earler
Hong Kong SARS Outbreak Expands With New Infections
Hong Kong reports 26 new SARS cases, raising total to 286 as illness spreads to more hospitals and schools. WHO cautions over airborne spread while monitoring traveler cases and reviewing air travel safety. nine tourists fall ill after a March 15 flight from Beijing.
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World Health Organization
China
David Heymann
WHO
Singapore
Vietnam
Canada
U.S. State Department
Aging shuttle fleet prompts recheck of NASA safety certs
NASA safety panel urges reevaluation of shuttle certification as aging vehicles show cracks leaks and failures in 2002 tests. It criticizes lack of launch escape mechanisms but says safety remains a top priority. The report predates the Columbia disaster and notes no changes after the loss.
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NASA
Columbia
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Gehman
Sean O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Atlantis
Ocean
Earrier
Akron suburb wins discrimination lawsuit in Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Cuyahoga Falls Ohio did not act with racial animus delaying a 72 unit low income housing project by Buckeye Community Hope Foundation. The court upheld that public debate and a nondiscriminatory referendum process protected city actions. The ruling ends a nearly decade long fight over the Pleasant Meadows development.
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Ohio
Supreme Court
Cuyahoga Falls
Akron
Sandra Day O'Connor
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation
Pleasant Meadows
High Court
O'Connor
Cuyahogs Falls
Don L. Robart
Edward G. Kramer
Cleveland
Kramer
Cuyanoga Falls
Buckeye
Hope
Teen reunites with mother after 23 day crosscountry flight
Lindsey Diane Ryan, 14, was found safe in California after 23 days with convicted murderer Terry Drake. The pair were stopped in Standish, California, and escorted to Reno then Michigan. Authorities recovered guns and the Amber Alerts had been issued in three states.
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California
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Jones
Mich
Terry Drake
Susanville
Standish
Carol Ryan
Ryan
Drake
Sierra Nevada Range
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Ryans
Jake
Lindsey
Patrick Ryan
Indiana
Reno
Nev
Blake
California Highway Patrol
Greg Transue
Appa
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