New Mexico Lawmaker Petitions to Restore Pluto's Planet Status
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The state of New Mexico  could effectively secede from the astronomical community if a resolution to call Pluto a planet is passed.
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LaPORTE, Ind. - A Libertarian candidate who lost to U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar by more than 1 million votes in the Nov. 7 election has asked for a recount in 10 precincts.
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More than 300 scientists have signed a petition protesting the definition of ÂplanetÂ decided by the International Astronomical Union last week
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New York Gov. George Pataki and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are pressing Congress to protect key parts of the Clean Air Act as lawmakers and the Bush administration seek to change the law.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  A Utah congressman wants to know why the U.S. Department of Energy is taking so long to clean up the Moab uranium mill tailings. "I just want to make sure that this project doesn't get delayed and really just sort of slip through the cracks," Rep.
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The dwarf planet formerly known as Xena received a new name, while Pluto was given a number to reflect the loss of its status as a planet.
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Bee Staff Writer. Sean Harrigan, ousted from the board of the California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System, is lobbying for a return to the powerful pension fund, but his campaign does
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WASHINGTON -- The top US negotiator at North Korean nuclear talks said yesterday that the North's plutonium-producing reactor could be disabled by the end of the year. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, just back from a trip to North Korea, also said top ministers from the six nations involved in the talks could meet late next month if progress ...
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5  /PRNewswire/ -- An impromptu memorial to Pluto's planet status has appeared at a scale model of the Solar System on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson traveled to California yesterday to urge the University of California regents to compete to continue managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb.
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A complete vote count in the race between New Mexico Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson and Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid showed the incumbent leading by 879 votes, the Associated Press reported Monday. Madrid has scheduled a press conference Tuesday Ã¢ÂÂ but it was not clear whether she will concede or challenge the outcome in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs Albuquerque-area 1st District.
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The California rancher and congressman whose committee oversees environmental policy wants to enlist some home-state muscle in his campaign to rewrite the Endangered Species Act.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Mar. 1--Mid-Columbia astronomers are worried the final management plan for the Hanford Reach National Monument could call for tearing down one of the highest quality telescopes available for public use in the Northwest.
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New Mexico's legislature expands its jurisdiction, mulling whether to return the slighted celestial body to its planetary status every time it passes overhead. By Robert Lemos.
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or about the size of the planet Neptune, say astronomers from the University of Texas and two other institutions.
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Astronomers write a new definition that officially makes Pluto a planet. But that means 2003 UB313 is one too