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...paying the requisite $1,000 filing fee. Candidates have two weeks to file for the February 20 vote, but the Buchananites weren't shivering in the cold alone. Close behind was seven-time candidate Billy Joe Clegg, a Mississippi minister, followed by "The Hemp Lady," Caroline Killeen of Flagstaff, Arizona, whose platform centerpiece is reforming marijuana laws...
...Thompson said. The three-time Wisconsin governor became the 16th of 31 Republican governors to endorse Dole, and several other GOP governors are reportedly close to backing him, including Mississippi's Kirk Fordice. Just three governors have endorsed other candidates: George W. Bush of Texas and Fife Symington of Arizona have pledged to support Phil Gramm, while Tennessee governor Don Sundquist has endorsed Lamar Alexander...
...dust that shrouded their birth. The ability to see them in such unprecedented detail has told astronomers an enormous amount about how stars are born and why some are circled by planets and others are not. "People had come up with plausible theories about star birth," says Arizona State University astronomer Jeff Hester, leader of the team that took the picture. "Then we got this image--totally out of left field, totally unexpected. And suddenly you could see clearly what's actually happening...
...planet Jupiter. And it has begun to unravel the riddle of the brilliant beacons of cosmic light known as quasars. Go to any astronomy conference these days, and you'll find half the scientific papers are based on space-telescope observations. "The Hubble," declares University of Arizona astronomer Rodger Thompson, "is fundamentally altering our view of the universe...
...budget impasse was becoming known as the Washington fight that closed down the Grand Canyon, and Arizona Governor Fife Symington was having none of it. Friday morning, Symington ordered National Guard troops to the canyon to "render assistance" until furloughed National Park Service workers return. A few hours later, the Interior Department ordered the governor to stand down. If the Guard did it for the Grand Canyon, Interior's lawyers reasoned, they would have to do it for all 369 parks and monuments in the country. "Once that started snowballing, you couldn't control it," said Park Service spokesman David...