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Kathy Betts may not consider herself a Massachusetts miracle worker, but in discovering a way to balance the state's budget without raising taxes she solved a problem that has confounded the craftiest politicians. Betts, a part- time employee of the state's department of public welfare, spotted a new...
Floyd Lester Patterson III, a rancher in Monterey County, Calif., was charged in April with 27 misdemeanors involving illegal possession and transportation of animals and parts of animals on the endangered-species list. When drought forced him to sell off most of his cattle, Patterson began conducting legal hunts of...
Now comes the mysterious phenomenon in NGC 6240. It was first spotted in 1986 by astronomers working with a University of Hawaii telescope, but they checked and rechecked their puzzling findings before finally publishing a report last week. At first blush, it looks temptingly revolutionary. The apparent object is invisible...
People in the Pacific Northwest may love the Snake River sockeye salmon, but they are also fond of the cheap hydroelectric power that makes utility rates in their region among the lowest in the nation. Soon they may have to decide which they love more. Eight power-generating dams built...
In an attempt to save the fish, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed to have it added to the endangered and threatened species list. If the effort succeeds -- the process might take a year -- the Federal Government could order a costly diversion of water into the river to create currents...