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LIKE A LOT OF GOVERNORS, YOU HAVE A BUDGET SHORTFALL. IS IT LESS FUN NOT HAVING MONEY? I went through three years of budget surplus, and that was difficult, because every special-interest group wants that money...
...known how the Erfurt shooter acquired his weapons, the deadly incident is a reminder that many believe Germany's gun problem isn't with its laws, but with existing weaponry. "Gun ownership was very high in the former East Germany, and when the Eastern bloc collapsed, those surplus military weapons flooded the private market," says Rebecca Peters, a senior fellow at the Open Society Institute, the philanthropic arm of the Soros Foundation in New York...
...What are the odds of D.C. picking up the slack now and helping the states out? The same odds that John Ashcroft's singing will land him a performance at Carnegie Hall. It might have been possible when the federal government was running a large surplus. But thanks to the drain of 9/11 and the soft economy, this year's money is gone. More importantly, the president's tax cut has made sure surpluses won't be coming back for a decade or more. The states are on their own. Sadly, of course, so are the uninsured...
...house and trance are, respectively, the Gap (ubiquitous and dependable) and Abercrombie and Fitch (stylish and sexy) of the dance world, drum ’n’ bass is the Army surplus store: militant, underground, unpolished and tough. But beyond these three major genres is the world of experimental, fringe and hybrid techno, which are collectively Urban Outfitters: There’s bound to be something interesting, and the best stuff usually winds up in the basement. There are many weeklies that devote themselves, sometimes in rotation, to IDM (intelligent dance music), garage, hardcore, ghetto-tech, unusual breaks, acid...
...restrict the practice, and a pair of bills are pending in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to prohibit the interstate sale of exotic animals for hunts. Supporters of the hunts object, arguing that exotics are bred in sufficient numbers to support the industry and that many surplus zoo animals could not survive in the wild anyway. Even to some outdoorsmen, however, canned hunts are beginning to look like no hunt at all. "I started hunting when I was 7 and didn't kill my first deer until I was 16," says Perry Arnold, 52, of Lake City...