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The White House has replaced NASA administrator Daniel Goldin with a budget buster known for his relentless cost-cutting. President Bush has nominated Sean O?Keefe, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, to the top job at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The 45-year-old O?Keefe served as Navy secretary for Bush?s father and also worked for Vice President Dick Cheney, when Cheney was defense secretary in the 1990s. O?Keefe was known for his budget cutting at the Pentagon. He must be confirmed by the Senate.

Reaction to Daniel Goldin was mixed. He was the agency?s longest-serving chief, serving a record 3,517 days. Some criticized him from turning NASA into a bloated, money wasting bureaucracy.
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First we get a rare chance to view the magical colors of the aurora borealis?now we can see the biggest Leonid fireball storm in years.

The Leonid shower of 1998 was extraordinary, but the meteor rates never exceeded a few hundred shooting stars per hour. ?We define a meteor storm to be times when observers can see 1000 or more per hour,? says Bill Cooke from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. ?The Leonids of ’98, as spectacular as they were, were not a full-fledged storm.? But this year?s Leonids will be.
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Below is an article from Dreamland co-host Jim Marrs’ website.

The War on Terrorism: Fact or Fiction? “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Philosopher George Santayana

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” President John F. Kennedy
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Hundreds of residents of Clarksville, Tennessee town have been told to stay indoors and turn off their air conditioners after small, ultra-light planes dropped a mysterious, powdery substance over 2 subdivisions there on Thursday evening.

The unknown substance was dropped on about 180 homes. Initial Tests have reported that it is not anthrax, and further testing will be done to try to determine what it is.

Clarksville is near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home of the 101st Airborne Division. The parkway near the base was shut down at about 9 p.m. The Red Cross has set up services in a nearby elementary school, in case they are needed.
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