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to this story - Alaska's Capitol Plan Sparks Talk of a Move
- Alaska is the only state in the nation without a capitol building.
A design contest is under way, and four nationally prominent
architectural firms are competing for the contract. But the construction
proposals are reopening the larger question of whether Juneau
should remain Alaska's capital city, or if the state government
should be moved to Anchorage. Anne Sutton of member station KTOO
reports from Juneau.
NPR - National Public Radio
- Monday - February 21, 2005
Columns - Commentary
 Dale McFeatters: Two
presidents and their day - Let's get this straight. The White
House Office of Management and Budget, the final arbiter of these
matters, says the holiday is Washington's Birthday, not Presidents
Day, and it says so right there in section 6103(a) of title 5
of the United States Code.- More...
Monday - February 21, 2005
 Sharon Randall: An
apple a day will at least give you something to ponder -
At the urging of my children - who are proving, I must say, smarter
as adults than they appeared to be as teenagers - I've been trying
to make my peace with apples.
This is not as easy as it might
seem. I've known my share of bad apples. Eve was not the last
woman to run afoul with fruit. - More...
Monday - February 21, 2005
 Dan K. Thomasson: A
question of authority - The elephant in the room that was
utterly ignored during President Bush's introduction of John
Negroponte as his nominee for the new post of director of national
intelligence was, of course, the FBI. In assuring reporters and
those watching on television that Negroponte would have his ear
and his strong support, the president talked only in terms of
the CIA. - More...
Monday - February 21, 2005
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