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Elizabeth II plans visit to U.S. in May
By TIMES WIRES
Published March 22, 2007
WASHINGTON The queen of England will visit the United States the first week of May to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown's colony - and take a side trip to the Kentucky Derby - but she is scheduled to depart just before a three-day gala celebration. Buckingham Palace made the widely anticipated announcement Wednesday afternoon. This will be the fourth state visit to the United States by Queen Elizabeth II. She will visit Virginia May 3-4 and then go to Kentucky to see the Derby on May 5. The royal couple will then arrive in Washington May 6-8 for a visit hosted by President Bush and the first lady. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA State offers $150 for each killed wolf The state is offering cash for people to kill wolves in an effort to boost a predator control program that has not met expected numbers, officials said. The incentives include offering 180 volunteer pilots and aerial gunners $150 for turning in legs of freshly killed wolves, Gov. Sarah Palin's office announced Tuesday. The state will use the left forelegs of wolves as biological specimens, said Denby Lloyd, commissioner for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in a statement. State biologists want 382 to 664 wolves killed by the time snow melts. The predator-control season ends April 30. CAPE CANAVERAL NASA won't set new launch date till April NASA managers won't decide until next month when to try launching Atlantis on the year's first space shuttle mission, giving technicians more time to assess hail damage to its external fuel tank, officials said Wednesday. Atlantis originally was scheduled to lift off last week, but the launch was postponed after golf-ball-size hail caused thousands of dings on foam insulation on the fuel tank as the shuttle sat on the launch pad last month. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Charged astronaut gets new assignment The former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignment. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak will work on developing curriculum and training programs when she joins the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Training Command in Corpus Christi next month, said a Navy spokesman, Lt. Sean Robertson.
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