This just came across the AP newswire:

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Evolution was restored Wednesday as a central theory in
Kansas' science curriculum, ending a debate that subjected the state to
international ridicule over the teachings of the origins of man.

The State Board of Education voted 7-3 to approve new science standards to be
used in developing tests that will be given to students later this spring.
The tests will include questions on evolution, which will now be considered
one of the unifying concepts of the state's science curriculum.

The new standards will replace ones adopted in August 1999, which omitted
references to many evolutionary concepts. Those standards brought Kansas
international attention and criticism from scientists and science groups who
saw evolution's de-emphasis as a step back.

``I believe now that we have science standards that the rest of the world
could look to,'' said board member Carol Rupe, who voted for the new
standards.

The board caused an uproar in 1999 when it voted 6-4 in favor of science
standards that critics said stripped evolution from its accepted place at the
center of biological studies. Gov. Bill Graves called the board's action
``terrible, tragic, embarrassing.''

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