That's how Managing Editor Rich Luna viewed our wire news choices for Page One for tomorrow. Or, as he said, "There's plenty of opportunity out there." That translates that there are no real dominate wire stories, which means will be choosing from a number of choices for what goes on Page One.

We are looking at at least a couple of local stories.

One is by education writer Jean Moore (jcmoore@VenturaCountyStar.com) who talks about the math wars going on in classrooms. There are those who remain advocates of the traditional approach to math: memorize the formulas. Others believe there are better ways to come up with math answers, teaching students how to do it through reasoning.

Michael Collins (collinsm@shns.com), the Star's Washington correspondent, will follow the House efforts to put the federal government in charge of all decisions on where liquified natural gas facilities will be placed. Of course, two are proposed off the Oxnard coast, making this a hot topic for all of us.

Then there are the national/international news stories. Here are some of the choices at this hour:

-- U.N. General Assembly approves a global treaty making it a crime for terrorists to possess or threaten to use nuclear material.
-- Afghanistan is looking to sew up a long-term security deal that could include a permanent U.S. military presence.
-- Eric Rudolph has pleaded guilty in an Alabama court to a 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic that killed a police officer. He is also expected to plead guilty to three other bombings, including the one at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
-- Scientists are scrambling to prevent the possibility of a pandemic after a killer influenza virus was sent to thousands of labs accidentally. They're working to recall the kits that included the virus.
-- A series of explosions in Iraq killed 12 police officers. Also, al-Jazeera TV broadcasts what it says is a tape of a kidnapped American.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is pressing the U.S. to threaten Iran with international sanctions because of its nuclear program.