Category Archives: Goverment

FBI requests Unabomber’s DNA for Tylenol poisonings probe

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story atContent.usatoday.com Update at 1:31 p.m. ET: The lawyer for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, who is serving life in prison for sending a series of deadly mailbombs, says his client has been asked to provide a DNA sample as part of the FBI’s long-running investigation into the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people, USA [...]

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Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open within the next 24 hours

By doris | Published: May 13, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could open the Morganza Spillway within the next 24 hours, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday. The Corps said it will operate the Morganza Spillway once river flows reach a certain trigger: 1.5 million cubic feet per second. Opening the spillway would lower [...]

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Bin Laden hideout location challenges Pakistan credibility

By doris | Published: May 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Osama bin Laden’s presence in an elaborately fortified million-dollar compound “raises questions” about what some Pakistani officials might have known about the al-Qaida leader’s presence prior to Sunday’s raid that killed him, the top White House counterterrorism adviser said Monday. The pointed comments by White House advisor John Brennan come amid [...]

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Libya: Tribal leaders to negotiate Misrata deal

By doris | Published: April 24, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan tribal leaders are trying to get rebels in the city of Misrata to lay down their arms within 48 hours, a government official said early Sunday, as rebels said fierce clashes resumed between opposition fighters and Moammar Gadhafi’s forces.

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Obama OKs use of Predator drones in Libya

By doris | Published: April 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with the approval of President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. The unmanned aircraft, already used to target militants along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, will allow for precise attacks against Gadhafi’s forces, Gates [...]

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Panel that works in the dark puts solar on fast track to ubiquity

By doris | Published: April 18, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com First, the CleanTechnica item in brief: A company called New Energy Technologies has received some government funding to move forward with the development of a photovoltaic (PV) coating for windows. This is one of a host of “organic PV” and other nanoparticle technologies pursuing the promise of truly ubiquitous solar power. [...]

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Man arrested for creating fake army unit

By doris | Published: April 13, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Chinese man was arrested for creating a fake U.S. Army unit and convincing immigrants that joining the squad was a path to citizenship, authorities said. Yupeng Deng, 51, allegedly gave his recruits military uniforms, had them parade in a Los Angeles suburb and took them to [...]

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Shutdown would take away $32 million a day from national parks

By doris | Published: April 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — An average of $32 million a day in national parks revenue could be shut off if the Beltway showdown results in a government shutdown, officials say. The measure would be the first shutdown in more than 15 years, shuttering national parks, seashores and historic sites, and barring [...]

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Who gets paid in a shutdown? Congress!

By doris | Published: April 8, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.comWHY CAN’T THEY ALL GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. THE HAVE TO TO SOMETHING TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. THEY GET PAID AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO SIT AND WATCH THEM DO NOTHING,BUT WE HAVE BILLS TO PAY. IS EVERYONE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE GOVERMENT PAYS US DON’T THINK SO. [...]

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From inside Japan’s evacuation zone: ‘It’s eerie here’

By doris | Published: April 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MINAMI SOMA, Japan — The Odaka neighborhood seems frozen in time since it was abandoned after the tsunami nearly a month ago: Doors were left hanging open and bicycles were abandoned. A lone taxi sits in front of the train station. Mud-caked dogs roam empty streets, their barking and the cawing [...]

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Japan’s focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims

By doris | Published: April 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — As Japan’s prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave. Nearly every day some new problem at the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant commands officials’ attention [...]

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American college students a no-show in Acapulco

By doris | Published: March 29, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Acapulco, Mexico (CNN) — For the past 18 years, folk musician Raymundo Oregon has been playing his accordion in one of Mexico’s favorite destinations for international tourists: the beach resort of Acapulco. The 56-year-old knows the seasons and the tourists. He’s seen the good times and the bad, and this is [...]

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GOP appears poised to take on entitlements

By doris | Published: March 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.comLEAVE SOCIAL SECURITY ALONE. THEY HAVE BORROWED ENOUGH AND NEVER PAID IT BACK. SOME PEOPLE CAN HARDLY LIVE NOW. THEY PLANNED ON THIS FOR RETIREMENT. CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — If there’s any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the [...]

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First female VP candidate Ferraro dies at 75

By doris | Published: March 26, 2011

Full Story at newsYahoo.com BOSTON – Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens in 1984 when she was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join his ticket. Her vice presidential bid, the first for a woman on a major party ticket, emboldened women across the [...]

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More U.S. states find traces of radiation from Japan

By doris | Published: March 24, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, officials say. But, on a portion of its website dedicated to tracking such radiation, the Environmental [...]

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US warplane crashes, Libya policy in flames

By doris | Published: March 23, 2011

Full Story at EconomicTimes.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: A US F-15 fighter jet went down in flames while enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya while ground fighting raged on Tuesday even as Washington’s interventionist policy in the region teetered over the lack of clarity about its intention and the endgame. Equipment malfunction was cited as the reason for [...]

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Ariz. Senate rejects illegal immigration bills

By doris | Published: March 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate soundly defeated five bills aimed at illegal immigration on Thursday in a marked departure from last year, when enactment of a tough local enforcement measure put the state at the heart of a fierce national debate over the issue. Majority Republicans were split in their votes [...]

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FDA to supervise three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced it is taking over three Tylenol plants following recalls and a criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against Tylenol maker McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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2011 was a record year for the world’s billionaires

By doris | Published: March 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion). This horde surpasses the gross domestic product of Germany, one of only six nations to have fewer billionaires this year. BRICs led the [...]

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Why do America’s police need an armored tank?

By doris | Published: March 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com America’s most in-demand police vehicle is a 10-officer 16,000-pound armored tank that takes bullets like Superman and drives 80 mph. The federal government buys dozens each year for local police departments. Do America’s local police need tanks? Every day, America produces a fresh batch of barricaded gunmen, some of whom want [...]

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