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Food plant closing continues loss of manufacturing jobs in Bedford
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefFrozen foods have been coming out of the Brooks Food Group plant for more than 40 years. On Monday, the Bedford-based company sent out its final shipments, marking the end for yet another Bedford manufacturer. "It's a big impact on the city," said...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing
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FDA takes steps increase supply of cancer drugs
A host of prescription drugs have been in low supply around the United States for some time, but doctors have been warning about a particularly acute shortage of a set of life-saving cancer drugs. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today that...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, AIDS, Drugs and Medicines, Methotrexate (drug), Prescription Drugs
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Edison: San Onofre nuclear plant closure not permanent
Los Angeles TimesThe extended closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant due to equipment issues has led some to speculate -- or hope -- that the plant will be shuttered for good, but the chief nuclear officer for plant operator Southern California Edison said he doesn't...Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Science, Plant Openings, Physiology, Nuclear Power
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Labor Markets, Anirban Basu
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Garden City meat plant closing permanently
DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota beef company says it plans to close processing plants in three states because of the controversy surrounding a product that critics have dubbed "pink slime." Beef Products Inc. spokesman Rich Jochum said Monday...
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Future of Williamsport power plant discussed
davem@herald-mail.comA FirstEnergy spokesman is assuring government officials that the electric company will not “walk away” from the R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport once the facility closes late this summer. Mark Durbin also said the power station...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, FirstEnergy Corp., Plant Openings, Benjamin L. Cardin, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Everett hopes gaining 3 Navy destroyers will boost economy
Q13 FOX News OnlineNaval Station Everett will gain some new muscle over the next few years with the addition of new, modern destroyers. Rep. Rick Larsen (D- Lake Stevens) announced Tuesday that the facility will replace three of its frigates over the next seven years...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Energy Saving, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Environmental Issues
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms with a high temperature around 59 degrees. It is expected to be partly cloudy tonight with a low temperature around 39 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our updates for this morning's issues as you plan...Tags: Interior Policy, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice and Rights, Catonsville, Interior Policy
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Williamsport residents fear plant closure will have domino effect
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWilliamsport resident Johnna Artz didn’t mince words Thursday about her opposition to the closing of the R. Paul Smith Power Station in town. “This affects everybody,” she said. “It hurts the whole community with the number of...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Mining, Allegheny Energy Inc., Environmental Issues, Metal and Mineral
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Maryland power plant closing to avoid pollution rules
An aging, little-used power plant in Williamsport is slated to be closed later this year rather than meet new federal air-pollution limits, its owner announced Thursday, in what could be a spate of such shutdowns resulting from the controversial Obama...Tags: FirstEnergy Corp., Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics
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Postal Service To Announce Slower Service
CNNThe U.S. Postal Service on Monday will announce a cost-savings proposal that would no longer deliver first-class mail on the next day. The financially troubled agency will present to its overseers a proposal to change its national standard for first-...Tags: Career and Workplace, Government Postal Delivery, Bankruptcy, Unions, Collective Contract
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Slower snail mail
The U.S. Postal Service is seeking to move quickly to close 252 mail processing centers and slow first-class delivery next spring, citing steadily declining mail volume. The cuts are part of $3 billion in reductions aimed at helping the agency avert...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry
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