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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee, Environmental Issues, Mike Honda
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
MINES PRESIDENT School of Mines names Wilson as new president RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has named businesswoman and former New Mexico congresswoman Heather Wilson as its new president. Wilson succeeds...Tags: Cocoa Beach, U.S. Congress, Satellite and Cable Service, Bob Dylan, USA Today
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The high cost of tailpipe emissions
It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma, Barack Obama
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House investigators seek files related to troubled BioWatch
WASHINGTON -- Leaders of a House committee probing BioWatch, the nation's troubled system for detecting biological attacks, complained Thursday that administration officials had blocked them from seeing documents held by two senior federal scientists...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Disease Prevention
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BioWatch stands at a crossroads
WASHINGTON -- Year after year, health officials meeting at invitation-only government conferences leveled with one another about BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting deadly pathogens that might be unleashed into the air by terrorists. They...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Heritage Foundation, Political Fundraising, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Friday Morning Coffee: The Weekend Warm-Up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Several departing state lawmakers, including the former top Republican on the Senate Education Committee, are in line for six-figure, taxpayer-funded payoffs as they head into retirement. State Sen. Jeff Piccola, R-... -
Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...
Tags: John Sullivan, Fiscal Cliff, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Fred Upton
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Starz seeks new orbit. Britney getting bounced from 'X Factor?'
After the coffee. Before figuring out where this year went. The Skinny: We made it through this week in one piece. Now we just have to get through next week until things start to return to normal. Friday's headlines include a preview of the weekend...
Tags: BBC, Judd Apatow, Judges, The X Factor (tv program), Entertainment Events
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Rep. Henry Waxman gets President Obama's endorsement
PolitiCalPresident Barack Obama has endorsed Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills). Waxman is running against nonpartisan businessman and former Republican Bill Bloomfield of Manhattan Beach.... -
Upgrade of faulty U.S. biodefense system opposed
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's top expert on anti-terrorism technology has privately advised her to spike a long-planned, multibillion-dollar upgrade of BioWatch, the nation's troubled system for detecting a biological attack. Dr. Tara...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Terrorism, Barack Obama
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cliff Stearns, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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FDA seeks more authority amid meningitis outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress Wednesday for more authority to police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as lawmakers questioned why the agency didn't do more with...
Tags: Cliff Stearns, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Judges, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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