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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 17:31 UTC

As U.S. airport delays spread, lawmakers urge halt to furloughs of air-traffic controllers

As airport delays spread across the country, members of Congress on Tuesday urged the administration to postpone the furloughing of air traffic controllers to give the White House and Congress time to find a less painful way of handling automatic spending cuts.


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 16:03 UTC

Appeals court upholds EPA block on W.Va. mine

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.


CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 10:44 UTC

Boston attack: The Dagestan connection

Editor's note: Rajan Menon is a political science professor at City University of New York and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He has written about the North Caucasus for publications around ...


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:59 UTC

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 00:47 UTC

Gun-control debate looking forward: the National Rifle Association s miscalculation

It often takes defeats to inspire a movement to build up the strength required for victory. So it is with the U.S. Senate s rejection of expanded background checks for gun buyers, writes E.J. Dionne Jr.


Seattle Times, 22.04.13 21:19 UTC

W.Va. teen arrested in T-shirt flap back in class

A West Virginia teenager returned to class Monday wearing the same National Rifle Association T-shirt that led to his suspension and arrest after he refused a teacher's order last week to remove it.


Wired, 22.04.13 17:57 UTC

Physics of Rowing

I think it’s important to bring your camera with you when you go out. You just never know when you will see something interesting. In this case, it is the women’s rowing competition between the ...


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