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Los Angeles Daily News, 24.04.13 02:17 UTC

Flight delays could be the new normal for awhile at LAX, other major airports

For three days, furloughs of air traffic controllers have led to significant flight delays at Los Angeles International Airport, forcing carriers to alter schedules and even leading one airline to ...

certified controller  controller   spokeswoman for the airline trade group  head   BURBANK  America  +13 more

Los Angeles Daily News, 24.04.13 00:23 UTC

Will voters punish senators who defeated gun bill? It's a long shot: Opinion

But will those senators actually be punished by voters? Nate Silver, the ace political forecaster from The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog, has analyzed the data and concluded: "Polls showing 90 ...

Congress  Republican Party  The New York Times Company  The New York Times 

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 22:59 UTC

Obama hosts female senators for White House dinner

President Barack Obama is hosting a group of female senators for dinner at the White House.

Congress  White House  Barack Obama  KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND  President  

NPR, 23.04.13 22:49 UTC

Plenty Of Finger Pointing As Budget Cuts Delay First Flights

Blame shifting was in high gear Tuesday on Capitol Hill and at the White House as the first air traffic delays tied to the furloughs of Federal Aviation Administration controllers began to get ...

Michael Huerta  Obama  Susan Collins  Maine  Administrator   President   +4 more

Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 22:26 UTC

White House says open to legislation to halt FAA furloughs

WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:12pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it would be open to legislation to put air traffic controllers back to work full-time as key U.S. ...

Reuters  Administrator   head   chairman   USD  U.S. Senate Commerce Committee  +17 more

Village Voice, 23.04.13 22:00 UTC

Free Will Astrology: April 24-30, 2013

ARIES [March 21 April 19]: How we react to the sound of the wind gives clues to our temperament, said philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The unhappy person thinks of "the fragility of his house and ...

opera The Love  Congress  Sergei Prokofiev  Theodor W. Adorno  Thomas Jefferson  Alabama  +6 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle

Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not!

Kathleen Sebelius  southwestern Ohio  insurance pool  problems getting insurance  USD  Republican Party  +13 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:11 UTC

GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security

An interim report by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last September's deadly terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

U.S. intelligence  State Department  White House  Senate  Republican Party  Obama administration  +22 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:00 UTC

New deadline ordered for FDA food safety reforms

A federal judge is siding with two California advocacy groups in ruling that the Food and Drug Administration must set a new timetable to implement delayed food safety reforms.

FDA  Congress  Food safety  Food and Drug Administration  Phyllis J. Hamilton  United States  +8 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 20:33 UTC

Senior Democrat presses administration on drones

The Senate's second-ranking Democrat is pressing the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings.

Obama administration  Senate  Congress  Dick Durbin 
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