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Governor McDonnell releases vetoes, amendments to legislation
Gov. Bob McDonnell has vetoed at least seven bills passed by the 2012 General Assembly and amended dozens more. One of the amendments would allow cities, counties and towns to phase in 5 percent pay raises that teachers and local employees will have to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bob McDonnell, Health and Safety at School, Politics, Entertainment
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Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work
Reuters* Rohani was Iran's nuclear negotiator from 2003-2005 * Gave sweeping speech on atomic strategy in 2004 * Rohani: Iran nuclear work was never meant to be exposed * Iran never wanted atomic weapons, Rohani said By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS,...Tags: Applied Physics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Brazil, United Nations, Nuclear Policy
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Sky's the limit for civil drones
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - From their roots in spying and stealth military attacks, unmanned planes are spreading into the civilian sphere and could soon be put to work in tasks as diverse as inspecting oil pipelines, catching rhino poachers and even flying...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Aerospace Manufacturing, Petroleum Industry, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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AIRSHOW-Sky's the limit for civil drones
Reuters* New civil applications for drones emerging * Customers range from oil companies to photographers * Wider usage will require changes to regulation By Maria Sheahan PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - From their roots in spying and stealth military attacks,...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, Arts and Culture, Vehicles
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INTERVIEW-US right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president
Reuters* Peres says US has no choice but to arm moderate rebels * Terror groups are tearing apart the Arab world * Dismisses idea Israel can attack Iran alone By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM, June 18 (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, West Bank, Bashar Assad, John Kerry, Tehran (Iran)
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U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict. In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters before...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, West Bank, Bashar Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry
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Raydon Corp. wins $44 million combat-vehicle training contract
Raydon Corp., a Volusia County-based military-training company, has emerged from a scrum of rivals with a contract potentially worth $44 million to produce armored-vehicle driver-training simulators, the Army said Monday. The Port Orange company...
Tags: Defense, Budget Control Act of 2011, Port Orange, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Energy Resources, Shinzo Abe
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Special Report: Iran, the United States and 'the cup of poison'
ReutersNEW YORK/ANKARA (Reuters) - Five months ago Iran's foreign minister sent an unusual letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was time, Ali Akbar Salehi wrote according to two sources who read the letter, to reach out to Tehran'...Tags: International Organizations, Barack Obama, Iran's Nuclear Program, United Nations, Petroleum Industry
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Showrunners talk about pressure, drama and hand of fate
What draws viewers to a TV show? Sometimes it's the spark between the actors, or opening a window onto a new or rarely seen world. And sometimes seeing Bryan Cranston in his tighty whiteys is all it takes. Meet the show runners, the people charged...
Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), MASH (tv program), Breaking Bad (tv program), Organized Crime, Human Interest
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Iran not U.N. nuclear watchdog's only headache, report shows
Reuters* U.N. agency seeks to prevent spread of nuclear weapons * But some states fail to answer inspectors' questions VIENNA, June 7 (Reuters) - Iran may be the U.N. nuclear watchdog's biggest headache but it is not the only country stalling inspectors'...Tags: Politics, International Organizations, Nuclear Power, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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