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Coal's share of power generation slipping
Coal’s role in fueling power plants is expected to continue to shrink in coming years as old, polluting plants are taken out of operation and power companies turn to cheaper natural gas to generate electricity. In a report to a U.S. Senate...
Tags: Coal, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Electricity Production and Distribution, Energy Resources
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Brennan criticizes CIA interrogations
WASHINGTON -- A secret Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects makes “rather damning” allegations of mismanagement and misrepresentation by CIA officers that must be investigated, President Obama’s nominee to be...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, John D. Rockefeller IV, Politics, Barack Obama, Police Investigations
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Pelosi calls for 'boldest possible' gun legislation
LANSDOWNE, Va. -- Even as she acknowledged that passing a new assault weapons ban would be a challenge, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) called on Congress to consider the “boldest possible package” to reduce gun...
Tags: Interior Policy, Weaponry, White House, Mike Thompson, Nancy Pelosi
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Obama names REI chief to lead the Interior Department
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday nominated Sally Jewell, a former oil engineer and banker and current chief executive of a national outdoor retailer, to lead the Interior Department, making an unorthodox pick for his first woman nominee...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Ken Salazar, White House, Politics
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Obama and House Republicans trade empty budget gestures
It's only Wednesday, yet this week is already proving to be a big one for meaningless political gestures. Echoing Sunday's comments by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), President Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to put off -- again -- the...
Tags: Public Finance, Voting, White House, Politics, Harry Reid
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Obama picks REI executive Sally Jewell to lead Interior Department
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will nominate Recreational Equipment Inc. Chief Executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department in his second term, a White House official said. The president will make the announcement Wednesday afternoon at the...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Media Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar
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Short of voters, Republicans gerrymander their way back to power
Republicans have become a devious party that believes if you cannot win by following fair rules, there is nothing wrong with rigging the game. To their constitutionally endorsed advantage in the Senate, they have added a manipulated advantage in the House...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Princeton University, Republican Party
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Let's lift the veil on rendition
When John Brennan, the White House counter-terrorism advisor, appears Thursday at confirmation hearings to become the CIA's next director, Americans will have a rare opportunity to learn new details about the intelligence agency's secret rendition and...
Tags: Italy, George W. Bush, John O. Brennan, Human Rights, Police Investigations
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Hammer time at NBCUniversal! Liberty wants Virgin Media.
After the coffee. Before figuring out what to do without football. The Skinny: Last year I watched every episode of NBC's "Smash" (no, I didn't lose a bet) so I feel obliged to give the Season 2 premiere tonight a shot. Tuesday's headlines include a...
Tags: Univision (tv network), Oxygen (tv network), Bonnie Hammer, Bravo (tv network), Robert Lloyd
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Harry Reid's deficit plan: It's still about higher taxes
Who says congressional Democrats aren't trying to cut spending? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) seems determined to chop discretionary budgets by more than $100 billion this year, regardless of what economists (and the unemployment rate) may...
Tags: Public Finance, Finance, Media Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, White House
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A wreck and sick bride were inauspicious beginnings
It started with a car crash. It was the last weekend of the 1982 U.S. Senate race between San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson and California Gov. Jerry Brown. (Some people mark life's passage through the rituals of birth, graduation, weddings and the like. My...
Tags: Honeymooning, Marriage, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama to push for gun measures outside of Washington
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Even as key lawmakers remain cool to some of his proposals, President Obama will try to keep up a drumbeat for new gun control measures in a visit with law enforcement officials in Minneapolis on Monday. The quick day trip to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Justice System
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