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Washington Wakes up to Global Warming
By MATT CRENSON AP National Writer   NEW YORK (AP) -- Maybe it's the weird winter weather, or the newly Democratic Congress.   Maybe it's the news reports about starving polar bears, or the Oscar nomination for Al Gore's global warming cri de coeur, "An...Tags: Christianity, Environmental Issues, Weather, Film Festivals, Conservation
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Democrats Try To Seize Initiative On Oil Spill
ABC26 NewsPresident Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are trying to prevent a political disaster along with the environmental one taking place in the Gulf of Mexico as they try to convince Americans frustrated by the ongoing oil spill that BP and Republican...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry
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House committee moves steroid bill along
The Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Legislation that would set minimum steroid-testing rules and penalties for the four major U.S. professional sports was rubber-stamped Thursday by a House committee. The Government Reform Committee made no changes before giving its...Tags: Steroids, Mark McGwire, Suicide, Drugs and Medicines, National Football League
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Article, not book, put Palmeiro on list
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Since being placed on a witness list by a congressional committee, Rafael Palmeiro has felt victimized. The Oriole and former Texas Ranger has said he doesn't understand why he should have to testify about possible steroid use simply...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Steroids, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Toyota Recalls 600,000 Sienna Minivans
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON -- As congressional investigators dig further into potential electronic problems in runaway Toyotas, the automaker is facing other safety concerns, recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans over rusting spare tire holders. The recall Friday came as...Tags: Corruption, Bart Stupak, Salt, Vehicles, Punishment
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Toyota Admits Recalls May Not Solve Gas Pedal Issue
The Associated PressMassive recalls of popular Toyota cars and trucks still may "not totally" solve frightening problems of sudden, unintended acceleration, the company's American sales chief conceded Tuesday, a day before the Japanese president of the world's largest...Tags: Corruption, Bart Stupak, Vehicles, Heavy Engineering, Toyota Motor Corp.
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Congress urged baseball to save samples
Sun ReporterMonths before former Oriole Jason Grimsley said he and other players were using human growth hormone, Congress was quietly pressuring baseball to save players' urine specimens so they could be analyzed when a test for the performance-boosting drug becomes...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Steroids, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Home renovators alert: House passes 'cash-for-caulkers' bill
Homeowners could collect thousands of dollars in Cash for Caulkers rebates for renovating their homes with better insulation and energy-saving windows and doors under a new economic stimulus bill the House passed Thursday.
The Home Star bill, passed 246-...Tags: Corruption, Homes, Joe Barton, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Oil Spill Investigation Reveals Leak Cause
The Associated PressRep. Henry Waxman says that his committee's investigation into the Gulf oil spill reveals that a key safety device, the blowout preventer, had a leak in a crucial hydraulic system. The California Democrat said in a hearing Wednesday that the...Tags: BP Plc, Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, Environmental Issues, Disasters
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Report Claims Sosa Tested Positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs in 2003
(WGN-AM) - Sammy Sosa tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, The New York Times reported Tuesday on its Web site, the latest in a string of baseball stars implicated in the sport's steroids scandal of the past decade. The Times said...Tags: Trials, Steroids, Mark McGwire, Chicago Cubs, Career and Workplace
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'The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works' by Henry Waxman with Joshua Green
Pretty faces and promising careers tend to flash across our local political firmament with the frequency of shooting stars -- and with about as much effect. But for more than two decades, the most consequential elected official in Southern California...Tags: Primaries, Bill Clinton, John Burton, Ronald Reagan, Career and Workplace
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