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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Fred Upton, Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now
Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Chance to learn more about SW Mich. nuclear plant safety
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Federal regulators are giving you a chance to learn more about safety at a southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. According to the online news site, MLive.com, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host a webinar this...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Nuclear Power, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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3 men get prison in failed Ohio bridge bomb plot
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Three men were sentenced Tuesday to years in prison after admitting to taking part in an unsuccessful plot to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio with what turned out to be a dud device provided by a government informant. The father...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Justice System, Politics, National Government, Judges
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Jury deliberating in Muslim soldier's trial
WACO, Texas (AP) — A federal jury has started deliberating in the trial of a Muslim soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo faces up to life in prison if convicted of...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Justice System, Prisons, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political...Tags: Politics, Rush Holt, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Joe Barton
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Questions swirl around $6 billion nuclear lab
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials are moving forward with final design and initial construction plans for a new $6 billion nuclear lab. But questions continue to swirl about exactly what kind of nuclear and plutonium...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Japan, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama's foreign policy record, and they're reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Politics, Defense, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad, CIA
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Central Intelligence Agency, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Israel
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Israel Defense Forces, National Government, Politics, Defense
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Myanmar leader's record on reform pledges mixed going into historic White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to...Tags: American Red Cross, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Career and Workplace, Human Rights Watch
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Russia sends Syria advanced anti-ship missiles: U.S. officials
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has sent Syria advanced anti-ship missiles, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, bolstering Syrian defenses despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President Bashar al-Assad's forces. One of the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Russia, Politics, National Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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