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New fracking rules attempt to placate opposing camps
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease concerns the rules would be too...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Litigation and Regulation, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. THOUSANDS RALLY FOR LABOR REFORMS The workers paraded through Dhaka, Bangladesh, to demand safety at work after a garment factory building...Tags: John Kerry, Food and Drug Administration, Kelly Ayotte
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Massachusetts Senate race pits Democrat Markey vs. Republican Gomez
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – The race to replace John F. Kerry in the U.S. Senate will offer Massachusetts voters a familiar choice: a longtime Democratic officeholder against a fresh-faced Republican. Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey and Republican businessman...Tags: Scott P. Brown, Politics, Republican Party, Stephen F. Lynch, Primaries
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Massachusetts voters head to the polls for Senate primary
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Stephen Lynch was in a hurry on Friday morning, first to a pair of diners along Broadway, then down the street to a firehouse. By day’s end, he’d hit 18 stops in six cities and towns in the Boston area, as he worked...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, Republican Party, Politics, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Stephen F. Lynch
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Knives on a plane?
Once in a while, a government agency adopts a policy that is logical, hardheaded, based on experience and unswayed by cheap sentiment. This may be surprising enough to make you reconsider your view of bureaucrats. But not to worry: It usually doesn't...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Terrorism, U.S. Congress, The Wall Street Journal, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE DEBATE Dakotas tribe displeased with planned summit FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribal council have written a letter to a U.S. Congressman detailing their displeasure with a planned summit on...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Track and Field, Politics, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Coast Guard finds evidence of safety violations on Shell rig
The U.S. Coast Guard has found evidence of multiple safety and environmental violations in Shell Alaska's Noble Discoverer Arctic drilling rig and forwarded it to the U.S. Justice Department for a decision about possible civil or criminal penalties,...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Energy Resources, Environmental Pollution, Petroleum Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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San Onofre: Edison denies it was aware of plant defects
L.A. NOWSouthern California Edison, the operator of the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant, pushed back against two lawmakers who said that the utility company was aware of defects in the plant's replacement steam generators before installing them. Sen.... -
Edison failed to fix problems with San Onofre system, Boxer charges
L.A. NOWSouthern California Edison was aware of problems with replacement steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power but chose not to make fixes, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer charged Wednesday. Boxer’s office cited a leaked report from Mitsubishi Heavy... -
State board says it can regulate compounding pharmacies
The state board that regulates Maryland pharmacies like the Massachusetts firm under investigation in a national fungal meningitis outbreak said it can adequately oversee so-called compounding pharmacies, despite cries from critics that the federal...
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Pikesville man who received tainted steroid joins push for drug oversight reform
— Pikesville resident Gerald Cohen was an active 71-year-old retiree, filling his free time with gardening, volunteering and enjoying the company of his grandchildren despite persistent back pain — until he sought relief for it.
Treated...Tags: Henry A Waxman, Politics, Back Pain, Crime, Law and Justice, Pharmaceuticals
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Report finds state oversight of compounding pharmacies lax
As Massachusetts closed another compounding pharmacy for unsanitary conditions, a report released Monday argued that the state boards that regulate those pharmacies are doing an inadequate job.
Released by Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey, the...Tags: Annapolis, Food and Drug Administration, Meningitis, Hepatitis C , American Medical Association
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