WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. The...

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...challenges like climate change , hunger, and renewable energy" said Edward B. Knipling , administrator of USDA s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA s principal intramural scientific research agency. "This effort will provide...

In this article: USDA, Biofuel, Climate change, Maize, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Arizona, Iowa State University, and Richard Wilson

... she told Jackson that these delays have real-world economic consequences. She says the bottom line from the meeting is that the EPA believes it has no obligation to take economic factors into consideration when it comes to mine permits.

In this article: Shelley Moore Capito, EPA, Lisa Jackson, West Virginia, Environmental Protection Agency, Appalachia, and Washington

...should know which companies are following the law. The problem is, the program known as E-Verify is still under development, and the law does not require employers to use it. They are required to use a paper system. In addition, some...

In this article: Homeland Security Department, ICE, Janet Napolitano, Washington, and E mail

Adds analyst quote, background) By Corbett B. Daly The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it would auction off stock warrants it received from three big banks that received taxpayers funds from the government's $700 billion...

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...facilities. "The shootings at Fort Hood raise a number of troubling questions that demand complete but prompt answers," Gates told a Pentagon news conference. The quick review will be led by two former Pentagon officials, former Army...

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...(AP) - The Treasury Department will auction off warrants for three big banks that it acquired as part of the bailout program. Treasury says it will begin auctioning warrants for JPMorgan Chase & Co , Capital One Financial Corp. and...

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...at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. Congress has often provided aggressive oversight of cybersecurity efforts at DHS and elsewhere, but there are continued turf battles between various congressional committees, and...

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...in the front-end as the year-end scramble for good collateral will keep rates markets bid." Treasurys remained up after the Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment benefits were flat in the latest week at 505,000 -- the...

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...establishment of HEAT, the joint task force that was established earlier this year with the Department of Justice , we've taken aggressive steps at HHS and CMS to improve our oversight of the Medicare trust funds and the taxpayer dollars that...

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...consumer warnings about price variations for a scarce liquid form of the flu-fighting drug Tamiflu , a spokesman said Wednesday. HHS spokesman Bill Hall said consumers who suspect price gouging should call their state's attorney general.

In this article: HHS, Tamiflu, USA Today, Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Supply chain, Eric Holder, and Asthma

Students at Hollin Meadows Elementary School were harvesting lettuce from the school 's garden Wednesday morning when they received a visit from Gardener-in-Chief Michelle Obama. "What are you going to do with that lettuce?" she asked a...

In this article: Michelle Obama, USDA, Fairfax, Cranberry sauce, Dog, Obesity, and Tom Vilsack

...of Human Services is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees at two facilities in an effort to balance its budget. DHS is offering the buyouts to cut 70 positions at the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid and to cut 92...

In this article: DHS and Pauls Valley

...consumer confidence gets back to where it needs to be, we're going to be in this cost-conscious mode. At the end of the day, it doesn 't help us. Since so much of our economy is based on tourism, it's important for us as we move forward to get...

In this article: Hawaii, Unemployment, Inflation, State Department, Recession, and Labor Day

Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. USDA backs rewarding schools serving healthy food WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Schools that serve more fruits , vegetables and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal...

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...was 48 percent complete and three weeks behind average. Grain moisture levels remain high. Snow hampered the Panhandle harvest. The USDA says the soybean harvest is 97 percent complete in Nebraska. By this time last year farmers had...

In this article: USDA, Nebraska, Soybean, and Lincoln

...'open science' machine and was on the Top500 for a number of years," he said. Ray Orbach , a former DOE undersecretary for science, said the DOE 's National Nuclear Security Administration has supercomputers in development that will likely...

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Metro USDA says it wants to resolve Indian farmer claim By KEN THOMAS , Associated Press Writer Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:16 a.m. WASHINGTON The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American...

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