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McNay: Payday lenders are legalized loan sharks
I grew up in a Northern Kentucky town that was a haven for organized crime. My father was a bookie and professional gambler who worked in several of the area’s “hot spots.”
In a town full of hustlers, prostitutes and gamblers, the...Tags: Politics, NYSE Euronext, Inc., U.S. Department of Defense, Corporate Crime, Wages and Pensions
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Charges against West High student amended down
news@jessaminejournal.comA West Jessamine High School student who allegedly set off an explosive device in the school’s parking lot in April had charges reduced in court this week. Brian W. Hopper Jr., now 19, was arrested April 20 and initially charged with second-degree...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Explosions
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Earthquakes, Politics, Energy Resources, Lobbying, Yoshihiko Noda
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Raydon Corp. wins $44 million combat-vehicle training contract
Raydon Corp., a Volusia County-based military-training company, has emerged from a scrum of rivals with a contract potentially worth $44 million to produce armored-vehicle driver-training simulators, the Army said Monday. The Port Orange company...
Tags: Port Orange, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army
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Buchanan awards tax abatement to C&S Machine
South Bend TribuneBUCHANAN — A longtime Buchanan manufacturer has been awarded tax breaks on more than $3.5 million in new investment. The Buchanan Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a 12-year Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for C&S Machine...Tags: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Letter shows Edison anticipated problems with San Onofre generators
A letter from a Southern California Edison executive shows the company became concerned about the potential for serious design flaws in replacement steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear plant as early as 2004. U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.),...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Nuclear Power, U.S. Department of Justice
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Sequestration casts a shadow over Showcase
Daily American Staff WriterJOHNSTOWN — Buckling into an ejection seat for an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, listening to a demonstration about military manpower-reducing technology and seeing a biometrics center lab in action — politicians from both sides of the aisle...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Government Debt, Patrick J. Toomey
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Sen. Boxer suggests Edison 'misled' public on San Onofre plant
A letter sent by a Southern California Edison executive in 2004 shows the company was concerned about the possibility of design flaws in replacement steam generators manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries that could lead to the type of "disastrous"...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, Nuclear Power
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Showrunners talk about pressure, drama and hand of fate
What draws viewers to a TV show? Sometimes it's the spark between the actors, or opening a window onto a new or rarely seen world. And sometimes seeing Bryan Cranston in his tighty whiteys is all it takes. Meet the show runners, the people charged...
Tags: Media Industry, Twitter, Inc., Washington, DC, MASH (tv program), House of Cards (tv program)
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Obama cleans up Bush's national-security mess
In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration made clear to the world that it had the Islamic Republic of Iran in its sights. Condoleezza Rice, who was then President George W. Bush's national security adviser, issued this warning in...Tags: Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda
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The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government Debt
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