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FAA orders air traffic control management shake-up
By News on Apr 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday replaced three top managers in the nation's air traffic control system following embarrassing incidents of controllers sleeping on the job and making potentially dangerous mistakes....
Appeals court lifts stem cell research ban
By News on Apr 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday....Report touts progress in Afghanistan war
By News on Apr 29, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. and its allies have made "tangible progress" in the Afghanistan war, providing the needed momentum to transfer control of seven regions to Afghan forces this summer, according to a new Pentagon report that gives the first assessment since the infusion of 30,000 more American troops to the battlefield late last fall....Army says WikiLeaks suspect fit to stand trial
By News on Apr 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The intelligence analyst suspected of illegally passing government secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been found competent to stand trial, the Army said Friday....
Gadhafi forces shell frontline city in west Libya
By News on Apr 28, 2011
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MISRATA, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled civilian areas in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Thursday, killing 10 people. Regime supporters and opponents battled on another front in western Libya for control of a crossing point along the Tunisian border, killing refugees as they fled....