Archives for: June 2011, 27
Wildfire shuts Los Alamos lab, forces evacuations
By News on Jun 27, 2011
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) -- Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives....Romney: Labor board case could cost Iowa jobs
By News on Jun 27, 2011
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused the Obama administration on Monday of jeopardizing the very manufacturing jobs the Democratic president plans to promote when he visits an aluminum plant in Iowa....APNewsBreak: Sources: Haley will veto primary bill
By News on Jun 27, 2011
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Two officials close to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley say she will veto a plan to use taxpayer money to pay for the first-in-the-South Republican presidential primary....Jury convicts ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at retrial
By News on Jun 27, 2011
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CHICAGO (AP) -- A jury has convicted Rod Blagojevich of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate seat....White House considers big boost to fuel economy
By News on Jun 27, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is telling American automakers that it would like cars and light trucks to average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025....