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Two ex-KBR workers charged with defrauding DOD
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two former employees of KBR Inc were charged for their role in a $2.1 million scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense while working in Afghanistan, federal ...
Senate votes to end farm debate, extend CEA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted, 78-12, to end debate on its $286 billion farm bill on Thursday, shortly after amending it to extend until 2013 the Commodity Exchange Act ...
Lawmakers plan steroids hearing next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers who held a hearing in 2005 on steroids in baseball said they plan to hold another hearing on the matter on Tuesday.
House committee rejects add-ons to toy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An amendment that would give the U.S. government jurisdiction over amusement parks like Disneyland and another to almost completely eliminate lead from toys were ...
Congress approves stopgap funds to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday approved another stopgap funding bill to avert a looming government shutdown, underscoring the difficulty of passing substantive ...
Democrats lash Bush's "hostile" labor board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Thursday criticized the U.S. government's labor relations board under the Bush administration as hostile to workers' rights, while ...
Hollywood directors hold off talks as writers strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood directors said on Thursday they will seek to start contract talks with major film studios in January, giving striking screenwriters more time to restart ...
Poisonings, suicides fuel rise in injury deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death rate from injury in the United States is rising this decade after declining since the late 1970s, spurred by increases in accidental poisonings and ...
Dollar Tree recalls 300,000 toys due to lead paint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dollar Tree Stores Inc recalled 300,000 baby bead toys and toy cars made in China because they contain excessive levels of lead, the Consumer Product Safety ...
Marine convicted in death of Iraqi soldier
CAMP PENDLETON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine was convicted of negligent homicide on Thursday in the 2006 stabbing death of an Iraqi soldier, but cleared of the more serious charge of ...
Bush signs law lifting age limit for U.S. pilots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday signed a law raising the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots from 60 to 65, the White House said in a ...
Wife of missing FBI agent plans trip to Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared during a trip to Iran nine months ago, said on Thursday she would leave for Tehran early next week to ...
Mistrial for six in Sears Tower conspiracy case
MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday for six men accused of plotting to blow up America's tallest skyscraper, Chicago's Sears Tower, after a jury failed to reach ...
Senate energy bill to drop oil industry taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he would scale back the controversial taxes in a broad energy bill aimed at boosting U.S. vehicle fuel efficiency ...
Senate set to pass FHA subprime help: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. senators have reached a deal to expand the nation's largest federal homeownership program in a move that could help struggling subprime borrowers avoid ...
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