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Ships & trains ordered to become cleaner
Mar 14 2008 8:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that marine and locomotive engines must meet tougher pollution controls, hoping for dramatic cuts in the amount of smog-causing chemicals and soot coming from trains, cargo ships, tugboats and passenger ferries.
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Blood thinner held at border for testing
Mar 14 2008 2:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have ordered all imports of the blood thinner heparin, and its raw ingredient, stopped at the border for testing to detect a contaminant linked to 19 deaths.
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Shulman confirmed as IRS commissioner
Mar 14 2008 12:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly confirmed Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman said Friday he would work to ensure that the tax agency is fair, and he would concentrate both on enforcement and service.
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Reprieve given to Guantanamo detainee
Mar 14 2008 9:50AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has given a reprieve to a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is fighting the Bush administration's effort to return him to Algeria where he says he likely would be tortured.
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