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Small stations sue over digital TV plan
Mar 26 2008 7:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The low-power television industry is facing a "death sentence" because of a flaw in the government's plan to force broadcasters to shift to digital broadcasting and has asked a federal judge for a reprieve.
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NTSB concerned about control of probe
Mar 26 2008 7:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staff with the National Transportation Safety Board expressed concern about losing control of the investigation into last year's deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, according to documents released Wednesday by its chairman.
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Q&A on Fed plans to ease credit crisis
Mar 26 2008 3:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Think of the Federal Reserve as a sort of uber lender for banks and investment houses. In the past weeks and months, the Fed has created a number of innovative _ some unprecedented _ lending programs to open up the nation's credit spigots, which were in danger of running dry. The free flow of credit is essential to keeping the country's financial and economic wheels turning.
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Panel wants NRC to tighten licensing
Mar 26 2008 3:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government should tighten licensing procedures for radioactive materials, according to a group of outside experts assembled after a congressional investigation identified security gaps.
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New Web site offers Vietnam War records
Mar 26 2008 1:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Archives is joining with a Web site to make historical records of tens of thousands of deceased Vietnam War veterans available electronically for the first time.
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Government benefit programs in trouble
Mar 26 2008 3:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trustees for the government's two biggest benefit programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing "enormous challenges" with the threat to Medicare's solvency far more severe.
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