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Dollar firms as Fed suspense builds, shares off highs
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up, gold steadied and European shares held near five-year highs on Tuesday as investors look out for U.S. Federal Reserve signals on the future of its stimulus program. Upbeat comments from Chicago policymaker...Tags: Stamford, Julia Gillard, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Manufacturing and Engineering
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North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
ReutersSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Petroleum Industry, South Korea, North Korea, Weaponry
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Hagel: It was furlough 680K or deepen readiness crisis
By Tom Philpott Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the furlough of 680,000 civilian employees for one day a week, from early July through September, to avoid taking deeper cuts in training and maintenance, which could have degraded readiness to the...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Elections, Military Equipment, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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EDITORIAL: Missile defense: Enabling Russia
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewEver deferential in foreign policy, the Obama administration verges on reckless, self-defeating idiocy by even discussing declassifying and sharing with Russia critical missile-defense data. The Washington Free Beacon reports those Pentagon...Tags: U.S. Congress, Pittsburgh, Weaponry, Moscow (Russia), Missile Systems
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North Korea fires another projectile off eastern coast
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Seoul (South Korea), South Korea, Military Equipment, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Three Alamogordo businesses discuss local economic climate
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.With federal budget cuts, sequestration and a light to moderate economic growth prediction for the rest of 2013 and into 2014, some Alamogordo retailers believe the local economy is steady. They also think it's contingent upon sequestration, the...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Rodeo, Business
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Terrorism, Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Anthrax, U.S. Congress
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Terrorism, Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Anthrax, U.S. Congress
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EDITORIAL: DOD furloughs: A tough hit for the region
Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M.Months of waiting in limbo came to an end last week as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that planned furloughs for defense employees as a result of the sequestration bill passed by Congress will begin in July. The good news for the 6,500...Tags: Employees, U.S. Congress, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Marshall, Krav Maga expert, means business
Times-News, Burlington, N.C."Head-butts are so much fun. I love them! And your elbows and knees are so damaging: There's so much you can do with them." Shannon Marshall isn't a woman you want to cross. Beneath the surface of her diminutive 5-foot-5-inch frame and the warmth of her...Tags: Annapolis, Krav Maga, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Manufacturing and Engineering, National Government
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