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Wildfires in Texas burn over 230 K acres, wreck 80 buildings, homes

Wildfires in Texas burn over 230 K acres, wreck 80 buildings, homes

The wildfires burned over 230,000 acres through the town of West Texas and wrecked an approximated 80 buildings and houses. According to the Texas Forest Service, over 60,000 acres were burned and 40 houses were lost in one rage that chased through West Texas and into to the Fort Davis. Within 90 minutes, the fire [...]

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Congressional Representatives, Top White House unsuccessful to achieve deal

Congressional Representatives

Congressional Representatives and Top White House unsuccessful to achieve a deal on Tuesday with regard to the spending plan for the rest of the present fiscal year. The agreement also carries the federal government nearer to a layoff as the week end. Major Democrats abandoned the proposal of Republican to maintain the government operation for [...]

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Deputy PM says space agency head to resign due to takeoff delays

Sergei Ivanov

According to Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, the space agency head of the country will be resigning after seven years in the job because of takeoff delays that annoyed top officials. Sergei Ivanov, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, stated that Anatoly Perminov, the head of Roskosmos, will be resigning as he had reached the age limit [...]

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Radioactive Water Causes New Problems to Japan Power Plant

Japan Power Plant

The focus of the repair at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex turned to the removal of radioactive water from the inside and around the reactor buildings. The world is looking for signs of progress at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. However, instead of progress, they found a new problem in the plant. The radioactive [...]

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Tucson victim arrested on alleged treat

James Eric Fuller

Tucson shooting victim, James Eric Fuller, was arrested on disorderly conduct and threatening behavior charges after he threatened a local conservative activist leader. The Tucson victim was taken out of the area where a television taping happened. He was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after he threatened Mr. Trent Humpries of the Tea Party [...]

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Military Leadership Diversity Commission suggests women to be allowed to battle

Military Leadership Diversity Commission

The Military Leadership Diversity Commission suggested that women must be permitted to battle in combat units and not only serving combat support roles. Even though there are thousands of women that have been engaged in the fights in Afghanistan and Iraq, they only serve as logistics officer, medics and other supporting roles in combat units [...]

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Vatican Announces Pope John Paul II Beatification Date

Pope John Paul II

Reports said Friday that Pope Benedict XVI finally announced the beatification date of Pope John Paul II, which is set on May 1. According to the reports, Benedict decided to set the date after declaring that a French nun’s recovery from Parkinson was the miracle needed for John Paul to be beatified. Benedict said that [...]

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House’s majority leader says to start debate about healthcare bill

healthcare bill

Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the House, stated that they will start the debate with regard to the revoking of healthcare bill next week. Cantor also stated yesterday that the debate about the bill, which passed a technical difficulty last Friday, is projected to start when the House assembles Tuesday. A vote with regard [...]

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Brazil Flooding Prompts Authorities to Stop Illegal Constructions

brazil flood

Report said Thursday that Brazilian authorities were prompted to take action on illegal building and home constructions, which was badly hit by the flood. According to the reports, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil visited the affected areas on Thursday and expressed anger at illegal constructions in the area that has been damaged by the flood. [...]

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Dispute on Travel Industry Continues to Heighten

Travel Industry

Reports said Wednesday that a growing friction between the airlines and reservation providers continue to threaten customers and travel industry. Analysts said that it was a painful transformation for the 60-year old electronic-reservation industry, developed by the airlines long before the Internet, and is still referred to by travel agents as global distribution system (GDS). [...]

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