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Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

By: JESSICA GRESKO

If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice?

AP sources: FAA safety investigation at American Airlines nears conclusion, big fines likely

By: JOAN LOWY

The Federal Aviation Administration is close to wrapping up a two-year investigation of safety violations at American Airlines that could result in one of the largest fines in the agency's history, according to government and industry officials familiar with the investigation.

Snowstorms force US House to scrap votes, other work this week

By: ERICA WERNER

GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit

By: RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHARLES BABINGTON




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FDA will push medical imaging companies and doctors to reduce exposure to radiation

Federal regulators will require manufacturers of high-grade medical imaging machines to include safety controls that prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation doses.

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Obama says US developing 'significant' sanctions for Iran in response to nuclear program

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Iran remains on an "unacceptable" path to nuclear weapons, despite its denials, and that the U.S. and like-minded countries will soon produce a set of punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic.

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In response to the attention we gave him for his old column on how Washington has "anemic winters" because of global warming, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells NRO's Robert...

By a vote of 52 to 33, the Obama administration nominee to the National Labor Relations Board, Craig Becker, just failed to get the 60 votes needed for his nomination to proceed...

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