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WASHINGTON, DC May 23, 2011 – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight construction projects in California for funding under WaterSMART's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Re...

Washington, D.C. May 23, 2011 – To accelerate innovation-fueled job creation and global competitiveness, today the Obama Administration announced a $33 million Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, an unprecedented initiative to spur economic gr...

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May 23, 2011 - What if your family's finances were tight, and you had a water bill that you couldn't afford to pay? What if you had a client who owed you enough to cover the water bill? Would you tell your family they would have to go without water, or...

Washington, DC May 23, 2011 – Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Bobby L. Rush, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, sent a letter to Chairman Fred Upton requesting a hearing o...

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has begun running radio ads criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown for his plan to extend higher taxes. "This just crossing the wire," the narrator says, as if delivering a newscast. "The governor has just renewed his cal...

May 23, 2011 - Promoters say To have no fear; We know it couldn't Happen here. Just to be sure we're all on the same page, here are a few things we ought to acknowledge right off the bat about nuclear power: It's the most costly form of electrici...

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WASHINGTON May 23, 2011 - Last night during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah called a heckling fan a "f***ing f***ot" after receiving his second foul of the night. The TNT cameras caught the slur. "We need t...

As I write this, I have at my side a copy of "Italy al Dente," by Biba Caggiano, an excellent cookbook published in 1998. As I look back at yesterday's review and the visits to Biba the restaurant in the weeks prior, I am reminded of Caggiano's passion...