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Toyota Hearing: Top Grandstanding Moments

WASHINGTON (Feb. 23) -- A top American executive for Toyota faced angry lawmakers Tuesday in the first of three planned congressional hearings into the company's extensive recalls in the United States and around the world. Like any highly anticipated Capitol Hill hearing, the testimony by Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A....

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Officials Object As Mass. Nuke Plant Relicensing Nears

Massachusetts' only nuclear power plant wants permission to operate another 20 years, but as a decision nears, some high ranking officials say a record-long federal review of the request spanning more than six years hasn't been long enough.

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05/29/12 Senator Boxer and Rep. Markey Release GAO Report: NRC... Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) doesn't require operating nuclear reactors to utilize the most updated method of risk analysis to assess vulnerability to earthquakes, floods or other natural disasters.
05/24/12 Scientists say worst radiation exposures in life... Source: The Raw Story Where in life would you say that you get the highest doses of radiation?
05/23/12 Korean automakers' success threaten slumping European... Source: Kashmir News Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - 2008-12-09 - (Part 1 Not Currently Available.)
05/22/12 Are the police tracking your calls? Source: NBC - WPTV 5 - Hanover VT Do you know how long your cell phone company keeps records of whom you text, who calls you or what places you have traveled?
05/18/12 Markey Commends Twitter Endorsement of 'Do Not Track'... Source: TMCnet WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and former chairman of the Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement after Twitter today announced its support for 'Do Not Track' mechanisms, offering users the opportunity to turn off information collection features when using Twitter.