News tagged with congressional action

Motion to bar Montana, Idaho wolf hunts denied

(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a request by environmental groups to halt wolf hunts that are scheduled to begin next week in Idaho and Montana.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Bill revision could mean money for NJ drug company

(AP) -- A billion-dollar "technical revision" added to a patent bill passed by the House last week could provide huge financial benefits to one pharmaceutical company and a law firm.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obama: Statistics show need for overhauling health

(AP) -- Trumpeting nurses' support for a health care overhaul while lamenting a worsening toll of uninsured, President Barack Obama kept up the pressure Thursday for congressional action.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount (Update 2)

(AP) -- Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading on Thursday.

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Amazon, Texas reach deal to settle sales tax spat

(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com reached an agreement with Texas officials Friday to settle a sales tax dispute by expanding operations in the state and starting to collect sales taxes.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Iran 'mobilizing' for cyberwar with West: experts

Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (8) | comments 18

Nuclear centrifuge project to move ahead

A giant nuclear centrifuge project in southern Ohio will move forward despite a setback in Congress this week, uranium enrichment company USEC said Friday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Cultural inertia is slowing effective action to address climate-change

Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet from human-caused contributions to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020

More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 175

Congress puts online piracy bills on hold (Update 3)

US congressional leaders put anti-online piracy legislation on hold Friday following a wave of protests led by Google and Wikipedia denouncing the bills as a threat to Internet freedom.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 17

FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software

A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was reb ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Gum arabic potential cure for Sudanese ills

Since he was 14, Al-Amin has tapped gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that thrives in Sudan's conflict states -- "manna" from heaven for some, a key ingredient in Coca-Cola for others.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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