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Oil price drops after report says White House considering release of oil reserves
BANGKOK — Oil prices fell after news reports suggested the U.S. might tap its strategic reserves to slow the rising price of oil.
Obama offering states nearly half-billion dollars in unspent funds for transportation projects
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is making nearly half a billion dollars in unspent highway funds available to states that promise to use the money to create jobs and improve transportation.
Amid deadly West Nile outbreak, Dallas begins using aerial insecticide for 1st time in decades
(LM Otero / Associated Press)
The last time Dallas used aerial spraying to curb the mosquito population, Texas’ Lyndon Johnson was in the White House, Mission Control in Houston was launching Gemini missions and encephalitis was blamed for more than a dozen deaths.
From The House To The White HouseRyan’s hometown: Plant shutdown sharpens a campaign question: What’s route back to prosperity?
(Andy Manis / Associated Press)
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A defining moment for Paul Ryan’s hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century of making Chevrolets on the banks of the Rock River, shut down its oldest assembly plant and erased 6,000 jobs.
New rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions
(Andy Manis / AP Photo)
New accounting rules will put even more pressure on cash-strapped state and local governments to reduce public employee pension benefits.
For Obama acquaintance, ‘change’ was not enough
(Heather Stone / For The Washington Post)
Some community activists on Chicago’s South Side, such as Mark Allen of the group Black Wall Street Chicago, have been left disillusioned by the president who once made their acquaintance.
Relatives of Va. Tech shooting victims press presidential candidates on gun background checks
RICHMOND, Va. — Dozens of relatives of people killed or wounded in the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings sent a letter to the presidential candidates Thursday asking how they would improve a background check system designed to prevent dangerous people from buying guns.
Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release
via Reuters
Amid deadly West Nile outbreak, Dallas begins using aerial insecticide for 1st time in decades
(LM Otero / Associated Press)
DALLAS — The last time Dallas used aerial spraying to curb the mosquito population, Texas’ Lyndon Johnson was in the White House, Mission Control in Houston was launching Gemini missions and encephalitis was blamed for more than a dozen deaths.
White House Revives Talks Over Emergency Oil Release
via Wall Street Journal
Colo. shooting prompts large states to push gun control bills, fill void left by Congress
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic leaders in three big states have used this summer’s mass shooting in Colorado to push bills that would crack down on assault weapons and ammunition sales, rekindling a debate that has not gained much traction in Congress or on the presidential campaign.
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