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US Senate candidate Brannon defendant in tech suit
2014-02-04 11:55:09| IT Services - Topix.net
A lawsuit set for trial next week alleges Republican U.S. Senate candidate Greg Brannon and a technology corporation executive misled investors about an opportunity in the mobile phone field.
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Canada's spy chiefs to face public grilling by Senate committee
2014-02-03 22:40:34| Wireless - Topix.net
John Forster, chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada, will be appearing before a senate committee Monday afternoon along with the director of CSIS and Prime Minister Harper's national security advisor.
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Senate votes to keep subsidizing flood insurance in flood-prone areas
2014-02-03 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Members of Congress have been clamoring for months to undo one of the most ambitious pieces of climate-related legislation they ever passed. The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 would force coastal property owners to pay full market rates for their flood insurance. The law barely mentioned climate change, but it laid the groundwork for a more sane approach to building - and rebuilding - along increasingly disaster-prone coastlines and riverbanks. Last Thursday, however, the Senate...
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Over-Connected and Behind the Wheel Senate Takes on Distracted Driving
2014-02-03 18:47:02| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Distracted driving takes Center stage in Washington on Thursday when the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, chaired by Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), hosts a summit on technological solutions to distracted driving -- "Over-Connected and Behind the Wheel." Reports suggest the Rockefeller, who has focused on the issue for many years, called the summit because of his frustration over lack of progress on the issue, and hopes that the threat alone of intervention by his committee could push the development of solutions to the problem by blocking all non-emergency communication. READ MOREThe Article Over-Connected and Behind the Wheel Senate Takes on Distracted Driving appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Vt. Senate committees to hear about GMO labeling
2014-02-03 13:26:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Two Vermont Senate committees are planning to take testimony on labeling of food produced with genetic engineering at an upcoming public hearing.
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