Obama moves to extend protections for hundreds of species
The Obama administration advances more than 500 species toward possible Endangered Species Act protections with a Friday deadline on over 700 cases. The action covers diverse creatures from the glossy golden winged warbler to the slimy American eel and Texas kangaroo rat, amid legal settlements and mounting political backlash.
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Billings
Mont
Obama
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Patrick Parenteau
University of Vermont
Nevada
Great Basin
Kauffman
Noah Greenwald
Center For Biological Diversity
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S
Mike Simpson
Idaho
Congress
Pacific Northwest
Andy Planck
Osage
Missouri
Shrinking Texas school payrolls add to unemployed
AP reports Texas public school budget cuts totaling about 4 billion dollars sparking job losses. August saw 900 local district job cuts, the first back-to-school staffing decline since at least 1990, signaling broader economic pain tied to Perry era cuts. Government positions fell while private gains offset. district attrition rises.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rick Perry
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Perry
Robison
Dax Gonzalez
Texas Association of School Boards
Houston
Austin
Leander
Cheryl Abbott
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Massachusetts man accused of plotting to blow up federal buildings
Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26 year old Northeastern University physics graduate from Ashland, was charged with plotting to use remote controlled airplanes packed with explosives to strike the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. FBI sting operations delivered the materials he allegedly requested as investigators monitored the plan. Ferdaus faced charges of attempting to destroy federal buildings and supporting al Qaeda with a detention hearing set for Monday.
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Massachusetts
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U.S. Capitol
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Framingham
Dallas
Chicago
Ferdaus
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America
al-Qaida
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Allah
Catherine Byrne
Lackawanna
N.Y
Portland
Ore
Virginia
William Keating
Homeland Security Committee
Capitol Dome
Washington
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