Closest approach of 2005 YU55 asteroids grabs skywatchers
The 2005 YU55 asteroid passed 202000 miles from Earth at 6 28 p m EST in a close flyby that scientists say posed no collision risk. NASA officials and observatories worldwide coordinated the viewing with live streams and public events highlighting space awareness.
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Moon
NASA
Deep Space Network
Pbs
Clay Center
Brookline
Mass
Ustream
Observatory
Ron Dantowitz
Dantowitz
Purdue University
Jay Melosh
Jupiter
Don Yeomans
Mars
Yeomans
Holder admits Fast and Furious errors but vows reforms
Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged serious mistakes in Operation Fast and Furious that allowed thousands of weapons to reach the black market. He defended ongoing reforms and expressed regret over a prior gun walking denial to Senator Grassley while noting 276 guns recovered in Mexico and 389 in the United States.
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Washington
Eric Holder
Mexico
Holder
Senate Judiciary Committee
Phoenix-area
United States
Justice Department
Grassley
U.S. Attorney's
Phoenix
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
John Cornyn
Texas
ATF
Fast and Furious
Terry
Arizona
Customs and Border Protection
Cornyn
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Darrell Issa
Calif
Associated Press
George W. Bush
Bush
Michael Mukasey
Mukasey
U.S
Department
Chuck Schumer
Obama
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Capitol Hill
Martinez PRC pick drawn into Libya project scrutiny
Gov Susana Martinez faced liberal criticism over her choice of Douglas Howe to the Public Regulation Commission. Howe, an energy consultant, previously worked on a Libya state utility upgrade project with Cambridge Energy Research Associates, while Progress New Mexico labeled the appointment a smear and questioned his fit for public regulation.
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Santa FE
Susana Martinez
Douglas Howe
New Mexico
Libya
Howe
Progress New Mexico
Martinez
Public Regulation Commission
Jerome Black Jr
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
General Electricity Company of
Progress Now
Gadhafi
Muammar Gadhafi
United States
Gaddafi
Netherlands
Dubai
Singapore
Czech Republic
Paris
New Jersey
GPU Service Corp
Prc
Scott Darnell
Darnell
Barack Obama
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