New report darkens reputation of Navy ship

By Aaron Mehta

The Littoral Combat Ship runs into choppy reviews.

Excerpts from this story referencing "San Diego":

"… t around the ship, leading to a number of dry-dockings at its home base in San Diego, according to data released April 23 by the nonprofit Project on Governmen …"

"… the two month deployment where the ship traveled from Mayport, Florida to San Diego, California, it experienced over 80 equipment failures. A trial mission in …"

Documents

By The Center for Public Integrity

Some of the pages scoured while investigating longwall mining's societal and environmental impact.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… p;DEP Letter on Longwall Report — Here’s a letter from former DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty to the Center for Coalfield Justice explaining why the ag …"

OSHA rules on workplace toxics stalled

By Jim Morris

Rules that would reduce worker exposures to two well-known lung hazards, beryllium and silica, are stuck in the regulatory pipeline.
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Obama decision eases undocumented kids' turmoil

By Susan Ferriss

Thousands of 16- to 30-year-olds could benefit from relief that will let them work legally, and stop fearing deportation.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… eelings about their parents’ decision to bring them to the United States.Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano explains the new criteria in this me …"

U.S. points finger, and arms exports, at human rights abusers

By Zach Toombs and R. Jeffrey Smith

The State Department decries repression in the countries where it promotes the purchase of U.S. weaponry.

Excerpts from this story referencing "spokesman":

"… police units deemed responsible for human rights abuses.Moreover, as Leahy spokesman David Carle pointed out in an interview, the law only covers direct govern …"

"… s canisters to Middle Eastern nations declined to comment. Jose Corbera, a spokesman for the Peruvian embassy’s Commercial Office did not return a request fo …"

Report: Countrywide won influence with discounts

By The Associated Press

Subprime lender Countrywide bought influence of Washington elite with mortgage discounts

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… ries Alphonso Jackson and Henry Cisneros; former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. The VIP unit processed Cisneros's loan after he joined Fann …"

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

BP to pay $13 million for safety violations at Texas refinery

By Alice Su

Oil giant BP has agreed to pay $13 million to settle safety violations at a Texas refinery that blew up in 2005.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… at a Texas refinery that suffered a catastrophic explosion in 2005, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Thursday.The violations stemmed from a 2009 inspection of …"

The Army tank that could not be stopped

By Aaron Mehta and Lydia Mulvany

Corporate cash and adroit lobbying have helped crush the Army’s effort to stop work on its premier tank.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… April, 111 House Republicans joined with 62 House Democrats in a letter to Secretary Panetta decrying the decision to freeze work on the tanks. Less than a qua …"

Top defense oversight staffer received $1.6 million payout from Lockheed Martin

By Zach Toombs

Staffer for the Senate Armed Services committee is a veteran lobbyist for the defense industry.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Secretary":

"… ing in Jan. 2011, according to a financial disclosure she made to the Secretary of the Senate in April.In 2011, she was paid a salary and bonus totalling …"

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