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Building a wall between the United States and Mexico might be done in a few years. The undertaking would be expensive, but no one knows how much.
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U.S. ArmyNow that the Pentagon has settled on a replacement for the venerable Humvee, the U.S. Army is expected to solicit bids by the end of the year to replace a relatively small number of...
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A letter from California Congresswoman Jackie Speier to Air Force Secretary Deborah James demandes to know why the program cost for the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), or B-3, has jumped 76% in one...
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In order to make money you have to spend money. Among those who live by those words are defense contractors.
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Investors hammered coal stocks Tuesday as a result of the new EPA rules and other issues.
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ThinkstockLast Wednesday U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag from Northern California announced her departure, effective September 1. Since 2011 Haag shutdown more than 600 state-compliant medical cannabis...
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Konstantin von Wedelstaedt / Wikimedia CommonsBefore the 1979 revolution, Iran Air was probably the premier air carrier in the Middle East. The company flew a 747-SP on a daily non-stop, 11-hour...
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The Boeing Co.No one can say that The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) doesn’t know how to play hardball. Former CEO and current chairman James McNerney said in Washington on Tuesday night that the company is...
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ThinkstockAsking an entire state to use 25% less water may sound easy in the asking portion of an equation, but implementing such efforts and actually living up to such efforts is less than easy. It...
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ThinkstockIt has been said that watching politics behind the scenes can be like watching how they make sausage at the sausage factory. Sometimes you just might not like what you see. This brings up...
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Petrobras said Friday morning that a federal judge in New York dismissed some but not all the claims in the suit and that the trial will begin no later than February 1, 2016.
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Thinkstock The state of Utah was the first to pass a law allowing gold and silver coins issued by the U.S. Mint as an acceptable form of payment in the state. Now, the state of Texas wants to...
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The city of Chicago expanded its amusement tax to include amusements such as TV shows, movies, videos, music and online games, if they are delivered by electronic means to customers in the city.
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The U.S. Air Force wants to retire the A-10, aka the Warthog, and move the maintenance crews to the anointed successor F-35. The GAO is not convinced.
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Of the 28 member nations of NATO, only five met the group's target of military spending at 2% of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year.
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