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Lohud Police agencies Get Equipment Funding
the rockland county sheriff's department and the westchester county police department were among law enforcement agencies and first responders across the hudson valley to get a piece of nearly $352,000 in funding for equipment through a program overseen by the department of homeland security, sen. charles schumer, d-n.y., announced yesterday.
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India To Release Additional 600,000 Tonnes Of Wheat From Oct-dec - Cnbc
mumbai (thomson financial) - india, the world's second-biggest wheat producer, plans to allocate an additional 600,000 tonnes of wheat from october to december in the open market to check inflationary trends, the federal ministry of agriculture said ...
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The Social - Cnet News
imeem , the social music site that was thriving on user-created playlists before myspace music turned it into an industry trend, has announced a handful of tweaks and updates that users will be seeing soon. among them are a slightly redesigned ...
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Homeowners, Merchants Connect With City agencies At Miami Expo
about 100 more people than expected registered for a city expo meant to help homeowners and merchants connect with agencies that can help them improve their circumstances.
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Elmira agencies Discuss Promenade Project
elmira -- clean, bright, and safe -- three adjectives that will soon define the railroad viaduct through downtown elmira. the elmira-chemung transportation council hosted a meeting with several city agencies tuesday.
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Auto News In Brief: Gm To Cut Contract Jobs - Detroit Free Press
general motors corp. says it has notified several employment agencies that it intends to cut contract jobs as it continues to shrink its workforce to match lower u.s. sales. a person familiar with planning said 300 to 400 contract jobs, primarily in ...
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A Foundation, At Least - Los Angeles Times
it is easy -- too easy -- to be underwhelmed by the housing plan released this week by mayor antonio villaraigosa. much of it we have seen before: streamline the development process, encourage denser housing near transit stops, build permanent ...
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Gov't agencies Converge To Discuss Rural Dev't
three government agencies joined forces to realize goal of creating new lands for agribusiness development in the countryside.
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Visionael Partners With Government Solution Providers To Manage Network Inventory For Federal Intelligence agencies
visionael corporation, a leading provider of next-generation service automation and delivery management software and services, today announced its partnership with government solution providers (gsp), a telecommunications reseller and contractor for the defense and intelligence customer community. through this partnership, two premiere government intelligence agencies are now using visionael's ...
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Reichert's Record As Sheriff Still Front And Center - Seattle Times
congressman dave reichert gives 7-year-old morgan geer five while meeting bystanders at the covington days parade in july. he is running with a broader congressional record and is getting support from groups outside the law-enforcement community. u.s ...
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Authorities Break Up U.s.-canada Drug Ring - Los Angeles Times
late last year, nathanael lineham got a panicked phone call, prosecutors say. an associate working with lineham to bring the drug ecstasy to california from canada told him a shipment of 85,000 pills had been seized. lineham was calm. after all, the ...
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7 Govt agencies Support Reproductive Health Bill - Dswd Chief
manila, philippines - seven government agencies have officially declared their support for the controversial reproductive health bill, social welfare secretary esperanza cabral said tuesday.
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7 Government agencies Now Backing The Reproductive Health Bill
social welfare secretary esperanza cabral said today that at least seven government agencies are now backing the reproductive health bill.
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Economists Say Bailout Needed To Free Up Credit - Newsday
the proposed bailout of the financial industry would help free up credit for consumers and business, economists say. but some of them also warn that the staggering $700-billion rescue plan falls short of addressing other significant problems, such as ...
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Smoking Ban To Be Effective From Thursday - Rediff
smokers beware! hotels, restaurants, pubs, offices and even the international airport would be out of bounds to light up the rolled tobacco from thursday with the ban on smoking in public places coming into effect. the ban, the implementation of ...
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Digital Network To Link Safety agencies In Isles
federal, state and county public safety agencies will have greater interagency communications ability through an interisland digital microwave network to be launched today.
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Lack Of Coordination Among agencies Hinders Operations: Bsf Dg
concerned over lack of coordination among security agencies, a top paramilitary force official has stressed on the need for a centralised force on the line of the us's homeland security to deal with terror incidents.
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Cranberry Farms Go High-tech To Meet High Demand - Philadelphia Inquirer
warrens, wis. - until this fall, workers at nodji van wychen's cranberry farm sorted fruit with the same wooden technology used by her grandfather. firm berries bounced through the mills' seven wooden slats before 15 workers scrutinized them for ...
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Ses Astra Launches Astra2connect In Spain - Forbes
ses astra, an ses company (paris:sesg) (luxx:sesg), announced today that it has signed, through its affiliate astra broadband services (abbs), a framework contract with the spanish cable operator telecable to market its satellite based two-way ...
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The Faa Talks Flight Paths At Mccarran With Government agencies
representatives from the federal aviation administration returned to las vegas monday for a meeting over concerns about buildings around mccarran international airport. the faa met with government agencies and commercial groups to discuss how to make our local skies safer, with a focus on tall buildings.
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