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Wyoming Getting $1.1M From Feds for Worst Schools

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:24:01 +0000

Wyoming is getting more money from the federal government to improve its lowest-achieving schools.

Feds Give Priority Reviews To Wyo. Energy Projects

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:25:23 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The decision by the federal government to give priority review to three Wyoming wind generation projects and two transmission line projects bodes well for the state's burgeoning renewable energy industry

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Federal Judge Blocks Law Requiring Graphic Photos on Cigarette Packs

Shauna Wright — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:28:43 +0000

In a 29-page decision on Monday, US District Judge Richard J. Leon blocked the implementation of a law on graphic cigarette photos. It would’ve required tobacco companies to include explicit photos detailing the dangers of smoking on cigarette packages.

The 36 images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration include a picture of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat, and a male cadaver with chest staples down his torso.

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US Energy Dept. Approves $1 Billion In Solar Loans

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:20:26 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of a program that has become a rallying cry for Republican critics of the Obama administration's green energy program.

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