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APNewsBreak: Guardrails pass most Virginia crash tests
2015-12-17 06:46:01| Railroads - Topix.net
A highway guardrail system that critics call dangerous has passed most of the safety tests financed by the state of Virginia, according to reports obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, but state officials still have concerns about the product and plan to remove it from state roadways. The chief engineer for Virginia's Department of Transportation said in a memo to employees that on one of the tests, the Trinity Industries Inc. ET-Plus System performed in a way that "could have serious consequences" for vehicle occupants.
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APNewsBreak: Emails reveal Coke's role in anti-obesity group
2015-11-24 10:11:30| Beverages - Topix.net
In this March 17, 2011, file photo, Cans of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke sit in a cooler in Anne's Deli in Portland, Ore. A nonprofit founded to combat obesity says the $1.5 million it received from Coke has no influence on its work.
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APNewsBreak: Some telescope protesters' charges to be tossed
2015-05-29 23:09:35| Airlines - Topix.net
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015, AT 2:02 A.M. HST. AND THEREAFTER - In this March 30, 2015 photo, Native Hawaiians protest the construction of a giant telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
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APNewsBreak: GOP promises Cassidy a committee seat
2014-11-12 10:42:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Republicans have promised Bill Cassidy a seat on the Senate's energy committee if he defeats Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana's runoff election next month, potentially undercutting one of her main arguments for re-election. Landrieu has repeatedly touted the importance of her seat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in her campaign for a fourth term representing a state with a robust oil and gas industry.
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APNewsBreak: Gillespie ditches ads in Va Sen race
2014-10-16 22:56:39| Telecom - Topix.net
Ed Gillespie , one of the Republican establishment's most respected advisers and powerful fundraisers, badly trails in the race for campaign cash and has asked television stations to stop running his ads for a U.S. Senate seat fewer than three weeks before Election Day. Reports filed with the Federal Communications Commission show Gillespie's campaign cancelling or drastically reducing the amount of money it plans to spend on television ads in coming days.