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...state has had a moratorium on mining the nuclear fuel since 1982. Now, a group of landowners in rural Pittsylvania County is looking to make a fortune by digging up the ore, and, with talk of nuclear energy making a comeback following last summer's sky-high gas prices, the state is thinking about giving its blessing. The Virginia Commission on Coal and Energy is preparing to undertake a study on whether uranium can be extracted without contaminating the air or polluting the water...
...austere budget (though Cantor opposes letting President Bush's tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans lapse, as Obama intends); the expansion of employer-provided health-care insurance rather than single-payer government health care; and a commitment to renewable energies while keeping the door open to increased oil and gas drilling. But agreeing on the broad goals of some of these items is a far cry from agreement on a final bill, and it is hard to imagine mass GOP support for any of these Obama initiatives. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...offering its Rewards members double points if they stay at least two nights at any of the chain's locations between now and April 5 and register for the promotion online. Registering will also automatically enter you into a sweepstakes for a million-point grand prize, redeemable for gas cards, meals, airline tickets, or natch, nights at the chain. Booking your rooms online earns you another 250 bonus points, so you'll get something, even if you don't win the big prize...
...dependent credit will drop from $300 to $100. Vehicle owners will now pay an annual license fee that is 1.15% of their car's value (up from 0.65%). One increase was avoided. In order to secure Republican Abel Maldonado's vote, a 12 cent on the gallon gas tax was nixed (Maldonado also included an open-primary measure and removed a stipulation that would have cost legislators their salaries during times of overdue budgets...
...first meeting between President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which happened Thursday in Ottawa, covered a wide range of common interests, such as a revival of the North American economy, reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, and the war in Afghanistan. But the unscripted moments of the President's first foreign visit since being elected to the White House - including a declaration of love for Canada and an impromptu visit to an Ottawa farmers' market for a beaver-tail pastry - overshadowed the official agenda...