Obama's green jobs promise: 355 jobs and counting
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| Marita Noon |
Ryan didn’t finish his question. Vice President Biden wasn’t pressed into an uncomfortable answer that would have wiped the smile off his face.
Had Ryan not been interrupted and been allowed to finished the question, he likely would have continued: “…Candidate Obama promised in 2008 when he pledged to jumpstart the economy with an influx of green jobs. Many times, he specifically stated: ‘I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create 5 million new energy jobs over the next decade—jobs that pay well; jobs that can’t be outsourced; jobs building solar panels and wind turbines and a new electricity grid; jobs building the fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow, not in Japan, not in South Korea but right here in the U.S. of A. Jobs that will help us eliminate the oil we import from the Middle East in 10 years and help save the planet in the bargain. That's how America can lead again.’ Where are those green jobs?” Read more News New Mexico
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Holloman F-22 transfer on hold
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The U.S. Air Force is delaying the planned transfer of
F-22 fighters from a
The stealth fighters now based at
Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo were
expected to be transferred to Tyndall Air Force Base outside Panama City Arizona
A
stopgap federal defense spending bill now in effect bars aircraft retirements,
realignments or transfers. Holloman officials said the transfers are still
planned but the Air Force will not be able to act until a final defense
spending bill is passed.
NM Supreme Court wants written arguments in voting lawsuit
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| Secretary of State Diana Duran |
The court ordered the secretary of state to submit a written
response to the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday by the state Democratic Party.
The justices directed Democrats to submit additional written legal arguments
and to outline what effect it would have in the election if the straight ticket
option was allowed now that absentee voting has started in the general
election.
The responses are due by Tuesday. The court hasn't decided yet
whether to hold a hearing in the case.
Sunland peanut product recall continues
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The federal
Food and Drug Administration said Saturday that Sunland Inc. added raw and
roasted shelled and in-shell peanuts sold in quantities from two ounces to 50
pounds to its recall.
FDA inspectors have found salmonella in raw peanuts from
the Sunland processing plant. Sunland manufactured the peanut butter sold by
Trader Joe's that's been linked to 35 salmonella illnesses across 19 states.
Sunland has recalled everything made in its contaminated plant since March
2010.
Skydiver Sunday jump successful
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| Felix Baumgartner |
At a news
conference, Brian Utley of the International Federation of Sports Aviation said
Baumgartner reached a maximum speed of 833.9 mph during his jump Sunday over
the New Mexico
That amounts to Mach 1.24, which is faster than the speed of sound. No
one has ever reached that speed wearing only a high-tech suit. Baumgartner came
down safely in the eastern New Mexico
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