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• Greece riots rise again as youths, police clash
A protester kicks a tear gas canister at riot police during clashes in central Athens on Friday. The fighting started after a group of demonstrators broke away from a student rally attended by several thousand people protesting government education ...
• Report: NASA inspector general not effective
WASHINGTON - Congressional auditors say that NASA's in-house financial watchdog is doing little to unearth waste and abuse at the space agency. The Government Accountability Office compared NASA's inspector general to 27 other federal agencies and ...
• More Americans obese than merely overweight
WASHINGTON - The number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government. Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than ...
• Alabama sheriff to give up profits from jail food
Clemon shows that Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett has promised to use all government funding he receives for food to actually feed prisoners in the county lockup, which holds about 300 men and women. That's a change from the past, when Bartlett ...
• Activist who won drilling bid says he has cash
The federal government also typically imposes environmental safeguards on drilling parcels, Sierra said. "Facts of the lease sale have been mischaracterized in the public forum, sowing confusion and misunderstanding," Sierra said. Conservation groups ...