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POLITICS: Freshmen vowing change spent millions of tax dollars on mailings Delmarva Daily Times WASHINGTON -- Republican freshmen who came to Congress last year promising to transform Washington's free-spending culture are no different from most other lawmakers in at least one respect: They mailed out millions of taxpayer-funded fliers and |
 The Fiscal Times | $100b and Counting: Missiles that Work…Sometimes The Fiscal Times Overall, the company, headquartered just outside Washington, DC, won more than $40 billion in contracts from the Pentagon and other agencies in 2011, and spent $15.2 million on lobbying to keep the programs behind those contracts on track, according to |
 Roanoke Times | Next up for this Washington and Lee senior: the campaign trail Roanoke Times By Duncan Adams Washington and Lee University senior Robbie Day, who graduated from Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, DJs his radio show with WLUR, the college's radio station. He graduates today with a degree in politics and will spend this summer |
College students spending less time studying Bangor Daily News By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post Over the past half-century, the amount of time college students actually study — read, write and otherwise prepare for class — has dwindled from 24 hours a week to about 15, survey data show. |
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways NBC 29 News The government has announced a settlement requiring BP North America Inc. to spend more than $400 million to reduce pollution at an Indiana refinery.Full Story The government has announced a settlement requiring BP North America Inc. to spend more than |