(15 stories) Obama to detail US energy security strategy

US News - News March 30, 2011 See US News Weather Obama to detail US energy security strategy (San Antonio Express-News) Facing pressure to curb rising gasoline prices, President Barack Obama is calling for the U.S. to reduce its oil imports by one third by 2025, a lofty goal likely to run into significant obstacles. Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills (The Topeka Capital-Journal) The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants. Plane revelations dog McCaskill's re-election bid (SF Gate) Sen. Claire McCaskill once turned a political opponent's use of a plane to her advantage. Acupuncture And Massage Or Three Massages 11015 Warwick Boulevard Newport News, VA Inspector general: Political reviews were wasteful (Kansas City Star) The Homeland Security Department's inspector general has concluded that it was wasteful for the agency to secretly require approval by political appointees before government files on politically sensitive topics could be released under the Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press has learned.The new review said the senior official in charge ... Lawmakers seek answers on Libya (Fox News) President Barack Obama is under pressure from Congress to spell out an exit strategy for the U.S. military in Libya and provide a clear plan to end Col. Analysis: US still lacks border strategy (Kansas City Star) The federal government hasn't come up with a comprehensive strategy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, even as an all-out war between Mexico and its violent drug gangs has claimed 35,000 lives and pushed hundreds of thousands of immigrants into the United States.The U.S. government has spent nearly $4 billion on various approaches, including a $2.4 ... Dems hint at flexibility in budget talks - AP (Guardian Unlimited) Democrats indicated Tuesday they may be willing to accept Republican-backed curbs on the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulators as part of an overall deal on spending cuts, a rare hint of compromise in private negotiations marked by public rancor. FAA suspends 2nd air traffic supervisor (WKYC-TV Cleveland) An air traffic supervisor has been suspended as the result of an incident in central Florida over the weekend in which a Southwest Airlines jet and a small plane came too close together, putting both planes in danger, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday. Miliband joins Lib Dems on AV drive (Chichester Today) Ed Miliband has urged people not to make the forthcoming referendum on voting reform for Westminster elections a referendum on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Ohio panel OKs worker union bill (Deseret News) A legislative committee approved a measure Tuesday that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 Ohio government workers, a key hurdle as the state moves closer to Wisconsin-style restrictions on public employee unions. Back at You, Glenn Beck (thenation) As an organizer, I go to a lot of meetings, panels and discussions and often leave feeling like I'm caught in the movie Groundhog Day, where I am reliving the same discussions and debates over and over again, and wondering if they hold any relevance for anyone else. Lancet study: Teens, young adults have high risk of death from injury, violence, suicide (latimes) As the world has urbanized, public health needs have changed. For most of the 20th century, epidemiologists worried about communicable diseases killing very young children. Now, a new paper in the journal the Lancet suggests, the bigger concern in many countries is mortality among young adults ages 15 to 24 -- especially young men. 300-lb eagle ray traps woman on boat in Fla (abclocal.go) A tourist cruising the waters off the Florida Keys over the weekend was pinned down by a massive eagle ray. Home prices falling in most major US cities (istockanalyst) - Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and the average price in four of them is at an 11-year low. Analysts expect further prices declines in most cities in the coming months. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday shows home prices dropped in 19 cities from December to January. Eleven of them are at their lowest level since the housing bust, in 2006 and 2007. The index fell for the sixth straight month. U.S. Nuke Plants: 4 Years, 56 Safety Violations (abcnews.go) Among the litany of violations at U.S. nuclear power plants are missing or mishandled nuclear material, inadequate emergency plans, faulty back-up power generators , corroded cooling pipes and even marijuana use inside a nuclear plant, according to an ABC News review of four years of Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety records. More US News News...

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