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The Law on Physical Training and Sports (revised), which was adopted with 93.84 percent of votes, adds many regulations on mass physical training and sports; physical training and sports in schools; elite sports; professional sports; sport facilities and land for physical training and sports; sport betting, and some other contents.  … [Read more...] about Government News 15/6

Government Accountability OfficeLoan Guarantee Program ReviewThe Government Accountability Office released a sixth report March 12 examining the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program. The report, DOE Loan Guarantees: Further Actions Are Needed to Improve Tracking and Review of Applications, concluded that the process the agency developed to conduct due diligence on loan guarantee applications equals or exceeds those used by private lenders, but that because the agency has not implemented a consolidated system for documenting and tracking its progress in reviewing applications currently fully implemented, the program may not readily access the information needed to effectively manage the program. The following day, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on the program, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and independent inspector Herb Allison testifying. Mr. Allison wrote a separate assessing the program’s investment methodology and … [Read more...] about Energy and Environment Update – March 20, 2012

US Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Chapman, a combat controller, was killed during a fierce firefight in Afghanistan in 2002. He will be the first Air Force service member to receive the nation's highest award for valor since the Vietnam War. One of those men, Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman, was alone in the pitch-black, wounded and slowly regaining his consciousness in the thigh-deep snow of a 10,469-foot peak known as Takur Ghar, as scores of Al Qaeda fighters closed in. … [Read more...] about This Air Force combat controller died alone on a mountaintop in Afghanistan — now he’s being awarded the Medal of Honor

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wait the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron (unseen) before a lunch ahead of a NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. Jonathan Ernst: "One of the best parts of travelling overseas for White House coverage is the chance to see the U.S. president in different environments and (literally) a different light. Here, Trump and his wife came out of the shadows to greet France's President Macron." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo SEARCH "POY TRUMP" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2017 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY … [Read more...] about President Trump misses LGBTQ Pride Month — again

Another indication of the competitiveness in the region is the fact that the two campaigns have spent $3 million to air more than 6,000 ads on Twin Cities television stations since the beginning of the year, the Associated Press reported. Overall, McCain has heavily outspent Obama, … [Read more...] about In Lakeville, McCain tamps down hostility