The Connecticut Senate gave overwhelming approval this week to a mattress recycling bill supported by the International Sleep Products Assn. The bill, which authorizes an industry-led non-profit organization to create and run a mattress ...
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The axing of Stephen Conroy's other pet project, the controversial mandatory internet filtering scheme, will save the government more than $4 million. According to Budget 2013 papers, the government will achieve savings of $4.5m over ...
Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) will officially launch its HSV Gen-F range, the sportiest versions of the Holden VF Commodore, at midnight tonight. We’ll bring you a full gallery, pricing and specifications of the new 430kW GTS, ...
The Gillard government has pledged an additional $12.9 million to showcase the potential of the National Broadband Network as part of the 2013 budget. The funding will provide training to small- and medium-sized businesses and ...
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The HSV Gen-F range will become the quickest, most powerful and most technologically advanced family of sports cars ever to emerge from Holden’s go-fast division when it launches across Australia from June. The HSV Gen-F embraces ...
Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun have found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that ...
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Are you tired of paying for cable channels that you never watch? So is Senator John McCain: He's introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013, a bill that would offer incentives to cable companies to offer what's called "a la ...
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3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Obama thinks it can also play a role in strengthening the military and America's sagging ...
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Proposed legislation in California aims to ban guns made using 3-D printing, after an organization Defense Distributed fired a handgun made with the technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online. California state Senator ...
New hydraulic fracturing rules being developed by the Obama administration will drive oil and gas development from federal lands, a panel of industry and state officials said in their prepared testimony to a House committee Wednesday. The ...
The U.S. military's reliance on foreign-made products, including telecommunications equipment and semiconductors, is putting the nation's security at risk by exposing agencies to faulty parts and to the possibility that producing nations ...
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The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act late Monday sends the bill to the ...
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The government has fallen about $1 billion short of the $3bn revenue windfall it had hoped to reap from the sale of valuable wireless spectrum to the nation's leading telecoms companies. After two weeks of secret bidding, Telstra, Optus ...
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TAMPA, Fla. (WTSP) -- It's a consumer-friendly law that's getting costly for honest consumers. The guarantee of a free, zero-deductible windshield replacement in Florida helps keep drivers safe behind the wheel, but unscrupulous glass ...
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A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
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