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The Department of Energy recently turned over more than 1,200 pages of heavily redacted documents in response to a records request about a subsidized biofuels company from The Daily Caller News Foundation. In October, TheDCNF filed a FOIA request with the Energy Department, asking for email records from government officials regarding federal loan guarantees given to Abengoa, a Spanish-based green energy company. The request came on the heels of reports Abengoa was running into big financial problems, despite being given generous taxpayer-backed loans. The DOE gave TheDCNF the records it requested Dec. 18, and after spending time reviewing the documents,...

WASHINGTON – Scientists have lots of ice in an unexpected place in our solar system: an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. The discovery of significant asteroid ice has several consequences. It could help explain how Earth first got its water. It makes asteroids more attractive to explore. And it muddies the definition between comets and asteroids.

7/26/2006 - TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- When people deployed to Afghanistan say a location is "hot," it could mean one of two things. Either it feels like the sun is closer than the moon, or the enemy is lurking about. Here, both meanings apply. For pilots, that equates to making quick pit stops here so they can get in and out of this danger zone as quickly as possible. For Tech. Sgt. Philip Lester, deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., that means enduring a 140-degree heat blast from behind C-130 Hercules engines as he unloads cargo and passengers...

A forklift carries cargo onto the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, Oct. 31, 2005. Personnel from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) began on loading equipment and supplies pier-side at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in preparation for a six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Charles A. Ordoqui USS Nassau Loads Gear for Deploying Marine Unit When the advance team completes loading the equipment, the ship will head to Camp Lejeune to on load the remaining personnel and gear. By U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Charles A. Ordoqui Fleet...