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Sometimes it’s funny how coming across an article will make you smile because of a memory triggered by some aspect of it. That happened yesterday, and again today, when I came across these pieces on the chaos in the wind turbine manufacturing sector. My Daddy, after being summarily booted from the Marine Corps in their post-Korean War downsizing, went on to fly for Eastern Air Lines for 30-plus years. He was the loveliest person, a natural in the cockpit (soloing in an Indiana cornfield at the age of 12), and dearly loved truly awful puns. “Wind turbines” reminded me of...

The federal government closed Friday morning due to high wind and resulting issues like power outages and fear of accidents, the Office of Personnel Management stated. The powerful storm barreling toward the Northeast resulted in cooler temperatures and wind gusts over 60 MPH, classifying it as an extreme storm in the Washington, D.C., area. Commuter trains Virginia Railway Express and the Maryland Rail Commuter were canceled, and the Metro was running slower during the above-ground sections. Most area schools were closed, as is the D.C. government, but federal employees who are approved for telework may work from home, GovExec reports....

The battle over the venture -- dozens of public hearings and nine years long -- has split members of American Indian tribes and pitted some of the nation's wealthiest people against each other. Liberals have squared off against fellow liberals. The most notable opponent was the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, whose family compound would have a view of the wind farm. The late Walter Cronkite also raised objec

[This is the transcript of an interview between former President Bill Clinton and James Fallows, of The Atlantic Monthly, on October 21, 2002. It occurred at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Clinton was in Fayetteville to deliver a speech on foreign policy honoring his mentor, the late Senator J. William Fulbright. Also present at the interview were two of Clinton's associates from Arkansas, including Rodney Slater, former Secretary of Transportation. Clinton and his group arrived 45 minutes late. Clinton strolled into the interview room and took out a cigar, which he never lit. The transcript that follows, which was prepared...

<p>Jeremiah Collins carries a pedestrian -- one of several he helped Saturday -- through flooding between the Downtown Plaza and Old Sacramento.</p> <p>Following a Friday soaking that left an inch of rain in parts of Sacramento, a nastier storm washed through the region Saturday leaving a trail of damage from San Francisco to the Sierra.</p>

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) _ A Roman Catholic priest allowed the so-called date-rape drug to be made in his church rectory, according to court records. The records also show that church officials sent the Rev. Jeffery Joseph Windy to drug rehabilitation. Windy, 31, of Sheffield, Ill., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute gamma hydroxybutyric acid, also known as GHB, on May 22. He will be sentenced on Oct. 25, along with five co-defendants, in federal court in Davenport. Windy has been suspended from his duties at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sheffield, Ill., and St. Margaret Mary's in Wyanet,...