By John Gramlich - Some of the hottest issues before the Pennsylvania General Assembly could be decided after Election Day this year - by a record number of lame-duck legislators who will be days away from leaving office.
This 30-second spot by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester began running on TV stations this week. It was produced by Laguens Hamburger Kully Klose, a media consulting firm with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON - Pity Washington's corporate lobbyists: At this time of year, members of Congress treat them like rows of no-limit, bottomless ATMs. Every day, lobbyists are deluged with faxes and e-mails asking the pleasure of their - and their checkbooks' - company at dozens of fundraisers.
Aviators To Discuss Airports In The Golden State The California Pilots Association (CPA), formed to resist the closing of so many airports in that state, is having their annual meeting this coming weekend. If you love to fly and especially land in the state of California, you're invited.
"That's one small step for 'a' man, one giant leap for mankind." Source: Neil Armstrong, upon first stepping on the Moon July 20, 1969. An Australian computer expert has analyzed the voice audio and concluded that Armstrong actually did say "a man".
Israel's AWACS Superior To USAF In Some Ways The State of Israel is now flying a state-of the-art Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft that in some ways is superior to the Boeing E-3's flown by the US Air Force.
An Aussie Computer Programmer Says Everybody Heard Wrong According to Australian computer programmer Peter Shann Ford, Armstrong's famous utterance has been misquoted all these years.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation ( Nachrichten ) today completed its inaugural Weightless Flights of Discovery program by turning the well-organized, gravity-driven worlds of approximately 40 distinguished teachers from the greater D.C. area upside down -- literally.
