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    GOP starts end run on Keystone to force decision by Obama

    House Republicans took the first step Tuesday toward forcing approval of Keystone XL pipeline, with a subcommittee passing a proposal that aims to green-light the massive project without President Obama's approval.

  • Gas prices at an Exxon Mobil station at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road in Northeast Washington and elsewhere rapidly continue their upward march. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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    Average gas prices topped $4 a gallon in Washington, D.C., for only the fifth time ever on Thursday, the 35th straight day of increases that have seen prices rise by a total 42 cents.

  • FDA seeks more authority amid meningitis outbreak

    The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress Wednesday for more authority to police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as lawmakers questioned why the agency didn't do more with its existing powers.

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  • In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, photo, a TV news photographer shoots the facade of the New England Compounding Center, which has since been linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak, in Framingham, Mass. According to a congressional investigation released Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the New England Compounding Center, until it cleaned up its operations in 2002. Nearly 440 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, and more than 32 deaths have been reported since the outbreak began in September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

    Firm in meningitis deaths long suspected

    Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.

  • Report: FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2002

    More than a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.

  • Report: FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2003

    Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.

  • **FILE** Federal agents investigate the offices of New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., on Oct. 16, 2012. The company's steroid medication has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak. (Associated Press/The Boston Globe, Barry Chin)

    Report: FDA wanted to close Mass. pharmacy in 2002

    More than a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.

  • Lawmakers issue subpoena for pharmacy director

    House lawmakers have issued a subpoena for the director of the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak.

  • House presses meningitis probe

    House lawmakers have issued a subpoena for the director of the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak.

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    Alabama Republicans plan to hold their election night party at a gun range, where participants will be able to shoot a few rounds as returns come in.

  • **FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet, looks at a solar panel during a May 26, 2010, tour of Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. (Associated Press)

    White House advised early Solyndra's light was going dim

    A top White House adviser received clear notice that solar panel maker Solyndra Inc. faced a "severe liquidity crisis" even before a controversial restructuring allowing investors to recoup money from the now-bankrupt company before taxpayers, documents released Thursday show.

  • President Obama talks June 8, 2012, about the economy at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

    GOP releases memo on deal with drug firms

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  • Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, the final day of arguments over the health care law signed by President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    House GOP releases documents on health care deals

    The White House played political hardball with drug industry honchos to get a 2009 deal that helped keep health care overhaul legislation from bogging down in Congress, according to internal emails released Thursday by House Republicans.

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