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  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    TAUBE: An Obama economic idea that Republicans shouldn't refuse

    Republicans have been completely right in criticizing President Obama for his poor handling of the economy. That being said, it's completely wrong for the GOP to criticize him when he does something right.


  • Tom Kilgore (AP photo)

    TVA's top executive gets 10 times Obama's pay

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is owned by the federal government and provides electricity to millions of customers in seven states, including Virginia, but the salaries it pays its executives aren't anything like what most federal workers can imagine.


  • Illustration Energy Waste by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    TRIPLETT: Obama's war on American energy

    On Jan. 20, 2009, the day Sen. Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States, the average price of regular gasoline was about $1.85 per gallon.


  • AP IMPACT: Building costs rise at US nuclear sites

    America's first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry's hopes for a jumpstart to the nation's new nuclear age.


  • American Scene

    An administrative law judge ruled Tuesday that a Tucson school district's ethnic-studies program violates state law, agreeing with the findings of Arizona's public schools chief.


  • Economy Briefs

    Tennessee Valley Authority ratepayers in October will get a break from lower fuel costs, with average residential bills expected to drop by as much as $3.50.


  • American Scene

    Federal regulators ordered an in-depth inspection Tuesday at a nuclear-power plant run by the Tennessee Valley Authority in northern Alabama after deciding the failure of an emergency cooling system there could have been a serious safety problem.


  • Justices mull states' emissions lawsuit

    The Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday about allowing states to sue electric utilities to force cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.


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