The next big thing in nuclear power could be tiny – little reactors that are far smaller and far cheaper than the traditional massive nuclear plants topped by giant concrete cooling towers.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Pilot shortage puts pressure on airline operations
A shortage of pilots is limiting the number of flights that airlines can operate, which can cause problems during peak travel periods.
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Senate panel probes holiday meltdown at Southwest Airlines
The committee’s broader focus is disruptions that that affect millions of air travelers every year.
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U.S. jobless claims pick up for the first time in six weeks
Still, they remain historically low.
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Wait, layoffs and job growth? What’s going on with the economy and is recession still coming?
The ‘Big R’ for the U.S. economy now looks like it’s ‘Resilience,’ not ‘Recession,’ as economists at Bank of America recently put it.
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Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses
On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials.
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‘Knock at the Cabin’ knocks off ‘Avatar’ at the box office
NEW YORK – For the first time in almost two months, the box office doesn’t belong to blue people. After seven weeks as the top film in theaters, “Avatar: The Way of Water” was finally knocked out of the No. 1 spot by the M. Night Shyamalan thriller “Knock at the Cabin” and the octogenarian […]
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Charles Kimbrough, who played anchor in ‘Murphy Brown,’ dies
The Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor was 86.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
Lawmakers also want to review documents discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence.
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Pervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79
Pervez Musharraf, the former four-star Pakistani army general who governed the South Asian nation for nearly a decade after coming to power in a 1999 bloodless coup, has died. He was 79. He died after a long ailment in Dubai, said Raza Bokhari, a former spokesman and close aide. Musharraf, who was Pakistan’s fourth military […]