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Frank R Wolf

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    Oct 3, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Astronomers fret over Webb Telescope's future

    Congressional wrangling over the future of the overdue, over-budget James Webb Space Telescope has split astronomers in a struggle over billions in funding.
    Congressional wrangling over the future of the overdue, over-budget James Webb Space Telescope has split astronomers in a struggle over billions in funding. Astrophysicists worry that action in the U.S. House to eliminate funding for the Webb project,...

    Tags: Cornell University, Budgets and Budgeting, Applied Physics, Research, History (tv network)

    2. Oct 4, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Eye on the cosmos

    Tuesday's announcement that Hopkins astronomer Adam G. Riess will share this year's Nobel Prize in physics acknowledges his huge contribution to scientific knowledge. From the study of giant exploding stars millions of light-years from Earth, Mr. Riess and his colleagues, Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and Brian P. Schmidt of the Australian National University in Australia, deduced the astonishing hypothesis that our universe is being violently blown apart by an immensely powerful, previously unsuspected force. This force, so-called dark energy, apparently makes up 70 percent of everything in the cosmos, yet its origins remain shrouded in mystery.
    Tuesday's announcement that Hopkins astronomer Adam G. Riess will share this year's Nobel Prize in physics acknowledges his huge contribution to scientific knowledge. From the study of giant exploding stars millions of light-years from Earth, Mr. Riess...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, NASA, Space Programs, Astronomy, Galileo Galilei

    3. Oct 14, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. NASA head visits Baltimore to show off Webb telescope

    A full-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope, the tennis-court-length receiver that will be assembled in and operated from Maryland, is on display at the Inner Harbor through Oct. 26.
    A full-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope, the tennis-court-length receiver that will be assembled in and operated from Maryland, is on display at the Inner Harbor through Oct. 26. "Webb will find the first galaxies in the universe," said...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Barbara A. Mikulski, NASA, Labor Markets, Space Programs

    4. Oct 26, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Mikulski seeks House support for Webb Telescope project

    Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said Wednesday she expects the Senate will pass a budget bill on Tuesday that will include $530 million to continue work toward launch of the Webb Space Telescope in 2018 "and secure America's place in astronomy for the next 50 years."
    Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski said Wednesday she expects the Senate will pass a budget bill on Tuesday that will include $530 million to continue work toward launch of the Webb Space Telescope in 2018 "and secure America's place in astronomy for the...

    Tags: Applied Physics, Barbara A. Mikulski, Tea Party Movement, NASA, Space Programs

    5. Jan 18, 2001 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Leadership, funding problems intertwined

    SunSpot Staff
    On the Chesapeake and around the country, the job of searching for lost boaters is just one of a multitude of tasks falling increasingly on the Coast Guard. That growing burden is part of a larger problem for the federal maritime safety organization....

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Budgets and Budgeting, Bill Clinton, Transportation, Environmental Pollution

    6. May 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Study offer appears to resolve U.S.-China impasse over dissident

    BEIJING — Tapping a visa track to America used by thousands of Chinese students, U.S. officials say they have struck a face-saving compromise with China over the fate of a blind Chinese human rights activist, possibly resolving a messy diplomatic dispute that brought deep embarrassment to both countries.
    BEIJING — Tapping a visa track to America used by thousands of Chinese students, U.S. officials say they have struck a face-saving compromise with China over the fate of a blind Chinese human rights activist, possibly resolving a messy diplomatic...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, New York University, Christopher Johnson, Civil Rights, Human Rights

    7. May 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Texas pastor a key player in Chen Guangcheng case

    WASHINGTON — When Bob Fu's cellphone rang halfway through a congressional hearing concerning detained Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, all the West Texas pastor had to do was gesture for the congressman in charge, Rep. Christopher H. Smith, to disappear with him into a nearby room.
    WASHINGTON — When Bob Fu's cellphone rang halfway through a congressional hearing concerning detained Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, all the West Texas pastor had to do was gesture for the congressman in charge, Rep. Christopher H. Smith, to...

    Tags: Communist Party, China, Washington, DC, George Bush, Colleges and Universities

    8. Feb 23, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Republicans seek promise that Thomson prison won't hold terror suspects

    The Obama administration has all but officially abandoned a proposal to turn a vacant Illinois state prison into a facility for suspected terrorists now held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Staff Writer
    The Obama administration has all but officially abandoned a proposal to turn a vacant Illinois state prison into a facility for suspected terrorists now held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But senior Republican lawmakers said that before...

    Tags: Terrorism, Thomson Correctional Center, Budgets and Budgeting, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Robert Gates

    9. Jul 13, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." And those were fellow Republicans talking. Palin has been a polarizing figure from...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, John McCain, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Howard Dean

    10. Jul 13, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  10. Sarah Palin: GOP's open season

    The Swamp
    by Mark Z. Barabak Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." And those were fellow Republicans talking. Palin has been......

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Lee Terry, John McCain, Regional Authority

    11. Nov 10, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  11. Health-care TV ad wars underway

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva In the roiling mix of political crosswinds that may come to characterize the 2009-2010 elections -- in which a Republican quit one congressional race to campaign for the winning Democrat, and in which the president's party was......

    Tags: John Campbell, AFSCME, Charlie Dent, Insurance, Bill Young

    12. May 14, 2001 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. SEC raises watch on foreign firms for political risks

    Times Staff Writer
    U.S. securities regulators, under pressure from human rights activists, are expanding scrutiny of foreign firms seeking to raise money in U.S. capital markets. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently said that it is looking more closely at...

    Tags: Stock Broking, PetroChina Company Limited, Goldman Sachs, Civil Rights, Human Rights

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