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- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
- Furlough song: Laugh or you'll cry
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- NASA engineer, 29, recognized for improving aeronautical testing
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- Wednesday federal headlines - June 19, 2013
Sanofi abandons 2 drugs after trial failures
Sanofi, struggling in wake of patent expirations, abandons development of 2 new drugs
Rabid bat found in Annapolis apartment building
Anne Arundel Co. issues rabies alert after infected bat found in Annapolis apartment building
Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured
Republican state legislators block GOP governors over Obama plan for low-income uninsured
Quintuplets born in Czech Republic for 1st time
23-year-old gives birth to quintuplets for 1st time in Czech Republic
Richmond VA hospital joins DNA project
Richmond VA hospital joins national DNA research project, collects blood samples from veterans
Wife: Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant
Wife: Rocker Lou Reed recovering after life-saving liver transplant in US
Saudi Arabia says 3 more die from new virus
Saudi Arabia says 3 more die from new virus that is related to SARS
NY Cancer Society says sweet smokes aimed at kids
NY Cancer Society warns sweet smokes like chocolate cigars, blueberry cigs targeting youth
HHS chiefs seeks review of lung transplant policy
HHS chief Sebelius seeks lung transplant policy review, as Pa. girl awaits life-saving surgery
German clinic: Man had pencil in head for 15 years
German hospital: Man spent 15 years with pencil in head after childhood accident
To stop MERS, longer quarantines may be necessary
French doctors say incubation for MERS virus may be 12 days, recommend longer quarantines
Study: Doctors often on board to help sick fliers
Sick on a plane? Odds are good that there's a doctor on board and you'll be fine, study finds
Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infections
Study: Decontaminating all ICU patients can reduce deadly hospital infections dramatically
Hospital exit for Boston Marathon bombings victim
Baltimore area teacher injured in Boston Marathon explosions set to leave hospital
Report: 6 Iranians die from drinking bad alcohol
Report: Homemade brew kills 6 Iranians, almost 350 others are poisoned
Injury count in Okla. tornadoes, storms tops 100
Number of injured during Friday night's tornadoes, storms in Okla. climbs to more than 100
2,000 to join suicide prevention walk through DC
Group to lead 2,000 in overnight suicide prevention walk through DC
Russia smoking ban takes effect
Smoking ban takes effect in Russia, where 40 percent of population are smokers
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Ore. berry farm
FDA: Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Oregon berry farm, 30 illnesses reported in 5 states
No verdict in case of fired pregnant Ohio teacher
Jury deliberates without reaching verdict in Ohio lawsuit by fired pregnant teacher
