Navy rejects Calif. sonar limits
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The Navy says it won't comply with sonar training restrictions that aim to protect marine mammals off the California coast, arguing that the commission that imposed the rules does not have the jurisdiction to do so.
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The Navy can use high-powered sonar during exercises off the Southern California coast, despite the technology's threat to whales and other marine mammals, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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After six years and $3.7 billion, the system doesn't provide the U.S. Navy with information superiority or foster innovation, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office on Wednesday rejected a request that it release several hours of audio tape that contained the governor's now infamous comments about the mingling of "black blood" and "Latino blood."
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Planktos, a California company that is trying to turn a profit by fertilizing the ocean with iron dust, canceled planned field tests on Wednesday, citing a lack of funds.
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A test of the national missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile did not launch from its island base in the Pacific Ocean, the military said. It was the second failure in months for the experimental program.
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The U.S. military rejected a 1994  proposal to develop an "aphrodisiac" to spur homosexual  activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other  less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said on Sunday.
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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The state has rejected the bulk of a request to supply water to Coyote Springs, but the ruling will not dry up plans to build Nevada's largest master-planned community 60 miles north of Las Vegas.
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The United States rejected an Israeli  newspaper report on Wednesday that its troops were currently  being trained by the Israeli army in counter-insurgency tactics  for use in Iraq.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jan. 30--Federal wildlife officials have halted review of a $110 million water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, effectively sending planners back to the drafting table on a project they considered vital to water quality.
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Conservationists on Wednesday blasted President Bush's decision to exempt the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using high-power sonar in its training off Southern California Â a practice they say harms whales and other marine mammals.
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The U.S. Navy is unlikely to try to shoot apart an errant satellite on Wednesday due to rough seas in the Pacific, a senior U.S. military official said.
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A federal agency ruled Friday that shifting more Northern California water to Southern California will not jeopardize five threatened or endangered species of fish.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--Shareholders of managed care giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal championed by California's two massive public pension funds to make it easier to nominate company directors.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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With an environmental waiver from President Bush, the Navy begins testing a sonar system off the coast of San Diego, despite the acknowledged harm to ocean mammals.
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A proposal floated by the US government and several prominient US senators Sunday to &#39;adjust&#39; the outcome of next month&#39;s election in Iraq to ensure more Sunni representation has been rejected by the Iraq Electoral Commission (IEC).