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		<title>SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docks with international space station</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Vastag</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ With a near-flawless docking on Friday, start-up rocket company SpaceX achieved what only big governments have to date: It launched a mission to the international space station . The moment marked a pivot point in U.S. space ambitions, away from total NASA control and toward creative private enterprise. While NASA furnished seed money and technical advice, SpaceX engineers designed, built, launched and drove the white gumdrop-shaped Dragon capsule until the final moments. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/26/spacexs-dragon-capsule-docks-with-international-space-station/' addthis:title='SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docks with international space station ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>SpaceX’s Private Cargo Rocket Heads to Space Station</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/22/spacexs-private-cargo-rocket-heads-to-space-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By KENNETH CHANG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success of the SpaceX rocket would mark a key step in efforts to turn over some missions to the private sector. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/22/spacexs-private-cargo-rocket-heads-to-space-station/' addthis:title='SpaceX’s Private Cargo Rocket Heads to Space Station ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Democrats divided over who to best oust Walker in recall election</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/30/wisconsin-democrats-divided-over-who-to-best-oust-walker-in-recall-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Weiner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats organized the protests that gripped the state. They turned Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to strip public unions of their collective bargaining rights into a national Democratic cause. They got the signatures they needed to force a recall election, and then some. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/30/wisconsin-democrats-divided-over-who-to-best-oust-walker-in-recall-election/' addthis:title='Wisconsin Democrats divided over who to best oust Walker in recall election ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Scandal tests Secret Service director for a second time</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/25/scandal-tests-secret-service-director-for-a-second-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nakamura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As the salacious details of the U.S. Secret Service sex scandal have cast an intensely private organization into the spotlight, the man at the helm of the 7,000-member federal agency has so far avoided issuing a public defense for the breakdown in personal conduct of a dozen of his men. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/25/scandal-tests-secret-service-director-for-a-second-time/' addthis:title='Scandal tests Secret Service director for a second time ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>New venture aims to mine near-Earth asteroids</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/24/new-venture-aims-to-mine-near-earth-asteroids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Achenbach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/24/new-venture-aims-to-mine-near-earth-asteroids/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Asteroids have made people nervous for several decades now, ever since scientists declared that a large object from space smashed into Earth 65 million years ago and put the kibosh on the Age of Dinosaurs. But now some entrepreneurs and tech tycoons are declaring that there’s money in those space rocks. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/24/new-venture-aims-to-mine-near-earth-asteroids/' addthis:title='New venture aims to mine near-Earth asteroids ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>VA mental health system sharply denounced at hearing</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/24/va-mental-health-system-sharply-denounced-at-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Vogel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Veterans Affairs’ mental-health care system suffers from a culture where managers give more importance to meeting meaningless performance goals than helping veterans, according to testimony before a Senate committee Wednesday. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/24/va-mental-health-system-sharply-denounced-at-hearing/' addthis:title='VA mental health system sharply denounced at hearing ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Competitive bidding drives GSA inquiry</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/16/competitive-bidding-drives-gsa-inquiry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rein Timothy R. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/16/competitive-bidding-drives-gsa-inquiry/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The senior government executive at the center of the General Services Administration spending scandal told investigators that he believed it was all right not to get competitive bids because he was paying for quality. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/16/competitive-bidding-drives-gsa-inquiry/' addthis:title='Competitive bidding drives GSA inquiry ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Defense budget hearings: Lots to learn for those who pay attention</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/03/01/defense-budget-hearings-lots-to-learn-for-those-who-pay-attention-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heave-ho.org/2012/03/01/defense-budget-hearings-lots-to-learn-for-those-who-pay-attention-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Congressional hearings on the defense budget can be a bore, and there are so many of them — 11 so far this week. But seeing them or reading transcripts provides both information and a feel for how the destinies of senior civilian officials and top-ranking Defense Department officials are controlled by legislators, be they knowledgeable or not. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/03/01/defense-budget-hearings-lots-to-learn-for-those-who-pay-attention-2/' addthis:title='Defense budget hearings: Lots to learn for those who pay attention ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>NHS directors seek Lords backing</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/08/nhs-directors-seek-lords-backing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/08/nhs-directors-seek-lords-backing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peers are urged to support a move to let hospitals do more private sector work as plans to overhaul the NHS in England return to the Lords.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/08/nhs-directors-seek-lords-backing/' addthis:title='NHS directors seek Lords backing ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Greece debt write-off talks stall</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/13/greece-debt-write-off-talks-stall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talks stall between Greece and its private sector lenders over a 50% debt write-off, which is needed to stop Athens going bust.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/13/greece-debt-write-off-talks-stall/' addthis:title='Greece debt write-off talks stall ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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