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Filed there because her body was never found. when pandas attack. come on, a panda? yep, dont let the cute and cuddly exterior fool you. this giant pandaç baiyun bit t leg of a san diego zookeeper and slashed the worker with its claw. it happened when the panda was able to push open a gate and walk into the keeper area. state regulators and osha are classifying this as an attack which could lead a fine for the zoo. the european unions energy chief says the situation in japans nuclear plant...

>> the hospital says the proper procedure was not followed. it is investigating. the family says its filed a complaint with state regulators. a fireball shot into the sky over ohio yesterday. look at that. this whole thing happened when a train carrying ethanol derailed. it just happened south of toledo in the wee hours seasoned morning. people within a two-mile radius, obviously, had to be evacuated. to colorado and a kids hockey tournament. dozens of people hit with carbon monoxide poisoni...

Evacuated 75 residents in this area. but still that blast proved to be deadly. right now at this hour there are three pgw, that is philadelphia gas works employees who are in critical condition hospitalized. and one firefighter who was hurt in all this listed to stable condition at a nearby hospital. utility workers had gone out to work on a 12-inch gas line that they new was problematic. ahead of this was a water main break. they had major trouble infrastructure wise on the street. they knew th...

Perfectly. >> if somebody has asthma or diabetes or breast cancer can they get insurance in this country at the same price as someone without it can? can they do that? >> any erisa plan in the country. >> can you walk into. >> but you cant forget it. >> youre saying if theyre already insured. >> no, im saying that we have two kinds of regulators, state and federal i want to left the state regulatory questions to the state regulators, but if youre in a federally regulated plan. >> let me ask you ...

Homes that were destroyed and a gas line, gas pipeline explosion there. today state regulators are trying to decide how much pressure, how much demand theyll put on pacific gas electric companies to come up with paperwork showing that the gas lines in that area, san bruno were safe. you have that investigation going on, youve got this explosion. that might lead some people to ask, well how safe is the gas line in my neighborhood? weve got the answer for you, at least the beginning of answer. i w...

It is not to say that i dont think the single payer would work, its that my first instinct is to have an open marketplace -- an open, competitive marketplace for health insurance that everything must participate. >> okay. but look, when we floated the idea of the national eggs change youll recall, and that is akin to what senator wyden was talking about, and also, as you recall, the vehement opposition by the insurance industry to a national exchange. >> i know. >> they wanted to keep it in the ...

>> i can ask you this. >> can i ask my friend this. if this all worked so well in 1996, this is news to most americans but if did it, why did your side bring a substitute to the floor in 2009 to try to to do more? >> i asked that question too. in 1996 we did just those things that were federal responsibilities. >> did they work? >> what the obama package does is it completely pre-empts state law and takes away those opportunities. >> did it work? >> the federal provisions worked perfectly. >> if...

>> we have two kind of regulator, state and federal pinpoint to leave the state question to state regulators. if youre in a federally regulated plan. >> let me ask you a hardball question. myth r mitt romney believes in an individual mandate. do you believe they were right in massachusetts to require young people that are healthy to buy insurance because -- >> i dont believe in any mandate at all but i respect the right of the states to make those decisions one by one. >> i just want to ask my f...

Upon andre, upon american energy consumer and not to rebuild jobs that re-create the gulf coast but to build parklands across the united states. this bill says that state regulators will have to cow tail to federal regulators. this bill wasnt in state waters and my state regulators are doing a good job. the incompetence is on the federal side and now the federal folks get to trump what the state folks say. this is not about accountability, it is about a power grab and agenda. >> congressman bill...

Carefully followed the state and federal permitting systems and addressing environmentalists complaints, he added, its hard to imagine anyone who knows the facts or the history of this project would make such a claim. but after the gulf oil disaster, federal and state regulators arent so confident in bps plans to drill out here on liberty island. now theyre taking another look. one of the reasons? environmental groups say mms approved bps environmental review in 2008 with minimal changes. we ask...