GE Transportation announced today that it has received advanced manufacturing credits for the construction of a manufacturing facility to develop next generation energy storage systems and create new high-tech manufacturing jobs in the United States. The White House today released the names of the credit applicants who received awards.

Spending government money on road construction does nothing to lower local unemployment, a massive new study of 700 counties by the AP shows.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded a grant to Charles County to construct a new boat ramp facility in Mallows Bay on the Potomac River. Anglers will experience immediate access to some of southern Marylands best tidal fishing.

Palestinian officials have again insisted that that there must be a halt to the construction of new Israeli settlements before peace talks can recommence. A “halt for all settlement activity including natural growth and Jerusalem” is one of the prerequisites in the 2003 peace plan road map. Israel has yet to respond to the statement.

There has been slight reduction in interest rates of long term mortgages this week, after rising in the four previous weeks....