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Here Come the Drones: Industry Groups Talk Up FAA’s Unmanned Device Tests

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Among the picks was a trio of schools—University of Alaska, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Virginia Tech— as well as the state of Nevada, Griffiss International Airport in New York state, and the North Dakota Department of Commerce. .”

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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

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Groups are working overtime in a battle against Palcohol, a powdered form of alcohol that Arizona entrepreneur Mark Phillips hopes to start selling later this year. More details: An industry’s push for responsibility. In Maryland, industry groups worked with the state to get the powder banned. One successful effort.