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Food Industry Coalition Leads Voluntary GMO Labeling Push

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The Grocery Manufacturers Association and other industry groups have banded together amid the heated debate over labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms. With the fight over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods continuing to mount, major food-industry groups are joining forces to tackle the issue.

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The FAA’s Latest Drone Problem: Some Are Jumping the Gun

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The Federal Aviation Administration is working on rolling out rules to govern the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry and help it take flight. A few examples: A part-time journalist was suspended from his job at a TV station in Hartford, Connecticut, earlier this month, after he flew a UAV around the scene of an accident.

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The Civil Servant at the Top

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Think of former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Association of America ; general Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group; or former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation. There have been numerous examples of this in the past five years.