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DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks- John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in October 2002, was executed Tuesday. Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, prison spokesman Larry Traylor said.
Blame game erupts over probe of Fort Hood suspect- Finger-pointing erupted between federal agencies Tuesday over Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan. Government officials said a Defense Department terrorism investigator looked into Hasan's contacts with a radical imam months ago, but a military official denied prior knowledge of the Army psychiatrist's contacts with any Muslim extremists.
Police: Man opens fire at Ore. lab, killing woman- A man opened fire with a rifle Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing a female employee and wounding two other workers before fatally shooting himself, police said. The gunman and the dead woman apparently had a "relationship," Tualatin Police Chief Kent Barker said. He did not elaborate.
Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill- Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
US imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida suspicions- A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.
White House: Obama weighs 4 options in Afghanistan- President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways the president could employ additional U.S. forces next year.
Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment- A 42-year-old father of an Army veteran upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.
- Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon.
- Vin Scully said Tuesday he will continue in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers through the 2010 season, then decide whether he will walk away.
Constellation Energy Commodities Group Announces Acquisition of Uranium Trading Firm Nufcor International Limited
BALTIMORE
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Nufcor is a leading uranium market participant active across the nuclear fuel chain. Its producer services business has entered into a number of off-take arrangements and marketing service agreements with uranium producers.
Capitalizing on its strong presence in the physical uranium market, Nufcor
will be actively exploring new risk management offerings to the increasingly
sophisticated financial uranium buyers in
"The acquisition of Nufcor is a natural extension of Constellation Energy's expanding global commodities business and will broaden the company's world-class risk management capabilities across new fuel markets," said
Nufcor, through its subsidiary, Nufcor Capital Limited, will continue to act as the uranium market advisor to Nufcor Uranium Limited (LSE: NU.L). The closed-ended uranium investment company listed on the LSE is exploring a secondary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange later this year.
The Nufcor team will continue to operate out of
Constellation Energy (http://www.constellation.com), a FORTUNE 125 company
with 2007 revenues of
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