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FIRE crews at Sumburgh Airport were mobilised on Wednesday afternoon after an inbound Eastern Airways plane sent out an alert. However no further action was needed and the crews were stood down. A spokesperson for airport operator HIAL said: “Sumburgh Airport fire service was. ....
friendlier climate for businesses, including keeping the bush tax cuts for everyone, including those earning more than $200,000 a year, set to expire at the end of this year. we propose in our stimulus plan earlier this session a 20% tax rate reduction for small businesses. and that s who we re going to rely on to create jobs. reporter: republicans say the president s policies are creating uncertainty in the business community, which is reluctant to invest in new jobs. the white house says the new proposals are designed to create confidence, and the white house accusedrooting for failure. bp s own internal investigation of the massive gulf coast oil spill is likely to assign blame to the oil giant, as well as to other parties. bp is due to release that internal report this morning and the report is also expected to explain why some of bp s engineers failed to miss key signs of the deepwater horizon rig was unstable. the explosion killed 11 men and is the worst off ....
cooler temperatures later on at the end of the week. right now, we have a temperature of 76 degrees at reagan national. 73 at dulles. 76 at bwi marshall. these tells warmer than it was yesterday at this time these temperatures warmer than it was yesterday at this time. take a look. not a bad start to the day. we do have a few more clouds out there than we had yesterday certainly as a frontal boundary begins to pass through here. as it does, i would not rule out a shower or sprinkle popping up here or there. there is some indication on radar that out to the west, there are a couple of showers that have popped up but we kill continue to monitor the front as it comes through. the mange thing from this fronted, some clouds, breezy conditions and then cooler air settles in, takes a while for that though. that will be tonight. forecast for today, another warm one. early clouds, afternoon sun, maybe a brief sprinkle this morning. becoming breezy, high about 89 degrees. we ll ....
ifill: we examine the firestorm surrounding a plan to burn the koran at a church in florida, as general david petraeus warns it could incite violence against american troops. lehrer: judy woodruff looks at the web site craigslist and the changes in its adult service s section. ifill: and we have an encore profile of one of the most renowned figures in modern dance, judith jamison, who was honored with a tribute at the white house today. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: two new polls released today show democrats in deep trouble with november s midterm elections less than two months away. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. reporter: the pol ....