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Senator: KBR received $83 million in bonuses

May. 20, 2009
A U.S. senator says military contractor KBR Inc. was paid $83 million in bonuses for electrical work in Iraq _ much of which came after the military's contract management agency recognized the contractor was doing shoddy electrical work. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler